There is a silent killer out there, and I’m not talking about COVID.
And it's not just a killer. It’s a great shaper—a warper—of an individual’s life.
Its greatest trick is having its victim unaware he or she is even affected—because everything is affected.
This is why mental illness is somehow both sneaky, yet overwhelming; unapparent, yet the single, largest deleterious influence for many; and urgent to address, yet notoriously difficult to research.
When emotions or feelings sufficiently dictate in unhealthy ways, a human will perform all manner of illogical, self-defeating activity. And unless you take the effort to understand this, misunderstanding will be the default. Because it defies common sense. Indeed, by definition it is nonsensical. And so we observe those who seemingly inexplicably struggle, who don't live up to their potential, perhaps don't live much of their life at all. And if they do, do so in ways that are destructive.
This is the case with Eva, whose interview I just published:
She herself says she was the girl with a lot of potential, who is smart and got good grades.
She doesn’t look like she should be homeless, or that she would settle for dangerous and abusive men, or that she would end up in prison. Yet these have all been her experience. And when she shares about them, you can perhaps begin to understand why—by way of her delivery and descriptions of depression an extraordinary insecurity, rendering her greatly challenged in her pursuit for the good things in life.
After having the chance to speak with Eva and learn about her life, you can only hope she can muster just enough energy and healthy motivation to address that which keeps her down, which keeps her feeling low, which keeps her afraid.
May she find her spark.
Originally posted here: https://hive.blog/mentalhealth/@fedoraonmyhead/life-with-mentalemotional-illness-evas-story
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