Mental health struggles are something that ALL of us will experience in some way during our lives, wether that’s someone we know, or ourselves. Some people don’t feel they can share what they are struggling with, or may try to appear as though they are fine to those around them, but that’s not to say we shouldn’t ask them how they are REALLY doing, so that’s what I would like to encourage. It’s too often that we ask each other ‘you okay?’ When meeting up with friends, and just reply with the standard ‘yeah good thanks’, without giving ourselves a moment to think, or the opportunity to talk deeper, and share how life really is. Believe me, it helps to talk.

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