Reminder that your mental health deserves care while dating too🩷 @selfspace@jodiecariss
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Protecting our peace isn’t selfish. It’s maintenance. Mute it. Leave on time. Decline it. Delay it.
Today, try putting a boundary into practice. Whether it’s a big ‘un or a small one, prioritise yourself. 🧡
We’ve been doing this our whole lives.
“How are you?” “Yeah I’m fine”
It’s just what we say.
But sometimes someone actually is asking. And sometimes we actually need to answer.
F*** being fine when we’re anything but. When was the last time you said it? Be honest.
I’ve teamed up with @theselfspace to help us get beyond feeling ‘fine’. Same day sessions. Hassle free therapist matching done by a human, not a bot. Free 20 minute intro sessions. Seven days a week. In person and online. Go check them out and tell them I sent you.
It’s a hard truth, but no one can help with what we don’t say.
Clarity beats mind reading, it can sound like:
“Can you stay on the phone with me for a bit?”
“I’m not okay today. I need a break.”
“Can you help me with this?”
“I don’t want to be on my own tonight.”
“Can we move this? I don’t have the capacity.”
We know asking isn’t always easy. But we’re not meant to do life alone. We’re wired to support each other. That’s how we get through life.
One clear ask, mate. Go on 🤍
First Spoken Word Commission for The Self Space this Mental Health Awareness Week 🍯
I’ve really found the people who smile the brightest and feel the highest highs so often also mask the lowest lows, with or without Bipolar. I wrote this inspired by an honest conversation one weekend recently with a friend after I’d been rapid cycling so often. Such a joy to write and release 💛
Shot by @emilykrousephotography
How do you answer ‘How are you?’ when you have more than one experience to share?
Living with Bipolar Disorder and PMDD, my answer of ‘good’ can sometimes feel like a lie. Seven days often spans elation, depression, excitement, fear as well as flatness.
@theselfspace allowed me to create this short film to encourage others to tell a friend what’s really going on under the surface this Mental Health Awareness Week :)
This week is all about real action, and the high-street therapy team at @theselfspace are helping us move beyond saying “I’m fine” and into something more honest.
This week you can sign up for free therapist-led nervous system reset sessions or join their community events to help you move out of “fight or flight” mode and into a state of safety.
Spoken Word & Direction @rosieviva
Videographer @emilykrousephotography
Editor @bitesizedcinema
Regulate.
Your system is overloaded. So anything you build on top of that will feel heavy.
Regulation isn’t the solution to everything, but it’s a bloody good place to start.
Do the smallest thing. Five quiet minutes where your system gets to realise it’s safe.
And if doing it alone feels too hard, we’re here.
We’re offering free 20-minute nervous system reset sessions with our top-notch therapists throughout the week.
Link in bio.
This Mental Health Awareness Week, we asked @jodiecariss , founder of @theselfspace , to talk to us about action. Here’s what she had to say:
“If we’re honest, gyms have always been about action. You don’t think your way into strength, you do your way there. Mental health isn’t actually that different.
But here’s the part we’re missing: action doesn’t always look like pushing harder. Sometimes the most powerful move you can make is to not react.”
Five takeaways for this week ↓
⬛ Stop waiting to feel ready
You don’t wait to feel motivated to train, you show up and the motivation follows.
Your mental health works the same way. The conversation, the boundary, the habit, it’s not going to feel easy before you do it. Do it anyway.
⬛ Small reps count here too
We massively overestimate what needs to happen for change.
A five-minute walk, one honest conversation, getting to bed earlier are your mental health reps. Do them consistently and they compound.
⬛ Inaction can be the work
Not sending the text.
Not reacting in the moment.
Not abandoning yourself to keep the peace.
That pause? That’s not weakness, that’s control. That’s you choosing differently.
⬛ Break the all-or-nothing mindset
Miss a session? You come back.
Same with your head.
You don’t need a perfect routine to feel better, you need a willingness to return when you’ve drifted. That’s what builds resilience.
⬛ Awareness isn’t enough anymore
Most people know what’s going on for them. That’s not the issue.
The shift happens when you act on it, when you actually change something in your day, your behaviour, your patterns.
Insight without action keeps you stuck.
Come and book yourself in for a free 20-minute nervous reset session. Click the link in stories.
