Moving forward

There has been a lot going on the past few weeks. I just finished the second week of the term and it was crazy. I am still working to get a good schedule and get my homework down. There is a lot of reading and little assignments that are easy to forget. The first week Kendrick, my boyfriend, wasn't here and I really expected to have multiple anxiety attacks and to cry pretty much every day, but I didn't. It was the greatest thing! The reason I was able to survive some really hard times is that I was introduced to a holistic (natural) product that helps with mental health. It is an amazing product that has a focus on mental health. There are so many people in this world that struggle with mental health issues and everyone suffers some sort of depression or anxiety. My boyfriend is taking the fundamentals (the basic product of the company) and he does not have any major mental health problems but he knows that he could still use the health benefits and the help for his gut-brain axis. Now you are probably asking, "what the heck is the gut-brain axis?" Well, I am so glad you asked!!! The Gut-Brain axis, in simple terms, is the connection of between your brain and gut. "so how does the gut and brain connect besides being in the same body?" Wow! You are asking the best questions! Let me tell you! You gut have millions of microbiomes that release a lot of the important hormones that make you feel good, Serotonin and Dopamine. These hormones are essential to our mental health.  When our gut is unhealthy, we unable to produce and release these hormones. So since taking this product, I am able to handle more stressful situations, be calmer in high emotion situations, and I don't jump to suicide as my only option. I am able to function more.
Now, this doesn't mean that I don't have bad or down days, things get rough, and I still react quite largely with my feelings. I am not 100% better. I am not saying that this is the product that fixes all. No.  But it is allowing me to work on things I couldn't even touch on before. I am able to battle demons that used to be overwhelming for me to even think about. I now can think about past events that normally would bring me an anxiety attack. Although I feel my anxiety and my heart races, it isn't as debilitating as it was before. I think that growing up I was not able to cope with certain things that created a negative foundation for the hard things that I experienced later. I am so happy that I found this product. I never thought I would be able to fight these wars and win.

This is my own personal experience. If you have found other things that help, please do share. Please don't hold back comments and questions!