You cannot destroy me. I destroy me.

#mentalhealthawarenessday

“Remember you might be the lighthouse in someone else’s storm.”

Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain but excruciatingly hard to bare. There is a truth in this pain that we need to pay attention and sometimes we need to go back to go forward.

Throughout our history the evolution of mental disorders are subject to judgment, stigmatisation and social exclusion.

Today, we live in an incredible time of consciousness shift and able to look at mental health holistically with great awareness but there’s still so much work to be done.

We now know that anyone can transcend and manage their symptoms. Recovery is a radical decision, a journey, not a destination but a process.

Healing doesn’t mean the disorder never existed, it just means that it no longer controls you.

Start where you are.

Use what you have.

Do what you can.

What mental health needs is more unashamed conversation, heart centred approach, courage to crush the walls we built around it.

If you know someone who’s effected, remember to hold space, go the extra mile, become the lighthouse in their storm.

Love and Gratitude