#FYI: I don't address Mental Health & Suicide to be inspirational. I won't fill your head with sunshine & daisies because the reality of living with mental illness & suicide, especially the aftermath of surviving an attempt or losing someone by suicide, is painful & ugly.
You can look for the silver all you want, spout off & cling to platitudes like they are the only thing holding you together but what good does it do if you are unwilling to confront the stark reality of mental illness & suicide & be 100% honest that you don't have all the answers
Am I saying it is all doom and gloom? Hell no because you have good days, bad days....you have moments that motivate you to fight harder..that motivate you to keep pushing through, that motivate you to at very least keep your heart beating, to keep breathing
You have moments of clarity and when you keep pushing forward, you learn how to manage, how to survive and how to thrive in spite of it all..it's possible to lead a whole and fulfilling life...to be happy and to be as well as you can be.
But the fight doesn't end....it never ends. You take it day by day for the rest of your life and no matter how healed you think you are, how determined you are to live....you can still lose the battle and that's why I don't care to be inspirational, I want to be real and honest.
I want others dealing with mental illness and suicide to be prepared to fight, to have the resources necessary to fight to best of their ability, to have a support system...to not be ashamed or afraid of their struggles.
and I want others to know that what we need are resources. we need the means to have access to mental health care providers, we need culturally relevant and sensitve mental health care. We need support, we need the time, patience and energy of our loved ones to help us survive.
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