50% OF YOU WILL LOSE THE TERM RECOVERY WHEN GIVEN AN EXAMINATION!

What is the first thing that comes to your mind when I say recovery? What do you think when I tell you I am recovering? Do you think that the only people that need to recover are people with substance abuse and mental health conditioning? Are you in the dark with little or no knowledge of recovery?

There is no crime to an added inquiry for knowledge but you are committing a crime when you are in the dark when you are ignorant and refused to pave way for knowledge. This is a harsh reminder of why you need mental health stability and also the importance of recovery. This is why you need to WAKE UP! WAKE UP DEARIE AND BE KNOWLEDGEABLE!

There are lots of people that seem to hate the word ‘recovery’ because to them it is like you are linking them to some sort of absurdity but you are wrong. Recovery doesn’t mean you have paved the way for absurdity. It means that you are strong enough to want to be better, you want to reach your potential, and you want stable health and more. The word ‘recovery’ shouldn’t be one you should be scared off but you should be proud that you finally letting go of those addictions and making yourself a better human

You may be wondering what recovery is. The definition of the term “Recovery” encompasses a whole lot. This is because recovery entails more than rebuilding yourself or just a mere retrieval of missing items. For people who face challenges with substance use, homelessness, and addictions, it is the process of transformation through which the life, health, and wellness of an individual strive to reach their potential and become much better by making them heal from every condition. Recovery promises you a chance of a transforming upgrade to make you better and healthier. It gives a strong boost to physical and mental health. Recovery is hope driven because of the benefit it offers.

Recovery is a step-by-step process that makes you better and makes you let go of those conditions, sometimes they may last a lifetime but it makes you better because it is an attempt (your attempt) to overcome. It helps you move on to the next phase of your life without feeling different and amiss because you’ve gotten the help that you deserve

You should also know that recovery is not limited to people with drug or alcohol addiction, it is modification through which you can improve your mental and physical health, behaviors, and a whole lot. more Where recovery plays in helping you no matter what manage your situation. This is why you should give recovery a chance to make you better.

Do not be ashamed because you are recovering from that addiction, do not be ashamed because you are recovering from those mental illnesses. Recovery doesn’t make you weak, it makes you much stronger. So be strong and stand your ground!

You can be a better person, I can be a better person, and all we need to do is recover. Do not be ad when someone who acts in ignorance mocks you because you chose recovery but instead laugh because you are knowledgeable and wiser than they could ever be

WHAT IS YOUR MENTAL HEALTH STATUS?

How knowledgeable are you about your mental health? If circumstances come up and you are to prove your mental health status, would you rank up high or be stuff in number 0? Your mental health is very important and this is the only way that you have to recover.

Let’s do a quick test in the “Do you know segment”. In this test, you are to score yourself and do a mental check on how informed you are. Let’s go!

•  Do you know that in the last 10 years, youth depression has escalated from about 6.0% to an estimated 9%?
• Do you know that a mental health condition can be genetic?
•  Do you know that mood swings could be a symptom of depression?
• Do you know that a mental health condition doesn’t mean you are far from sanity?
• Do you know that mental disorder is not limited to teenagers alone and about 5% of adults suffer from them?
•  Do you know that a mental health condition can kill if not properly cared for?
• Do you know that your mental state of mind can be influenced by your eating habits?
• Do you know that by depriving yourself of sleep, you are paving way for a mental health condition?
  
•  Do you know that 50% of mental illness starts at the age of 14 with 75% developing before 25?
• Do you know that social isolation can result in a mental health condition?

Mental health is more than conditioning the mind. It is more than mere substance abuse, an addiction to uselessness. It is more but before I continue let me tell you a story…

I can’t say how it happened but it did….

It is that time of the year when I feel like I am total shit. For almost every student in the University, it is this time that we tend to panic a lot.

This semester has been a stressful one for me and it is hard keeping up as a straight

A+ student. I have to live up to everyone’s expectations

“Favour, your result this and your result that…” But I couldn’t!

I had absent from 3 courses I wrote last semester even though I was present for the examination, and trying to get those results back was futile because I couldn’t after all my attempt

Now I have to write them all over again! I paid too much attention to trying to recover my result that I missed almost all attendance for my new semester

It all started when I got my public relations assessment test, I had gotten 6 out of 20! That was a slap to my reputation! I was alerted and I started to mentally prepare myself for my grades.

According to my calculations, 6 in tests, 2and  in attendance, and I will probably get a 40 in that course.

I am going to have a D for the first time in my life! It is alright, I can do better, things happen, right? But I wasn’t okay!

At that moment I was fine but I never stopped thinking about how I was going to get a D in three courses! And slowly, I started to see failures all over

My hands trailed through my wavy hair in agony and I wasn’t settled. I couldn’t think and I started to pave are campus aimlessly.

“Favour, are you alright?’ I ignored her and dived outside into the late hour of the night but she ran after me.

“Oh, God! You are not okay!” She held me firm as I struggled in her hold.

I was passing out! I couldn’t breathe! I tried but it was too hard. “Breathe Favour, breathe”

“I am going to fail, Patience, I...”

“You are not going to fail! Breathe! Take two in, one, out”

Thankfully I did, I finally started breathing but my body was shaking for over an hour.

My body wasn’t listening to me anymore, so she started to tell me crazy things she did as a child and various funny things on campus and I started to laugh. I started to breathe properly, and I calmed

After I felt much better, I stared at her and asked;

“What just happened to me, Patience?”

“Favour, my dear, you just had an anxiety attack!”

You are probably asking yourself….Why did she tell me that? The truth dearie is that you needed to hear that story. It was a mental health condition and it could have killed me if my friend hadn’t been informed! This is why you need information! This shows that mental health is more than you think and the best thing to do when you find out is to recover as I did.

Save a life, save a family and save yours too. Remember always that you could still recover no matter what and just in case you need to talk things out. Feel free to reach out to me via my contact page