When you think of your mental health journey what comes to mind?
What a question.
I think when people hear "remember to take care of your mental health"
They think that everyone else is and that's not at all accurate
You know for me, I'm trying to learn, still, to make sure that I stay Ok
I just answered like 40 questions in one.
It doesn't make you
weak
To ask for help. It doesn't.
It doesn't make you weak to ask for a friend to go to a therapist.
It shouldn't make you feel weak to to ask anyone for help.
and you should be able to ask anyone for help and
Everyone has to help someone if they need it
Starting that conversation...
You don't have to make it super serious right away.
You say "How are you feeling? Like are you ok?" That's what you say. "Are you ok?"
Ask somebody that's what they you know, and "yeah, I'm good." Really?
You know, are you actually good, like sometimes
You don't even have to say anything to someone
for them to know
They understand and they don't have to say anything to you. Sometimes it's about a hug
It's about somebody holding you and telling you...
not even telling you anything. That's what I'm saying
holding you
the main thing I'm trying to say
is that you should keep your ears open and you should listen and
I'm just dealing with it how I'm dealing with it and I'm trying my best. Obviously. I am NOT a trained professional in anything
I don't know what I'm doing half the time
But I have I have seen it and I have been it
Even if it's just a little bit more comfort that can really mean a lot to someone
Because you don't know what is going on even in that moment
there could be something going on and it's been like that for me there have been certain people that
That have texted me right when I needed to be texted .
They loved me and that they were thinking about me
It really means a lot
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