I take
care of my mental health now by being open about my experience and feelings.
So I spent half my life, maybe a little bit more feeling
or having big feelings and hiding them and mostly just made me really miserable.
When I finally opened up, it really changed everything.
It was hard, sad.
I cried a lot, had others, helped me through it.
It wasn't always easy, but once I started telling others about it,
people made themselves available to me and I suddenly felt like I wasn't alone.
And I had that support.
And today I take therapy and it's helpful.
You know, it's it's nice to have a trusted, safe environment
where sometimes they talk
just about what's going on in life, and it's nothing really
dire or stressful.
It's just, you know, having a conversation.
But other times, you know, you're just not feeling well.
And it's nice to just have that environment where you can be like,
it's been hard, you know, like dealing, feeling down, feeling sad, whether it's
about the suicide or about anything in life.
You know, maybe I had an awkward interaction
with a colleague or maybe, you know,
a friend and I had a disagreement or I'm just feeling depressed
about things in the world.
It's nice to have that space
to be able to talk about those.
And I highly encourage therapy for everybody really.