Dark Thoughts.

 So seeing as this is a page devoted pretty much to mental health I would be pretty silly not to include something like this on my page because it isn`t talked about enough.

Dark thoughts, dark thoughts are described as "thoughts and feelings of despair or pending doom". These can be thoughts that you are a failure or useless, they thoughts can last hours, days, weeks sometimes even months or years.

Many people have dark thoughts at least once in their life, sometimes their life can be consumed by them and this feeling of "despair and doom" can lead to other dark thoughts of self harm or suicide. YOU ARE NOT ALONE! if you feel these thoughts coming through or you are deep into a dark patch one way I like to look at it is "will this effect me in 7 years" so whatever you are negatively thinking of whether it be a lost job, a relationship coming to an end, a death in the family, just stop and think to yourself "in 7 years time where will I be, will this matter, I can find a new job next week, I will find a new girlfriend when the time is right, my loved one who just passed would not want me to be down"  these things hurt that is for sure, losing a job or a loved one isn't always as simple as "forget and move on" I understand that, but "will it matter in 7 years time" chances are it won`t.

Now it doesn't have to be 7 years but the point I'm making is, in 7 years a lot can happen which may change your outlook on things. You may have lost a job now, then, in 7 years from now you might be in your dream job not knowing why you were so down about losing your old job, the same with relationships, you may have lost one relationship but you may find `the one` in a year who will make you forget about all the others, or you may reconnect with an old partner who you never thought you would get back with. Only time will tell.

The point is, I hate cliques but "it will all work out" no matter what you are going through it will pass, it will get better. Just because something doesn't work out right now doesn't mean it will NEVER work out, after one door closes another door opens, there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.

Why don't you try taking yourself out of the situation for a little bit, just take a minute take a deep breath and think to yourself the reason you are having these dark thoughts, think really hard "why?" why am I so torn up over this job loss? Why am I so torn up over this broken relationship? Why am I so torn up over this loved one passing? Ask yourself honestly why you are feeling this way about the situation and evaluate is it worth feeling this way? Talk to a friend or a loved one, or anyone about these feeling explore the "why?"  Opening up to someone helps you get another perspective on the situation and allows you to get another opinion on this situation and can help a lot in getting through it. Talking to someone can often help in more ways than you realise.