Holiday Gift Guide

With 12 days left until Christmas it's officially crunch time. If you have someone in your life who didn't make a present wish list you may be struggling to think of something they would like. I decided to make a holiday gift guide comprising of gifts I think someone who is fighting a mental illness may enjoy (or anyone else honestly). I know that finding the perfect gift for someone is my favorite part of the holiday season so, hopefully these ideas can inspire you and help check names off of your list!

  • Books - Sometimes the best thing to do on a tough day is curl up with a good book and escape reality for a little bit. For anyone in your life who is struggling I highly recommend a book by Jenny Lawson. If you're just looking for a good book in general I would check out Kate Morton's books or A Southern Haunting Book Series. You can find book one here on Amazon. 
  • Adult Coloring Books - These are honestly so stress relieving. It may seem silly at first sitting down to color when you're not a child but it can be very therapeutic. There are tons of great coloring books out there you can find based on what your loved one likes but if you're looking for one that donates to a good cause in the process check out color for the kids.
  • Candles - A soothing candle can be a great help to keep someone grounded and relaxed. Check out these candles made with the purpose to help promote positive mental health. 
  • Positivity Pack - I have yet to try one of these but think they are such a great idea. It's a pack made with the mission to make your loved one smile. You can check them out online here.
  • Inspirational Jewelry -  Anything with an inspirational quote is a good idea in my book especially when I can wear it and take a positive reminder everywhere with me. Mantrabands are a super cute option, you can check these out online here. I also love bravelets, which can be found here.
  • Journal - I know people who like writing tend to already have a journal of their own so you could consider getting them a guided journal to go along with their every day thoughts. My personal favorite is this one.
  • Something heartfelt - I know super vague right? However, if you're loved one is fighting a mental illness there's a good chance they tend to feel like a burden to the people in their life (speaking from experience here). A note reminding them how much you care along with a framed picture of the two of you or something that reminds you of them could go a long way.
I just love Christmas time and hope that these ideas may help you with your shopping. None of these are sponsored products of any kind they are just things that I genuinely like and think others like me may enjoy as well. If you have any ideas to add the list, let me know and I would love to share them as well. I hope you all are having a happy holiday season! 

Until next time. 💚💗

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Fear of Progress

Image
So I've been doing really well lately and making a lot of progress. I've gained confidence and hope that I will once again be able to live the life I want to live. I'm obviously not there yet but I've been able to do more and more things and survive tough situations that have previously seemed impossible. Whenever I'm doing good I tend to not know what to write about in my blog posts. For one thing, I don't want to seem like I'm bragging about doing well because even through the good days I am almost always struggling with something. The other thing is that I don't want to be seen as doing well and then not be believed when I'm struggling or fall into a down moment. Basically to sum it up I have a huge fear surrounding making progress.  With every good day that passes and every bad moment I make it through comes excitement, but that excitement also comes followed by fear that it's all going to end soon. I feel like I am almost always waiting ...
Read more

An Introduction

Image
Hello friends and welcome to my blog! This blog is all about my journey and struggle dealing with anxiety, panic disorder, and depression. I've found so much comfort over the past year hearing stories from people going through what I'm going through and knowing I'm not alone. I've always found so much joy in helping others and hope that by sharing my story I can help at least one person feel less alone through their experience with this illness. That being said, I can't guarantee you will relate to everything I say, that this will be a light-hearted and happy blog, or that I won't eventually run out of things to say, but I can guarantee that I will be 100% honest and real with you through the good and the bad.  Who Am I You Ask?   For those of you who don't know me, my name is Christy (actually if we're going by legal names my name is Christine) and I am currently 24 years old. I recently graduated from Chapman University with my BS in Business...
Read more

Fed Up

So January has not gotten any easier for me, thank goodness it's over tomorrow! I know, I know, just the start of a different month. Name isn't going to automatically solve all my problems, but it's a nice addition. I have to apologize really quick to those of you that follow the Instagram for my blog because I haven't been very active on there. I try to keep an uplifting theme on there and here, because even though mental illness is tough I still try to be a positive version of it as much as possible and that hasn't been easy for me this month at all. So I find myself pulling away from everyone instead of talking about it.  Going off of that trying to be positive note I always try to find something beneficial from my anxiety and what's going on in my life (as much as possible when my brain is constantly lying to me). I can even tell you positive things that have come from my panic attacks and what I've learned going forward. This month, however, everyth...
Read more