A Colourful Mind focusses on all things mental health and leading a healthy and positive lifestyle to enhance your ongoing recovery with mental illness diagnoses. Anyone is welcome here as this is home to lonely souls who need encouragement, a confessional for free expression, a safe environment with no judgements and a place of knowledge for those of you who wish to feed your cells with information never brought to your attention in the past. Together we can change mental illness into mental wellness.

WHY I STARTED THE BLOG

Mental illness has hindered my abilities and freedom in ways I could never have imagined possible. As a young child “fitting in” resulted in several failed attempts due to my unconventional behavioral mannerism. My battle with mental illness was an unpleasantly erratic experience for years. My battle with mental illness and fears associated with my inner-child drove me to create this blog. Years ago, I stumbled across this quote by Ricky Martin “You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, ‘I love you and nothing will destroy you and you’re not going to fall”. Because of these words, my blog and initiatives have flowered colossally.

I know from experience that the thought of living a healthy, full life may seem but a dream to most but through this blog I hope I can change that mentality, not only for you but for myself as well. In our stigmatized society mental illness is misunderstood. I hope for this blog to put you at ease if need be. I hope you find solutions on how to better yourself and manage your condition/s. I hope you feel at home and find a sense of belonging and I hope you always remember that you are not alone.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

As a South African resident, I have been in search of a South African Blog that would resonate with my battles for years, but I struggled, literally. All I came across were organizational blogs and they were not very
helpful. Instead of feeling uplifted and empowered I felt worse off than I was to begin with. The fact of the matter is that there aren’t many South African Mental Health Blogs and this is most likely due to our developmental structures which have heavy density on measures which are not accessed at the present moment as well as those that are still in the process of validation on mental health support and awareness in both upper and lower class categories. A Colourful Mind is a new mental health platform in South Africa to take mental health awareness and education to the next level.

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