Talking to your friends and family is not enough. Sharing what's going on in your life with a neutral party is healthy and healing. It helped me when my father was dying. It helped me when I was being bullied. It helped me when I was caregiving. It helps me period. We as older adults MUST show youth and young adults that therapy is OKAY. We have lost two young people under 27 in the last 2 weeks... We only know about them because they were in the public eye... We don't know about all the others but somebody we know does....Teen suicide is up too. Talk to the young people in your life and let them know you love then and that they matter. I did this last week and feel so much better. #covid is hard but those of us with more life experience have more tools to go through tough times while younger people are still learning.... #everybodyisgoingthroughsomething #checkonyourfriends #checkonyourstrongfriends #checkonyourfamily #checkonyourchildren #checkonyourrelatives #noshame #endmentalhealthstigma #pickupthephone https://www.instagram.com/p/CZbTr3sOrEO/?utm_medium=tumblr

Sunday Smart 💎 There is a difference #knowthedifference #knowthedifference💯 #knowthedifference #checkonyourfriends #checkonyourpeople #checkonyourfamily #smartjewelz #sundaywisdom https://www.instagram.com/p/B_LQ6mlhZIH/?igshid=1r9e22x7p9sq6

Don't take any of it for granted. #LoveOneAnother #CheckOnYourFamily #CheckOnYourNeighbors #Kindness #Love #Alone #coronavirus #covid19 #Quarantined #Quarantine https://www.instagram.com/p/B-9CSpRjAxZ/?igshid=1a572swdjvkfl

Once the #sun went down in #Chicago, the degrees of Fahrenheit fell along with it . . . And we’re not even at our coldest yet... Stay warm, stay safe, help others, and be smart. #chiberia #polarvortex #chicagogram #weather #brrr #besafe #staywarm #help #ifyourecoldtheyrecold #helpingothers #checkonyourfriends #checkonyourfamily (at Chicago, Illinois) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtQAZRhlHsd/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1kpsknmcnpcjn

The thing about depression is that it doesn’t take breaks. It doesn’t “take time off”. It doesn’t “save it for later”. It doesn’t just fuck you up in those times when you can actually take it and be okay. It fucks you up regardless as to whether you’re ready. It’s like that “ton of bricks” that hit you, or whatever that dumbass saying is. It doesn’t care about your cries. It doesn’t care about your insecurities. It doesn’t cut you slack. It doesn’t care how low you feel. It’s there. Your body, your mind, your soul, your mentality, your entire being, YOU YOURSELF are all you have sometimes. We all have to be our own hero and depression does not have a care in the world about any of that. And the saddest part is, none of us ask for it. You wake up one day and it’s there. You’re just sad. You feel broken and alone, and you try to analyze it yourself and the first descriptive word you can come up with is... empty. And you want to tell someone or write it down, but the page and your thoughts just stay... empty. And you couldn’t describe it any better. #checkonyourfriends #checkonyourfamily #letthemknowtheyareloved

Just a friendly reminder

that it’s ok to not feel ok. It’s ok to feel angry, depressed, or even a little upset. Your feelings are valid, and know that you can get right back to “dancing in the sunlight”; feeling better.

If anyone would like to talk, I’d me more than happy to talk with you or point you in the right direction

Also, Happy Spooky Season everyone 🎃👻🍬🧛🏼‍♀️🧙‍♂️.

#itsokaynottobeokay #checkonyourfriends #checkonyourfamily #checkinwithpeople #yourfeelingsarevalid #donotgiveuporgivein #youarestrongerthanyouthink #yougotthis

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The Smiles 😁 can be disguises for the internal cries 😩😫😫 Check on your happy friends 📲 We’re talking mental health all this week on FB Live...stay tuned 💪🏾 #callyourfriends #checkonyourstrongfriends #checkonyourfriends #checkonyourfamily #checkonyourpeople #mentalhealthday #mentalhealthwarrior (at Atlanta, Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BtvtYVuBIKF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vt6dx4mjah1j