Hello internet world. I didn’t much feel like recording a vlog today as my topic I think works better in written form. I’m currently trying to get myself into the Christmas spirit listening to my favorite Christmas music. I don’t think my playlist has changed very much since at least the age of 10. Listening to Christmas music usually allows me to instantly be transported to 1,000 different happy memories. From driving around looking at Christmas lights with the family, to decorating the tree and talking about our different family ornaments there’s just way too many to even list. Traditionally I start listening to Christmas music close to the week before Thanksgiving. However, November of 2019 was full of too much homesickness and other things leading me to be way too emotional to handle it until now. At least I’ve had pretty good success for the last 15 minutes. One more update from the Pacific before I turn to the topic that I have on my mind. In case you haven’t heard, I am not going to the US for Christmas break and there’s a group of friends from school that are also not going to the US. We finally have flights to Da Nang, Vietnam, which is number 15 on NYTimes 52 places to go in 2019, so I’m pretty happy with our choice. This is after I just spent Thanksgiving in Osaka/Kobe/Hiroshima/Miyajima. So I’m finally getting to explore other parts of Japan and Asia!
This blog sparked in my head while I was getting my hair cut on Sunday and its been bouncing around in my head so I have to put it out there, even if only like four of you read the rest of this thing.
As most of you know, I have anxiety. I also have thick hair. Most of you probably know that too. I started thinking about how these things were the same.
How is anxiety the same as having thick hair?
People can’t always tell that you have it
If you have it, sometimes it can be all that you talk about.
If you try to “put it up” and forget about it, it usually hurts much worse later.
The best way to deal with it is to maintain it and see a professional.
It normally does whatever it wants to and can’t really be “controlled” like other things can be.
You always feel much better after you’ve seen someone to help deal with it.
When its really bad, everyone can tell.
How are these things different?
One can’t be taken care of by sitting in a chair while you just let the professional do all the work.
People without anxiety don’t sit around wishing that they had it too.
People with thick hair aren’t walking around trying to pretend that they don’t have it.
One of these days, this blog won’t just be about my anxiety. I just feel like I’ve lived so long pretending that I don’t have it and I just feel like I can help other people feel like they don’t have to let it hold them back. I know so many people that may be reading this right now that are just so unaware that the things they do and feel and say are a direct result of your mental health and the mental health of those who surround your daily lives.
My next blog I’ll share some pictures from Thanksgiving and Christmas vacation and some of the other things that I spend my days in Japan doing this winter! Thanks for spending some time reading this today.
またね
