END THE STIGMA.

This week is Mental Health Awareness, which is something I feel extremely strongly about. So I have decided to write my thoughts on it.

I am an individual who has suffered myself from mental health problems. I went through the lowest point in my life a year ago or so. There were days I wanted to give up, end the pain and give in. Waking up became a huge struggle, daily chores became unbearable, relationships with my friends and family became extremely difficult. I lost myself as a person, I let my toxic thoughts destroy me. I felt I had no purpose in life and that is one memory that will always haunt me when I look back...depression and anxiety completely stole my life. However, one day I just woke up and I was sick of letting this darkness consume me..I spoke up and I got help. It was a long, hard process...and yes, I do still have to wake up in the morning with the decision to be positive BUT I know that even on my bad days I will never suffer like I used to, because I now know I never have to suffer alone, people will always be there to listen.

Mental health is NOT a weakness, it is nothing to be ashamed of and neither is speaking about it. You do not have to suffer by yourself, alone in your room at 3am feeling like there is nobody..THERE IS, and always will be. The naivety of people who say "just get over it, people have it worse'' is something that will always shock me. People die of suicide everyday, it is just as important as physical illness. We need to be kind to everyone, you never know what is going on in someone else's thoughts, the battle they are facing.  In this generation I find that people feel it is harder to speak up about their problems, because of silly terms like ''Psycho'' or ''Attention seeking''... those two phrases is what held me back for a long time on making a recovery, forget those terms, forget the people who tell you to 'snap out of it' ...never feel like you are not important enough to speak out. We need to end the stigma... and together we can!! You are never alone, someone is always there to listen...so please, I beg any of you reading this who is feeling deep unhappiness to SPEAK to someone..a friend, a family member, or even a professional! Learning not to be ashamed of my mental health problems and being able to speak about them is what changed my life for the better. Never suffer alone my angels xxxxxx