RE: River Thames Cold Therapy | Starting Something Kooky on Twitter to Raise Awareness for Mental Health + Steem + Crypto
Ha ha, it looked a bit 'King Billy' (chilly) in there redrica!
Great fun addition to the twitter steem promotion movement. I love that you're committed to jumping in the Thames every morning. That's some next level creative activity 🙂
For such good reasons as well. I've suffered mental health issues at different points in my life and now struggle with a chronic health condition.
Mental health is such a tricky thing to address. Both for the person suffering and for someone looking in trying to help.
One of my long time friends still suffers very severe depression, and it can be hard knowing some coping mechanisms I've learned could help the guy, but he's not interested because he's entrenched in it at the moment. All I can do is be as supportive as I can because the truth is he has to want to change. Well, that's how I remember it when I was going through bad depression. There were certain circumstances that made me actively want to change how I was thinking. And you're right, it's an ongoing process.
I shall look into the Wim Hof method once I get over the treatment I'm undergoing at the moment.
Best of luck with the daily cold water challenges Red 🙂
I really appreciate all your words of support! I've been trying to find ways to take control of my life, and embrace my inner weird and creative side, so even better, if I can do it for good causes! That's definitely motivating me to want to get up early in the morning and do this crazy stunt I'm committing to doing. The nights before, I've been dealing with self doubts and mild anxiety about doing something like this so publicly, but all this encouragement and support from everyone is helping so much, so I just remember my "why" and get over it!
Mental Health issues affect us all so differently, and I don't have all my shit together, but who knows, maybe this crazy stunt of mine can help someone realize that they can always find a way to break free from their "mental prison".
I think it's awesome you decided to look into the Wim Hof Method. Thanks so much for sharing your story, your friend is lucky to have your support!
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Absolutely spot on! I love your attitude. Awesome 👍🙂
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