Mental health is one of the most important things in this world. If you have bad mental health, it can be difficult to function. Not taking care of your mental health can affect your physical health if it’s not taken care of sooner. The well-being of other people has always been important to me. Ever since I was young, I had made sure everyone I cared about was doing okay. Whenever someone was crying, I would forget about my problems and figure out how to help.

Now that I am a young adult, mental health is a significant thing to me, more important than when I was young. Throughout my life, I have struggled with my mental health, and it was always difficult for me to express my feelings, no matter if it was to my family or friends. It seems like everyone around me has the same problems. My family also deals with a lot of the same issues. Due to me being able to relate to that, I make sure that I am a caring and calming person for someone to talk to. My friends are the main people that always come to me when they want to talk to someone. They either just vent about something or they ask for advice.

When some of my family asks to talk, I only listen. Sometimes they will ask for advice, but most of the time they just want someone to listen to them. However, when my friends ask talk or receive advice, it’s mostly about their relationships.

Helping your friends with their relationships can sometimes be difficult and emotionally exhausting. Whenever I do this, I end up putting all my problems aside, and my mental health seems to get worse. To be fair, I always put them aside and forget about them until I feel like I’m about to explode, which is not the healthiest way to go about it. But it hardly seems like I have people that I have to talk to, other than my wonderful therapist who understands me more than a lot of people.

I visit my therapist every month and discuss some of the stress I’m having.

As I’ve said before, mental health is important. It is your overall well-being and if it is not helped, it’ll be difficult to function. This does not relate to everyone, just some. Find someone you trust with everything, and talk to them about your feelings. It may be difficult, but it helps and it’s important. It’s a big step toward becoming a stronger person and will make you feel much better in the long run.