Let's answer it in its simplest form: We can protect our mental health by listening to our inner voice and doing the things we love. Actually doing this is both easy and difficult. It's easy because we know best what we want, we don't need anyone else for this, but it's also difficult because we need to make time for ourselves to listen to our inner voice and do the things we love. But now everything is happening so quickly and time is passing so fast that we literally cannot find time to stop, take a breath, look back at ourselves, and say 'wait a minute, what am I doing, what do I want?'
I am experiencing this situation. I realize that I live in a much more dramatic way, especially after becoming a mother, and I often complain to the people around me, saying, "Time used to flow like water, but now it's a waterfall." When I look at my children and wonder how did they grow up so much, I realize with a sigh how fast time flies...
Time really flows like a waterfall, but we definitely need to make time for ourselves every day. When talking to my clients about this subject, I often ask them to detail how they spend their day, and together we look at which time of the day can be designated as 'me time'. Sometimes this happens after the children go to sleep, sometimes it happens before the children wake up in the morning, and sometimes it happens after the spouse sends the children to school, but it always happens.
I have clients who say, "I don't have that kind of time, I don't have time for myself," say to themselves, "It's me time." ' The changes after separation are always truly worth seeing. Just as we look at our physical appearance in the mirror and put it in order before going out, we also have to look at our spiritual world and meet whatever it needs. If we can do this, we will be able to protect our psychological health. Note: It is called 'me time' and the ideal is to spare an average of an hour for ourselves, but knowing that this can be challenging, I recommend that you start with short periods such as 10 minutes, 20 minutes at first. As you notice the change in yourself, you will want to increase the duration.
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