Gabbie T
Do you invest the same amount of time into your mental health, as you do into your physical health or career?No! Not even close! My mental health gets very little time because I don't feel like I have the time with a disabled child at home to put time to it and being autistic too the local NHS doesn't offer anything suitable - despite having a longstanding mental health condition. I would have to pay privately to get suitable treatment which I just can't afford - it would start at £40 a week roughly. Which I just can't afford. I rarely even get anytime to myself to think about my needs let alone to act upon them.
Being physically disabled as well my physical health usually forces me to pay attention otherwise I'll end up in hospital. My career has become full time family admin for 3 disabled people, one of whom is a child and one of whom can't work because of their conditions yet is still expected to complete endless paperwork, chase appointments and on limited sleep, mental, physical and financial resources. Being then called a benefit scrounger...It's pretty soul destroying at times.