All MH illnesses, once upon a time, started with an inner struggle, unaddressed, shut down, that slowly build up in the background, away from foreign eyes, and consciously ignored behind the wishful thinking "it's ok!" or "it will go away!"... and it NEVER does... and "suddenly", after years of building the inner pressure, the "explosion" occurs, and the "surprise" diagnosis comes alive.

FIGHTING MH ILLNESS starts with PROMOTING Mental HEALTH, in its daily awareness, in the awareness of ourselves, in the self-acceptance, and in building the deep inner belief we deserve to feel and be well in all dimensions of our lives.

Feelings are not weaknesses, they are our way of understanding and communicating with the world! When the feelings are overwhelming, that just means "our" inner world is overwhelmed... and to deny it (consciously or subconsciously) just makes it more overwhelming!

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