Mental Health, My Daily Life., Uni Life.

My mind is like a bullet train.

I’m always there for my friends when they need someone to talk to

I’m always willing to listen to them, to be there for them

But will they be there for me when I’m facing issues?

I feel like I kept bottling things inside because I don’t recognise the significance of every problem

Oh I’m feeling this way? Ah it’s okay nothing is going to happen” *bottle it inside*

“Why am I thinking this way? Ah I should distract myself” *do other things and bottle it inside*

It keeps on adding on until I feel lethargic.

I’m emotionally and physically tired.

I’ve not been tackling the issue or be mindful about it, hence, the issues bite me back.

  • Here I am, now, addressing the issues and explaining how I sincerely feel, despite it being difficult for me to vent it all out.
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  • I have a lot of assignments and my practicum will be during study break and we don’t know where we’re going to and apparently, one of our exam dates fall on one of the practicum day.

    – How are we supposed to study for exam when we don’t have the time to study?

    – This is so unfair because those who’ve done their practicum will have their study break free.

    -And oh did I tell you that practicum will be on the week of Eid? And I will be having chalet before and after Eid for a few days to celebrate. Celebrate? I don’t think I will have the mood to celebrate to begin with!

    -Why is WM not doing her job properly? If she started contacting school before trimester starts, this won’t happened. There won’t be a postpone in practicum. And we have to suffer because of her mistake? What unfair treatment is this!

    – If she’s already like this for a small practicum, what more for my final practicum?! I Guess I have to alert her at least 6 months before the final practicum and constantly email her biweekly for updates so that she’ll do her work properly.

    – After practicum , we have to do our portfolio. You see if we know the school already, we can start writing our portfolio but no, we have no clue. WM said there’s no confirmation yet. πŸ˜’ Really?

    – And Ms Grace said to give us the opportunity to set up a date to replace the practicum day that’s on the same day as the exam with our supervising teacher. I’m tired of any further changes and waiting. Why don’t you just standardise everything and get it over and done with?! Why make things more difficult? Change the exam date since it’s just a draft timetable anyway!

    Nyai is sick and she’s been coughing a bit as well as losing her voice.

    – What if she gets pneumonia again and have to be sent to the hospital? Touch on wood.

    – What if history repeats itself again? Touch on wood.

    – I don’t want to lose her again. Touch on wood.

    – Why is this negative energy lurking around Nyai when it is Ramadan it’s supposed to be a holy month?

    – Will she get better with cough syrup and 100 Plus for electrolytes? I mean she’s still eating she has appetite alhamdulillah!

    – I feel that we can at least send her to Dr Ramesh when her health deteriorates… What if her health deteriorates? Touch on wood.

    – I’m scared of losing her. I don’t know how I can handle that. I can’t live without her.

    ***

    Friends always come to me when they have problems but when I have problems, I bottle things in. But on a positive note, I’m grateful to have Khairul by my side. Although I’m afraid that I will affect him badly and that I’m just a burden…

    Things I need to do now:

    – Let go and let God. God knows what’s best for me and we’ve done our best by emailing WM and cc-ing to Ms Grace. I will just let Him deal with this and I shall continue to pray for a way.

    – Breathe and replacing good thoughts/affirmations with the bad thoughts of Nyai.

    • Nyai is well.
    • Nyai is in good hands.
    • Nyai is healthy and strong.
    • God is forever protecting and healing Nyai.
    • God is the Healer of all healers.
    • Nyai is healed.

    – I will continue to pray and bow down to God. I will focus on my fasting, my deeds, my prayers, reciting of the Quran and taraweeh during this Ramadan.

    – Ramadan is giving me good results in terms of physically so I will aim to not overindulge and focus on worshiping. And then I will maintain my weight by intermittent fasting after that!

    Journal Prompts

    Week 1, Day 2: I want to be…

    • Empowered
    • Sexy
    • Grateful
    • Accepting of my past, present and future
    • Calm
    • Tranquil
    • Grounded
    • Toned
    • Beautiful inside out
    • Responsible
    • The best teacher I’m born to be
    • Healthy mentally and physically
    • Peaceful
    • Khairul’s wife
    • The best mom for my future child(ren)
    • Considerate
    • Compassionate
    • Fluent in English
    • Skilled in my writing and speaking skills
    • An achiever especially for my professional experience
    • Collected
    • Relaxed
    • Humorous
    • Fun to be with
    • Living in abundance
    • Good at driving
    • Experiencing financial freedom
    • Fervent in prayers
    • Pious
    • Modest
    • Humble
    Journal Prompts, Mental Health

    My self-love journey

    I’ve been feeling insecure in my own skin and how I look currently to the point that I feel disgusted with myself.

