The Aggressive Reader

Tag: mental-health

  • In a Funk

    Hello followers, lately I’ve been in a reading slump (as we all have been there) and am giving an update on both my mental health and the More Than a Review book discussion with Wild Dark Shore. Well…it’s not happening…but Count My Lies book discussion is still a go! With how the world has been going lately, it has been hard to clear my mind enough to relax and read my multiple books, let alone one of them. I feel a lot of my readers can relate.

    I’ve struggled with my anxiety and depression for as long as I can remember, and I hate that it always takes a toll on my hobbies. Why it gotta take away the one thing that makes us happy?! Fighting it is an everyday battle and I’m in a type of weird funk where I want to sit down and read but at the same time, I feel like I should be up and doing something so I can’t relax and it’s a bit of a dilemma…I catch myself just getting on TikTok and scrolling through Facebook instead of doing anything actually productive. I’ve compiled a list of things to do to help me through this situation and wanted to share it in case you find yourself also through this situation.

    1. ONLY READ ONE BOOK AT A TIME. I know it’s hard but damn…you don’t need to overwhelm yourself with reading multiple books at once.
    2. ALLOW YOURSELF TIME TO DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. Stare at the wall and think about the meaning of life if you have to. Clear your brain!
    3. STOP EATING SHIT. For the love of god…stop eating junk food and allowing your depression to tell you it doesn’t matter what you load in your face because it does!
    4. CLEAN FIRST…READ SECOND. A hard one for me to follow at times and I know y’all can relate.
    5. STOP BEATING YOURSELF UP. We all get in funks sometimes, so we don’t need to be mean to ourselves if we are taking time off from certain things.
    6. DONT LOSE YOUR CREATIVITY. So difficult to follow while in a depression but don’t let this world take it away.
    7. DONT FORGET TO CHECK ON OTHERS. Yes, there are times that people don’t check on you, but they could be going through a lot worse, and you’d have no way of knowing. Watch out for each other in this world.
    8. GET MOVING. I’m going to aim for 30-45 minutes of activity a day before sitting on my butt with a book. Hey…listen to an audiobook while getting active!

    Thank you so much for reading! Take care of yourselves!

  • Welcome Back…Again!

    Damn…I started this blog in 2020 and got too lazy to keep reviewing books and let the world make me give up on writing and keeping my book opinions to myself (I know, how could I do this?) but now that the world is in utter chaos again without a pandemic, I am back and full of so much love and RAGE for my hobby of reading and writing that I will not give up! I am full of thoughts for each book I read that will either have you screaming, “YES!” in agreement or have you raging and ready to hit me across the face with a saucepan and start kicking me in the ribs…but hey, we all have our different opinions that we are ready to fight for but just because we all don’t like the same stories, let’s take a chill pill, shall we?

    I did mention before when I started my blog in 2020, that I wanted to talk about mental health as another topic for my blog but let’s be honest, all of our mental health is completely screwed right now, and we all are riding that boat together. DO NOT GIVE UP! I DON’T CARE HOW BAD YOU THINK IT IS, YOU WILL NEVER GIVE UP! We will get through this mess together! I don’t plan on swaying too much from my current reads, but I definitely know what it’s like to be in a very dark place in life. You have no motivation to do what needs to be done or even take care of yourself. I promise you that these dark days will pass, and if the world gets worse, then shit, we are going down together! You are not alone in your fight! But yes, anyways, let’s get back to our escapism into other worlds and lives.

    PEACE!