What have you removed from your life to help your mental health?

[OneUmberJoker]

Ex friends

Alcohol.

I also really value down time, when I’m tired everything is so much worse.

My teaching career.

My last boyfriend.

No more pressure to spend money I don't have.
No more constant criticism of my cooking.
😊

XH :) We're thriving without him.

Alcohol- I don’t do well with the feeling of being not in control.
Forcing myself to do things like Christmas work socials and things, I opt out despite the pressure to go.

Toxic friends

My mother. Since she died my MH has improved enormously

Ongoing house maintenance. It's nothing but an expensive endless headache where you are never sure if you are being ripped off even if you can find a workperson. Fed up with waiting for plumbers, electricians etc to come to do what they say.

Caffeine
alcohol
toxic friends
excessively challenging work

Full time work. Thankfully we can afford for me to work part time.

Caffeine and alcohol

Work for me and dh. Dc have SEN/medical issues and we both got ill from the stress of working alongside caring. Took a serious health scare for us to realise we needed to stop for a few years while things are so difficult especially as we have no family support

Half my family! 😂😂😂

Birth control

Toxic people

Another xh here. Christ, he was a fucking milestone!

Instagram and replaced it with mumsnet 🤣😭🫣

My incredibly needy aged Aunt, she has so, so much support from so many people - & I am 300 miles away. The daily hysterical phonecalls, sometimes multiple, were incredibly draining & really upsetting for me....so I grew some balls & told her that I could only manage calls twice a week & on specific days.
The relief is incredible!

Twitter. I don’t miss having to have an opinion on 17 different non-events before breakfast

Same. And it’s been more effective than I could possibly imagine.

My ex-husband...

The news, and most TV in general.
I don't miss it.

Fair weather ''friends''
Toxic parent
Toxic job
London.

I had a big health scare about 3 years ago and it made me reassess my life.

I now live in a nice, small seaside town and no longer allow toxic people in my life.

My teaching career.
Exhausting relationship with my sister.
Saying yes to everything.
Eating food I hate because it suits others.

Social media. Cannot tell u how much better that feels.