Bell Let’s Talk is back. It’s 2025 and you know this cause has meant so much to me throughout the years, whether I posted an article on it or not.

I am very active still when it comes to mental health. There are still quite a few challenges which I will discuss. At the same time, I try and turn my challenges into something good. This is one of the only ways I know how to cope. I still volunteer for a Crisis Help Line. I am working on some new projects for this year.

I figured this day would let me open up about the mental health again. If you look back on recent years you know it’s been rough and it has taken a lot of time to get somewhat healthy. In November 2023, I ended up withdrawing from two competitions after a relapse on pain medications. To have everything I worked for go crashing down was honestly the worst feeling ever. However, it lead to something way more over time.

Due to this, I ended up with an eating issue because I used to compensate for everything else. I was starving hours at a time. I would do over 20 hour starvation and then eat but I would eat so little. That for the first time I managed to lose 30 pounds from April 2024 to August 2024. I’ve been so off, that my blood tests have shown that all my vitamins are off by a lot. So I have been starting to take the vitamins, I have been getting help once again for the eating disorder. It’s been a very slow progress and a lot of up and downhills. But I am thinking I will be better on track soon with constant checkups.

I feel like I am constantly fighting my body. From April to November I had such a massive pain flare I could not shake it off. It took me so long to be able to shake it off but it made my diagnosis worse. I am still waiting on a few tests but I will keep an update soon on everything that happened.

I think this is probably the easiest Bell Let’s Talk Day I have ever had to write. But everything has been going in the right direction and I am blessed. The main way I have been moving forward has been journaling. It’s been almost two years straight of doing it and just ranting to my journal has helped.

Please let me know your stories with mental health, and honestly anything health related. You are not alone and don’t forget it.