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Today is World Mental Health Day, a day dedicated to global mental health awareness, education, and advisory against social stigma. Created in 1992 by the World Federation for Mental Health, its objective is to raise awareness of mental health issues around the world and to mobilize efforts in support of mental health. 

WMHD’s theme this year is Mental Health Services in Times of Catastrophes and Emergencies. In the unprecedented times we live in, it is now more important than ever that people know help is available. And it’s important to make sure that it always will be.

For more information on World Mental Health Day, visit www.wmhdofficial.com 

Some additional resources include:

Mental Health First Aid www.mentalhealthfirstaid.org 

Shout (UK Based) Text the word “Shout” to 85258

www.giveusashout.org/get-help 

Canadian Mental Health Association www.cmha.ca 

988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline (Call, text,  or chat by dialing 988)

www.988lifeline.org 

Clubhouse International www.clubhouse-intl.org 

‘Know that you’re not alone.’

Happy Wolrd Mental Health Day

Mental health is VERY important, why everyone talks about physical health and no one talks about mental health is beyond me considering how closely the two are linked.

i’m very proud to say i’m 3 years self harm free, and have never been happier in my life and my mind. mental health will forever be something i struggle with - forever something everyone struggles with - but focusing on the little improvements and being grateful for them has helped in so many different ways.

it’s okay to feel sad. it’s okay to not be perfect all the time. it’s okay to be stressed. it’s human to be all of those things, and i hope you guys know you are never ever alone. not in anything. i’m always here to talk, whether you want to talk about your struggles or you just want a chat. and i hope we can all be here for each other, on this day in particular, but every day from now on.

my problems don’t exist if no one else knows about them, right? wrong. 

every 40 seconds someone loses their life to suicide. for every person who dies by suicide, 20 others are attempting. & another 135 are affected by it.