Hello

I come from a family that doesn’t believe that mental illness is a real illness. A family who blatantly tells me that I am okay and to just go on about my day. A family whose words hurt but are meant to be heard. A family that's to blame. How can you go on about your day if it's just full of dismay? How are you supposed to be heard if you're silenced like a distressed play? How can you be okay with so much to say?

 

Have you ever had to deal with your emotions alone? Felt as if your feelings were unknown? Or simply told that your feelings must go? 

 

When the talk of health issues arise, everyone immediately assumes it to be an illness or disorder pertaining to the body on a physical level. Health, however, also pertains to its mental elements which is equally, if not more, important. 

 

If you look around you will see people with so many different stories to tell. And though you think that you know them pretty well there's a story that they keep to themselves. 

 

Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social wellbeing. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It likewise determines how an individual handles stress, interpersonal relationships, and how they come to decision making.

 

There's a saying that “Health is Wealth” but how can you be in good health if you just stay to yourself? “Health is Wealth”, yet we live in a world where mental health is often ignored. 

 

Mental health is ignored yet struggling feels like being on a sinking ship with no lifeboat. A battle between your being and your mind that feels as though you're struggling to keep afloat. 

 

Mental health is often ignored due to the stigma surrounding mental illness. For many people, mental illness is seen to be a sign of weakness. There’s a belief that if you can’t just move on from it, then there's something wrong with you. 

 

How can we help each other if we constantly attack one another?

 

Taking care of your mind involves planting your seeds, growing your trees, and producing new leaves. It takes time to have peace of mind. It takes you to make things new. And it takes us to provide new views. 

 

So how can we get rid of the stigma put up against our mental well-being? Well we can become more aware and sensitive to the feelings of others even if you feel opposed to those thoughts and actions that they may partake in.. Though you feel opposed you can still support.. You can still provide guidance and if you really feel uncomfortable with the responsibility you can learn more about it or simply get them someone that will take on the responsibility. 

 

The future would be so much more at peace if all our thoughts and worries could be expressed and relieved from our systems to the ones that want to assist us.. There are people that want to help you and the people you care about. It just takes you to acknowledge their struggles and cries for help and it takes a lot to build up the courage to get help. 

 

It's okay to feel unstable. It’s okay to disassociate. It’s okay to need help. It’s okay to hide. It’s okay not to be okay. But it's not okay to push your feelings to the side.