Hi friends! I turn 29 this week, just before World Mental Health Day.
We now know we have been living in a mental health crisis, and 2020 has been an especially rough year for many people. Other factors aside, social isolation was already a strong predictor of poor mental health - and mandatory isolation conditions have deepened this fracture for people with weak social support networks, who might not know who they can safely speak openly with.
I honestly don't know where I'd now be without access to mental health services like this, and I'm sure many of you feel the same. I am eternally grateful to know people I can count on for an accepting ear in times of vulnerability, but not everybody enjoys this luxury!
I'll be chuffed if you make a neat little donation to Lifeline, whose courageous frontline crisis workers save many lives per year and offer crucial support and resources to all kinds of people.
We now know we have been living in a mental health crisis, and 2020 has been an especially rough year for many people. Other factors aside, social isolation was already a strong predictor of poor mental health - and mandatory isolation conditions have deepened this fracture for people with weak social support networks, who might not know who they can safely speak openly with.
I honestly don't know where I'd now be without access to mental health services like this, and I'm sure many of you feel the same. I am eternally grateful to know people I can count on for an accepting ear in times of vulnerability, but not everybody enjoys this luxury!
I'll be chuffed if you make a neat little donation to Lifeline, whose courageous frontline crisis workers save many lives per year and offer crucial support and resources to all kinds of people.
