I Believe in the Good Things Coming - Music and Life
This last few days have been challenging to me. As I already wrote in Spanish there is a shortage in a medicine that I need for my mental well-being. This has put my life upside down and help me evaluate my dependency on pharmaceuticals and how fragile my condition could be.
Making the story short, my condition is not critical and I have been without a crisis or episode for more than 11 years. I have something close to schizophrenia but not that severe and also symptoms of bipolarity but nor that mild. Saying that I cannot afford a crisis right now, not only talking about economic things but also talking about my responsibilities in life, with my wife, my family and of course with Hive.
I'm positive that I will be able to go through this situation and that this crisis will bring opportunity I'm sure we will find other ways to treat and heal my brain or at least to keep it functional.
At the moment I have been sleeping well and that's a very good sign. I've been feeling a little enthusiastic or I'd rather say with a lot of energy and with a lot of thoughts coming to my head, that is not a very good sign but I can handle it, for now.
My last crisis were hypomanias, that is a state of increase energy, lack of sleep, thoughts of greatness and sometimes a lot of creativity. Manias have some upsides if they can be controlled but if they fully break hell is released and I can do crazy things like practicing Kung Fu on the ceiling, going out in the middle of the night or make awful investing transactions.
At the moment I'm taking supplementation, Omega 3 Fish Oil, Transfer Factor for my defense and I found a supplement similar to the medicine that is out of stock. I'm trying to eat better and I'm also keeping my mind busy.
How music helps me.
I'm not a musician, I'd loved to but I don't have the patience to learn how to play an instrument or learn how to sign. I know that these skills can be learned even if we do not have the "talent". In my case music does not come easy for me.
I do love listening to music. And I believe I have a good taste, I've had a lot of influence from my parents, brother and cousins. I try to stay away from what the media tries to sell us and I've looked for my own path, talking about music.
Nahko and Medicine for the People is a music band that I found some years ago.
2016 was an interesting year for me, I quit Mormonism (that's a story for another day) and had to find my purpose in life again. That year I started discovering a lot of new music by myself. Spotify's discovery functions were very helpful. Besides Nahko and MFTP, I found Wookiefoot, Trevor Hall, Xavier Rudd, Echo Movement, Rebelution, SOJA, Dirty Heads, Matisyahu and many more amazing bands and musicians.
That year I walked a lot, just my headphones and me. I had a lot to think about. I broke an engagement (a Mormon girlfriend), I made new friendships (Overwatch peers), I started from scratch in many things of my life. In some ways I was alone but I also had my music.
This music helped me rebuild my philosophy and have something new to believe in. In few weeks I went from full Mormon, to Christian, to agnostic, to atheist. The spirit behind songs from Wookiefoot and Nahko help me regain faith in life and also gave me hope.
Now that I have another difficult path ahead I turn to music, to my family and to the people that I love, including all my Hive friends from different communities to share my thoughts, to steam off, to release some pressure. Writing is a way to let my thoughts go out, let them leave my mind, in peace.
This community is about music, so I'll share some songs from Nahko and Medicine for the People. I've been hearing their playlist on Spotify while I write these thoughts and also while I play Splinterlands.
Here is their playlist
Aprecio mucho tu post y no se si lo hiciste consecuentemente pero hoy es el día de la salud mental
yo compartire algo contigo de lo que pienso hacer un post pronto y es que hace poco supe que tengo cierto nivel de autismo, entiendo mucho la posición desde la que hablas, pues me han mandado una dieta y unos medicamentos que en venezuela hace todo super complicado
https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@adiwathrive/case-study-part-1-hive-currency-exchange-for-the-purchase-of-food-and-elaboration-of-a-menu-in-venezuela-or-or-estudio-de-caso
aqui hay un poco más de approach sobre la situación economica, aunque todo esta fuerte, el mejor momento para tratar la salud es ahora, por lo que también estoy teniendo una dieta especial y tomando medicamentos que me ayuden en mi nutrición, presentaba unos sintomas y dolores de barriga relacionados a todo el cuadro y a la desnutrición
dentro de todo ese universo, mi preocupacion estaba en hive y en sostener todo mientras planifico un viaje y hago malabares para dedicarle a cada área que me apasiona
son momentos fuertes pero en publicaciones como la tuya, encuentro refugio, lá música es una gran guía.
Oh de hecho no sabía que hoy era el día de la salud mental...
No soy expeto en el tema, pero sé que una dieta baja en carbohidratos ayuda a reducir síntomas del autismo o a sobrellevar esta condición que puede ser complicada. Yo he hecho la dieta Keto o cetogénica y me ha funcionado para bajar de peso, de hecho me estoy animando a hacerla de nuevo porque de un año para acá he subido bastante de peso como 10 o 15 kilos jejeje. Se nota de las fotos de mi boda a mis fotos actuales.
Gracias por tu comentario y por compartir conmigo tu experiencia y el post donde hablas del menú.