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What is “mental health?”  It doesn’t seem as there really ever can be one definition as many factors come into play including culture and different therapy orientations.  It’s also very subjective.  A client of several years ago wrote something on her realizations about “mental health” and I was moved by her words.  Permission has been granted to publish (anonymously) and I’d like to share them.

“I have realized that happiness, healing, getting “better”, whatever you want to call it…it doesn’t feel like what I thought it would.  And honestly, I didn’t realize that I had expectations about what this state of “mental health” would feel like.  It is actually quite ordinary, isn’t it?  I was thinking something was going to happen…me getting better was going to be an event. Surely it had to be that big of a moment because it was so important to me and everything would change for me/about me and the world would be magic and easy!

But, to my big surprise, there was no magical moment with flattering lighting and music playing behind me, or any other theatrical element.  Instead it was the very softest of thoughts, almost a whisper in the back of my head as I was watching the ocean waves…”funny, I thought this would feel different.”"

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Lisa Brookes Kift is a therapist and creator of The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com, providing tools for marriage, relationship and emotional health. 

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