When I was growing up, I always would get really anxious about losing things. Like it could be a doll or like, oh my God, where did I just put my fork? And I used to really cause a lot of disruption. And I didn't realize it then. But because my dad had abandoned me and my mom, anytime I lost something, I just assumed that I was never going to get it back.

And so I would be really, really freaked out and I would get completely hysterical.

So last week, I was actually having a really hard time with anxiety. I had woken up with panic when I felt completely fine when I went to sleep.

And I wanted to just get to the bottom of it.

So I did what everyone else does and goes to, you know, Dr. Google or WebMD. And despite all of the years that I've been a psychiatrist, for whatever reason, it just dawned on me last week that I experience or am experiencing PTSD still from my

childhood. So once I did some more reading and did some more research, I was like, oh,

okay, this all makes sense. Because there's times when I'm like, I'm fine, I'm completely happy.

And then all of a sudden, this panic anxiety just just seeps into my life. So I told myself,

you know what, like let's find a therapist. Like it's time for you to find a therapist so that I can

finally confront these issues that I've been having for the majority of my life. And also because

I'm just tired of running away from it. Like even the mentally running away from it can be really exhausting. So I

actually was really excited and I found a therapist and we met last week and I have weekly sessions

and I'm just I'm really excited to just, I just want to be like the best person that I can be

for me, not for like anyone else or I just, I just want to be like a really grounded,

more awesome individual. So this really is the first time I'm running towards my problem

instead of putting up walls and also instead of putting up boundaries and telling people

that I just don't want to talk about it.

I just want to drop it hello.

Taking care of our minds is just as important as taking care of our bodies.

But how do you even start that journey?

Think of Imani state of mind as your beacon of sanity on your path to getting your mind right.

We're in this together, y'all.

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