Mental Health

Hey friends, a few weeks ago PGRPG (my women empowerment movement/organization) hosted a girl talk picnic where we spoke on various topics. One of them was mental health. I had the opportunity to speak on a topic that is so fragile in today’s society, a topic that society took and romanticizes, a topic that is so taboo. In my speech I had to get personal….I wanted to... I wanted my Audience to feel the emotions. Not for sympathy or anything but for understanding. After my speech I realized that mental health is a topic we should be talking about every day. It should be talked about in our schools, talked about in our families, talked about everywhere honestly because I seen how my audience reacted to my speech. They were uncomfortable. Not in a bad way though. Uncomfortable because they couldn’t believe I was talking about depression, anxiety, PTSD, and many more. I made it seem normal. I mentioned that 1 out of every 4 adult suffers from a mental illness and I felt chills from them because I told them to look around and count themselves and 3 others, one is suffering from a mental illness and probably don’t even know. They were in shock. I felt the emotions. But mental illness doesn’t mean you’re sick or crazy. I call it “a part of life” honestly. It’s okay not to be okay. Life is a bitch but make sure you make it your bitch. I asked my Instagram followers 2 questions; “what is mental health”? Because no one at the picnic could answer it and “what advice would you give someone suffering from a mental illness”? I’ll be going into depth with those in my podcast Sunday. I just wish society and my generation didn’t take mental health as a joke. I wish people knew that there’s nothing wrong with them. I wish that men would become more comfortable in expressing their feelings. I wish our families would see us through our mental health. But you can’t only wish you have to put an effort to make change. Check on your strong friends, talk about mental health like how you talk about sex and drugs. Stop pushing it away and ignoring it. I vow to be the voice of those who are afraid to speak because they don’t wanna be judged by outsiders. Remember, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. until next time.