WELCOME

Hello everyone, welcome to my blog: Roots of Arwen! 

My name is Arwen and I will be writing about my lifestyle.

As someone who struggles with mental health issues, I sometimes find it difficult to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
I am starting a blog to break down some of the taboos surrounding mental well-being for some of you.

Some find it embarrassing and unnecessary to talk about,
while others are afraid to talk about it because it is taboo.

I will give tips and have conversations about mental health because I know there are those who think they are different, that they don't belong. But there are many who think that way.

This way, we can get through it together.

The name ' Roots of Arwen' comes from a special person I met in the psychiatric ward. She was one of the therapist, she gave music therapy. One day she told me I'm like roots of a tree or a flower. She said that the roots are the first to grow and that I'm growing my roots by being myself. The flower comes next but the flower need the roots to grow, so without my roots I can't grow and heal. 

At my last therapy session before I got discharged she said that my roots are strong enough to grow the flower. That's the meaning of my blog's name.

Yes, I was in hospital for my mental health and No,I'm not ashamed of that. I was strong enough to ask for help and I was strong enough the face my problems.You should never be ashamed to ask for help, and no one will judge you.
Okay, maybe I'm saying something wrong here, but if the people who really care about you are there for you and support you, then that's the most important thing you could wish for. I'm not saying there won't be people who will think differently, but let them. You have to take care of yourself and not worry about what others think of you. Your well-being is your priority right now. Believe me, it's not worth bottling everything up until you can't take it anymore.

I will be talking about some heavy topics, so if you're not comfortable reading that. I will put a trigger warning. But if your here to read about the tips and the happy stuff, you are always welcome.

Thank you for supporting me by reading this post 

and I will try to post minimum ones a week.

xoxo Arwen