We all consider that depression is the worst kind of mental health issues, and it is, no doubt. But there are a lot of mental health issues other than depression as well. Most of us face mental health issues in our everyday life. We either don’t realise it or we are too ashamed to think about it. Most of us are too proud to ask for help as we do not know whom to trust.

Today, we all face stress at work, low pay, job loss, not being able to find a new job, financial insecurity, etc. We all have our ways to cope with such situations, but its not always the best way though.

Lots of us lose friendship, face abandonment because of trust issues, people feel we are slacking because when they look from the outside, they feel that we are not making any effort to work things out. But there are things that they don’t realise – like how we pick our shattered pieces every single day and try to glue them together, try to find ways to cheer ourselves up so that we can figure out a way to help ourselves from this unpleasant situation. No one wishes to live like this. Its not a choice we make.

We are under a lot of pressure these days to prove our worth to the people around us. For a lot of people, we are a laughingstock. They are the same people who were around us when we were successful but left us the minute we started falling apart. The people who we though we could rely on suddenly keep us at an arms distance so that they wouldn’t have to help us in any way. A lot of the people who we have helped when their lives fell apart.

Competition is healthy when its healthy, not when it reaches a toxic level. Why is it that we find it difficult to be good human beings with a little empathy? Is it difficult to be of emotional support to a friend? If you can’t support a person emotionally or when they need help, then you need to stop giving them false hope.

In today’s world, we need people who can look us in the eye and tell us that its not possible to help so that we can look at other options, we don’t need people who hang us mid-way and disappear. None of us need that even at the best of times in our lives.

There is one positive outcome that I have seen from this phase of life, I truly see the people who really want to help no matter what the situation is in our life. A lot of people mistake our silence as arrogance, and they leave it at that because they had other priorities. But the people who matter will always keep checking on you no matter what.   They will always find a reason to get in touch with you and be in your life.

Never feel scared to ask for help. We all need help from an expert at some point of our life. We feel at ease speaking to a total stranger than with the people who know us because we don’t feel like we are being judged. It’s the first step to help yourself from actual depression. No one can help us if we can’t help ourselves, also no one has the time as well. So, help yourself. That’s the best way to improve your life and the lives of the people who really matter.