Deep-rooted emotions will always affect how we feel and our energy, therefore it is important to think about issues that are making us unhappy and deal with those.

We are responsible for 'us'

No matter how we feel, the buck stops with us. We need to be responsible for our behaviour, regardless of the self-limiting subconscious issues that are causing us to feel unhappy, even angry. We may become unhappy and angry when we have little control over our subconscious thoughts and our life.

We need to be proactive

But I learned from a small age that I needed to be proactive and take back control of my emotions, of my life. The negative issues I had to deal with reinforced my insecurities and those centred around certain aspects of my disability, of my life. Negative energy around us when we’re small can have a spiral effect, reinforcing issues and impacting our mental and emotional health.

When I think about it, I go back to my emotional struggles around school particularly, because each day was a mental struggle, a battle. I would go to school filled with dread and come back home with the same dread, knowing I’d have to go back into school the next day.

The past isn't always done

Although we may subconsciously hold on to thoughts from as far back as a child, dealing with our thoughts and emotions, can help us see things more clearly. When we struggle to deal with something in the present, something negative from our past can easily temporarily present itself.

Although my story is unique, dealing with emotions isn’t. It was not knowing what I was dealing with and struggling with my neurological difficulties without help that kept me stuck. For many years, those overall thoughts became intertwined and having no emotional support to help me function in my own ‘normal’ was impossible.

Finding a way through

That said, it is important to find a way through, so that we’re not continually living with insecurities and certain aspects of our past. It is important to continue to work on ourselves so that we can resolve issues and so they’re not reinforced every time we deal with, or think about something.