This is for all the people who are struggling but just keep getting up and trying. The ones who keep showing up, day after day, even when they don’t want to. The ones who stare at the fridge, willing themselves to cook food even though they want to skip. The ones who get up and get water even when they’d prefer to ignore their own needs. The ones who keep on breathing, even when they don’t really want to, because they trust the day will come when the tightness around their hearts has eased.
this is for everyone, because everyone here today has kept on being. even on the days when they didn’t particularly want to. the hard days and the sad ones and the hurt ones, too. You are still here, trying, and this is a moment of recognition for all the beautiful work you’ve done.
I went through my old photo album and found a bunch of pictures from over a year and a half ago when I was dating my ex (the one who cheated on me). I pulled them all out of the album and.......yeah
Anyway, this is a part of what healing can look like:
This is my final part of the post from earlier. It’ll be pinned to my account b/c I want people to realize just how many BEAUTIFUL SOULS have been taken too soon due to Mental Illnesses.
Coming from someone who almost was on a list like this, all I could do was cry when I seen this. In every photo you see: there’s a family’s loved one, a brother, a sister, a mother, a grandchild, but more importantly: someone who struggled w/ their Mental Health. I don’t know the stories behind each of these individuals, but I know for certain that w/ every life that is taken a family wishes they could have done something different or tried sooner to help out their loved one.
I was at my limits in 2018, I genuinely thought I didn’t have a reason for being on this Earth, I felt like my whole life was a joke. My own dad had walked out on his children, wife, and we were left to rot in the home that held all the trauma and abuse from my childhood. At the time I didn’t see a light at the end of my tunnel, and I just wanted to stop hurting and be at peace.
But something pulled me out of that abyss I was in, and told me that ending things early wasn’t the right route; this wasn’t part of my story. That there’s more to my life than this obstacle that was present at the time. I found the inner strength to go to therapy, and now I am a year / year and a half away from graduating with my RN. Nursing School has been the biggest blessing life & God could have ever bestowed upon me, because now I get the opportunity to help those who are in need. I get to do what I felt has been my reason for existing on this planet.
As long as I am alive, breathing, and existing in this world - I refuse to sit back and watch anyone hurt or feel alone. I may not reach everyone in this population ALL AT ONCE, but I will devote my time to anyone that is willing to give me a chance to speak w/ them and tell my story.
If you read all of this, seen the final video, and understood the message: thank you for taking your time to listen/read.
Always Keep Fighting.
Never Give Up.
Mental Health Matters.
Tell someone you care for that you love them today. 🖤