    So, I’m challenging myself to complete these journal prompts for 21 days:

    My goal for completing this 21 days of self-love is to accept and love myself including my flaws and imperfections. I’m hoping to love myself despite the number of the scale, the numbers on the measuring tape, how my stomach folds when I sit down, how my chin doubles or triples… it seems so impossible due to the amount of hatred I have for myself. I feel like I’m not good enough, not pretty enough and I feel like I’m just ruining my boyfriend’s image for being fat. Deep inside, I believe that he finds me disgusting even though he said otherwise. To me, it’s not believable to find myself good looking when I’m not.

    Anyway even though this journey seems impossible to begin with, it’s not going to be a waste trying. Who knows what happens after 21 days πŸ€·πŸ½β€β™€οΈ

    Journal Prompts

    Week 1, Day 1: What do you love about yourself already?

    I love that…

    • I’m easygoing
    • I make people laugh
    • I’m help-seeking
    • I’m taller than average Singapore women
    • I appreciate small things in life
    • I’m mindful and present
    • I’m mostly positive
    • I’m grateful for the abundance in my life
    • I’m mostly calm
    • I have curves
    • I have a flair in photography
    • I’m able to cook
    • I’m a fast learner
    • I can sing
    • I can play basic ukulele chords
    • I’m tech-savvy
    • I like to learn new things every day
    • I pick up languages easily
    • I’m responsible
    • I complete my tasks efficiently
    • I’m organised and productive
    • I’m a bookworm
    • I learn from my past mistakes
    Mental Health

    I don’t deserve to live.

    It’s frustrating that I can’t be positive.

    It’s frustrating that I can’t be perfect.

    Why do I have to have a mental illness?

    What did I do to deserve this?

    Why am I given this illness that made people misunderstood whenever I’m depressed/hypomanic?

    Why is it so hard to just kill myself years ago?

    Why am I a coward?

    I’m so useless and worthless.

    I’ve tried so hard to be positive.

    I’ve tried so hard to pick myself up.

    But to no avail.

    I’m numb.

    I just want to stop existing and escape from this world, burying myself deep into the earth.

    I am so weak I deserve to be broken into pieces.

    I don’t want to trouble anyone anymore.

    I’m such a burden.

    I should just die.

    Mental Health, My Daily Life.

    Disgusted.

    I’ve felt so disgusted looking at myself in photos taken yesterday during Chinese New Year visiting. I tried to think positive thoughts such as, “ooo I have curves”, but it didn’t help me at all. I didn’t want myself to look this big! My jawline is gone and my double chin is apparent. What I see is a monstrous ugly human staring back at me.

    Only God knows how affected I was and still am. My self-esteem and confidence just went downhill despite trying my best to think positive thoughts. I can’t control my thoughts – it’s called mental disorder for a reason.

    I feel suicidal and empty and alone. I wish I can kill myself and not look at myself anymore.

    I want to do something about it but unhealthy thoughts came to mind.

    Starve yourself.

    Don’t eat.

    Take laxatives.

    Sleep throughout the day so that you won’t eat hence you won’t gain anymore weight.

    I gained 1kg over a day and I cannot forgive myself for that. It affected me so bad only God knows how shitty I’m feeling about it.

    I just want to sleep forever.

    My Daily Life., Social Media Detox

    Going back to Instagram

    Rules:

    – Follow people who care about you / who are inspirational

    – Unfollow people who don’t talk to you / who you don’t care about / who only want to gain followers without following you back / who are toxic / who give off negative vibes

    – 15 mins limit on Wed, Fri & Sun

    – Notifications off

    – Post Travel-related photos and personal photos and videos through insta stories

    – Only comment and like when you are genuine (not being mindless)

    – Be more mindful of what you post

    Alternatives to checking Instagram when it’s not the time yet:

    – Continue reading Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets

    – Continue reading The Secret

    – Get a new book from Kindle

    – Watch YouTube videos

    – Blog in WordPress (here)

    – Listen to music and chill

    – Do house chores

    – Workout

    – Listen to talk radio stations

    – Watch Korean drama/variety shows

    – Write poems

    – Mindful eating

    – Take photos that inspire you

    – Chat with Boyfriend and update him on daily life

    – Sing

    – Talk to friends