Tonight, hold your children closer than ever. Feel their warmth, hear their laughter, and let it wash away the fear you felt today.
In their innocent embrace, find strength to face the uncertainties. Hold them tight, for in their safety, lies our peace.
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“I know, there’s a version of me
somewhere in the future.
He’s looking at this moment
right here and saying,
‘Rudy, thank you for not giving up on us.’”
- Rudy Francisco
Today I have been seeing a lot of posts about mental health. It’s world mental health day, after all. People are “supposed” to talk about it until they go back to invalidate every emotion ever. And that’s the thing. People assume that they have done their part by sharing a mandatory post and can call themselves associated with the cause. But that’s not the truth. Your “duty” doesn’t end here, if you are really concerned about mental health. It won’t end until and unless you really try to understand how is it to be a mentally ill person. Your sympathy of one day means nothing until you put efforts to be empathetic and compassionate in your day to day life. Acknowledging and accepting that you do not understand how people can be mentally ill is way better that trending #mentalhealthmatters on social media and then telling people they are just overthinking and exaggerating, when they try to open up to you.
Because nothing hurts more than seeing people use “mental health” so casually that it literally invalidates the real struggle of people suffering from it.
If you really care about it, or you want to care about it, you need to understand how mental illnesses work. Talk to people. Read. Update yourself. Before you express what you think is right, learn to listen to them. Suffering from any mental illness is not a cake walk. People can’t just “get over it”. It’s a disease and it does require proper treatment. You may not be a doctor but you can try to help people going through such difficult times. At the end of the day, emotional support does matter.
We need to stop talking about mental health issues only when we read a news about suicide or some celebrity tries to open up about it. We need to normalise converstions around mental health. And it begins with you and me. Us. Every effort matters.
We need to normalise it so much that the next time somebody feels worthless, helpless, or low, they can tell it to their friends or family, and not to random strangers through some relatable meme or IG story.
We need to normalise it so much that they can tell their friends and family that they are seeing a therapist or psychiatrist, just the way they tell about their kidney or heart problem.
We need to normalise it so much that people can take leave from school/college/work, if they are not feeling well emotionally, just the way they do when there is some cold or headache.
We need to normalise it so much that people can sit and tell their kids about the importance of emotional well being, just the way they tell about the importance of education and a good career.
We need to normalise it so much that people can approach others to seek help, without being judged and invalidated, without thinking twice.
We need to normalise it so much that people don’t feel ashamed in taking meds, just the way they don’t, while taking meds for diabetes.
We need to normalise it so much that when they recover from it, they should celebrate it, just the way they do after recovering from dengue.
We need to normalise because people have suffered enough. It’s time that we come forward together to fight this monster. And all this is possible only when we accept its existence.
Let’s not create a world where even diseases face bias. Is that too much to ask for?
#WorldMentalHealthDay
"Here is a secret about things you love. If you put them down you can always pick them back up again. You can always paint again, sew again, hike again, play music again, read that book again, watch the movie. 'But it's been so long.’ The thing you love doesn't care.”
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Most people from 'wellness/motivation' industry do not understand mental illness, and keep peddling their half-baked solutions to people with mental illness. This causes a lot of harm to PwMI, esp setback in recovery.
#mentalhealth
I'll give you courage, even when I have zilch
I'll give you hope, even if I see gloom and gray
And when you take those from me
Mine would amplify, since it would come touching your way.
#MomDiary#FromGToR#MicroPoem#MicroPoetry
Instead of telling someone with a mental disorder to 'go for a walk', would you hold their hand and help them get dressed and then go with them for that walk? That is what would really help them with their recovery. 🌸💫
#depression#anxiety#ADHD
@whysaloni Hey Saloni. Happy to come across this tweet.
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Thanks & have a fab Friday:))
It's you know like how we're expected to work, clean the house, take out time to see friends, spend time with family, exercise, journal, have hobbies (some of us also manage kids) - all this while managing to live through a price of living crisis.
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