As many know, until the start of the year, there had been many times when I was not my best self. I often hide this fact. I did not want to disappoint others by the way I was acting. I was putting on a show that I was taking care of my mental health when in fact I was not. There were times when it showed concern in others, then I would get upset with them, but eventually I learned that I had to start to do the right thing to take care of my mental health and part of that meant that I had to be strong in doing so.

The things that I have to do are simple. They are as simple as taking a pill that I have had a long hard relationship with over those six years that I have struggled with my mental health. Eventually, I realized that all the conflict and trouble had started by me not taking my medication and that things are better when I do. Even though I had the strained relationship, because of things I believed were untrue when I took it, I proved over the time earlier in the year that they were false and that it was more beneficial to take the medication anyway.

While the initial start back on can be challenging, it is sticking through it and being strong and regimented because there are so many more benefits for me to take it rather than to not take it. Eventually, it is working my brain to get rid of those flawed thoughts, be strong and do the right thing by taking my medication that I long have been struggling with. Part of that is being more responsible and taking care of my mental health in other forms to aid that process in making it easier for me to manage myself overall.

It can be hard to do the right thing when the world is filled with so much temptation out there, but I have been working more and more to rid myself of those things as we are in the Lenten season, by working of creating a habit of avoiding the lustful behavior and being more of the person that I need to be. I can be a good person when I am well and taking my medication and that has been proven time and time again.

Being strong and doing the right thing in this arena takes patience as far as being regimented as I need to be. I can be regimented in so many areas and the need to be regimented in medication adherence should be no different. It takes being strong, maturing and just being logical by knowing what is necessary for mental wellbeing and knowing the dangers of not being adherent to my medication regimen could project. It is knowing those things that has made me see the necessity of always taking my medication whether or not I feel that I need to.

Life is challenging and always full of temptation, but it is important to not give in and always do what is right for me, even if I do not feel it is what I want to do. It also takes being strong in a world that is proving myself that I can if I continue to do the right thing. New opportunities will open up for me if I continue to do the right thing.