World Mental Health Day

 

World Mental Health Day is an international day for global mental health 

Education, awareness, and advocacy against social stigma. 

I have written blog posts filled with facts and figures, 

Filled with YouTube videos of celebrities talking about mental health, 

Ones exploring mental health and its intersections with characters and fandoms. 

This time I have ended up simply writing a poem to mark the day 

because that is all the "spoons" I have today.

May we all have a meaningful World Mental Health Day

World Mental Health Day

By Dreaming Ace

Today is World Mental Health Day

A Day to examine our own mental health

And that of our friends, family, communities

Some of us can say we are thriving today

Many more of us would say we are struggling,

We have been struggling, we will continue to struggle

Mental health is not simple, nor easy, nor always clear

What tricks work one day might do harm the next

Sometimes fresh air and rest and nutritious food

Are all that is needed, other times those are impossible

Impossible tasks that only bring more grief and pain

Some of us can mediate or journal or talk to a therapist

Others need to dance or run or create their feelings out

Some need to process and understand their Trauma

Others need to find safety and security and belonging first

Some have the supports and resources to heal

Others have to heal on their own since systems are broken

Personally I often daydream

Personally I often lean on fandoms

Personally I often borrow wisdom / mantra of others

“Gentle, gentle, slow, slow, thoughtful, thoughtful, flow, flow”*

As my north star when the path is covered in shadows

“Gentle, gentle, slow, slow, thoughtful, thoughtful, flow, flow”*

But that does not mean I never feel stuck

But that does not mean I never feel lost

But that does not mean I never feel alone

So if you feel stuck you are not alone in feeling stuck

So if you feel lost you are not alone in feeling lost

So if you feel alone, you are not alone in feeling alone

If you are feeling tired That Is OK

If you are feeling energized That Is OK

If you are feeling somehow That Is OK

Today is World Mental Health Day

A Day to examine our own mental health

And that of our friends, family, communities

A day to honor however we are really doing

A day to honor however we are really feeling

A day to honor our and our communities mental health

Today is World Mental Health Day

*From old Instagram posts by Wentworth Miller