Don't Be So Hard On Yourself...

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Like many first blog posts I'll start this one off by saying I wasn't sure what I wanted to do for my first blog post. I could ramble on about myself and my problems but thats not really the right tone for a first post. Though this blog is about my current mental health struggles, I want the overall tone to be hopeful. I've had some very very low days recently but I'm still here, hopeful that the next day will be better, as difficult as that is sometimes.

Anyway, I heard this song recently and its something a lot of people have been saying to me. I have a tendency to beat myself up, why cant I do things easily like everyone else? Why am I always messing up? Why isn't it ever good enough? Why is this so difficult? I forget to be kind to myself because the truth is, I'm not well. I was even more unwell last year than I am now, to the point I could barely string sentences together, so anxious and in the depths of depression I was.

 Its important to be kind and recognise any improvements, however small. That's why the song below is the perfect first blog post for me. Its a great song but its words resonate with me. Its something I think we should all strive to do, especially when we know we're struggling.

I came here with a broken heart that no one else could see

I drew a smile on my face til they were over me

The wounds heal and tears dry and cracks they don't show

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

Let's go back to simplicity

I feel like I've been missing me

Was not who I'm supposed to be

I felt this darkness over me

We all get there eventually

I never knew where I belonged

But I was right and you were wrong

Been telling us to fall in love

Don't be so hard on yourself, no

Learn to forgive, learn to let go

Everyone trips, everyone falls

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

Because I'm just tired of marching on my own

Kind of frail, I feel it in my bones

Oh let my heart, my heart turn into stone

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

I'm standin' on top of the world, right where I wanna be

So how can this dark cloud be raining over me

But hearts break and hells a place that everyone knows

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

Let's go back to simplicity

I feel like I've been missing me

Was not who I'm supposed to be

I felt this darkness over me

We all get there eventually

I never knew where I belonged

But I was right and you were wrong

Been telling us to fall in love

Don't be so hard on yourself, no

Learn to forgive, learn to let go

Everyone trips, everyone falls

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

Because I'm just tired of marching on my own

Kind of frail, I feel it in my bones

Oh let my heart, my heart turn into stone

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

Oh, Oh, Oh, I

I learned to wave goodbye

How not to see my life

From someone else's eyes

It's not an easy road

But now I'm not alone

So I, I won't be so hard on myself no more

Don't be so hard on yourself, no

Learn to forgive, learn to let go

Everyone trips, everyone falls

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

Because I'm just tired of marching on my own

Kind of frail, I feel it in my bones

Oh let my heart, my heart turn into stone

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

Because I'm just tired of marching on my own

Kind of frail, I feel it in my bones

Oh let my heart, my heart turn into stone

So don't be so hard on yourself, no

Jess Glynne - Don't Be So Hard On Yourself

TGWG x