My husband and I just recently purchased a Wii. If you’re not familiar with the Nintendo Wii Gaming System – it makes it possible for you to “simulate” certain activities in the comfort of your home. For instance, with our system, we purchased a package that included bowling, golf, tennis, frisbee throwing, etc. My husband likes playing nearly all of the games but I have some back problems and I’m kinda partial to the bowling game.
Anyway, it’s seems almost every time my husband and I bowl against each other, and he’s not bowling well, he wants to start the game over! Now, we’re talking about a man who is almost 60 years old! Of course, I won’t let him hit the reset button. I tell him it’s not fair. I told him just today, “You can’t start life over if you don’t like the way it’s going.” Then, we both looked at each other for a second - You know what? Yes you can!
Years ago, when I didn’t like the way my life was going, I decided to hit the reset button. Years of living in fear and confusion because I didn’t understand what was going on inside my brain needed to end. I realized that choosing not to do something to change your life IS making a choice and I couldn’t live with that choice any longer. I decided to make a change.
When you suffer from mental illness, it’s a little like alcoholism, eating disorders or drug abuse. No one can make an alcoholic stop drinking…. No one can make a drug addict stop doing drugs… No one can make an anorexic eat. The same is true of someone suffering from a manageable mental illness. NO ONE can make you take your meds. NO ONE can make you go to counseling. NO ONE can make you hit the reset button… Only you.
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