Raise Your Voice!

Talking is a way people cope. I, for one, love nothing more than a good bitching session with my friends or family. However, I have been told that since I talk about my mental health it mustn't be that bad! Okay few issues love!

1. Are you a medical practitioner?

2. Who gives you the right to tell me how bad my mental health is? And

3. Go away, I don't need or want that negativity in my life!

I do suffer from mental illnesses but I also do talk about them because for me, if I tell someone via text, face to face or on a blog that they aren't alone and help is possible than I feel like I have done my part in the circle of life. I am on medication and if that helps some people then go to your doctor and see what they say... But never! Never! Tell someone that they don't suffer from a mental illness just because they laugh/ smile or they talk about it.

There are days where I am so feared by life and being judged that I don't leave the house or even my room. There are days where the want to hurt myself is so strong that I have to literally scream until it goes because I know I'll regret it later. Some days I feel like making myself vomit because I ate too much and I hate the way I look. But because I write about it or talk about it, must mean that it's not that bad. If you care for someone, never says it mustn't be that bad. Ask if they need to vent! Congratulate them for making it outside, making it a day without making themselves sick or just even showering because it was a challenge for them and they should be rewarded.