September 10 is World Su*cide Prevention Day. 💜🩵

To the person who is struggling quietly,

This holds a very close and personal place in my heart. I've struggled with my mental health for most of my life, and I know what it's like to struggle with your own mind. To have thoughts you don't know how to talk about, to feel exhausted from fighting battles nobody else can see, and to wonder if things will ever actually get better.

I'm not going to tell you that everything magically gets better, because sometimes healing isn't that simple. Sometimes surviving doesn't look brave or beautiful. Sometimes it's simply making it through one more night.

And if that's where you are right now, please don't convince yourself that you have to go through it alone. Talk to someone. Let somebody sit with you in it. Let somebody know that you're not okay.

Because the truth is, we never really know what someone else is carrying. Sometimes the person laughing the loudest is struggling quietly. Sometimes “I'm okay” is the easiest answer to give.

So check on your friends. Tell someone you love them. Listen without judging. Be a little softer with people — and with yourself.

𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗲. ♡

I'll leave this with words sung by someone I've looked up to for a very long time, and words that have always meant a little more to me:

“Who cares if one more light goes out?

Well, I do.”

— Chester Bennington, 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑳𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