Over the years, I have seen first-hand what happens when you fail to see or act on your mental health. Ignore your mental health and be prepared to deal with illness, and it may not just be a cough or a cold.

Mental Health issues and Illness

When you ignore mental health, you're looking at illness, which can cost you your health and in certain cases, your life. No one is free of illness or mental health issues.

I say it again, mental Health is the last thing we deal with, and the first thing to go. As a child, I struggled with anxiety and mental health issues, I didn’t know I had.

Around a disability I didn’t know I had, looking back, where I had anxiety, I had no idea that was a mental health issue. It is important to act on your mental health and wellbeing.

Anxiety isn't harmless

Not everyone will see anxiety as harmful, but when you’re continually living in fight and flight mode, when it’s something you continue to deal with, you’re never far away from any potential illness, or threat.

It is important to think about, to act and take control of how you feel, of your mental health. Don’t wait until it’s too late, and something happens to you. I have lost too many members of my family to cancer.

Not all illnesses are curable

Not all illnesses are curable, so please don’t ignore the warning signs!! Act on your mental health and continue to deal with how you mentally and emotionally feel.

If you're interested in grabbing copies of either of my books, you can order Kindle or paperback copies on Amazon, and through the following link https://linktr.ee/Ilana_Estelle

Ilana Estelle is a mental health and wellbeing advocate who combines educational insight with her personal experience of living with physical, mental, and emotional disabilities. She holds diplomas in Counselling, Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Therapy, Psychotherapy and Counselling, and Stress Management. Through her writing, Ilana supports others in navigating their emotional, mental, and physical health challenges. In addition to writing for The CP Diary, her work has appeared in healthy lifestyle magazines. Ilana is also the author of three books: Cerebral Palsy: A Story – Finding the Calm After the Storm, Spirituality, Healing and Me, and Survival: The Covid Years – Time for Change.

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