I want you to understand something, baby. If you have someone in your life who are mentally ill, please, listen to them. Just listen. Let them talk, let them not talk, but you, you just listen. Be there for them. And if you think they are attention-seeking, that's where you listen harder, listen well. What they're doing is that they just want to be heard, they just want their stories read. They want someone, anyone, to believe in them.
Being mentally ill is lonely, no matter how much support one has, because everything goes on internally and you cannot truly know nor can you truly understand what they are going through, even if you are depressed too, even if you are mentally ill as well.
Everyone is fucked up, in their own different ways.
And if you know someone who is fucked up, don't ever think you can't help them.
You can, if you would just listen.
Great advice, and the only thing you can do to be helpful is to listen. You can't fix anyone;.
I wish I could give this advice to all the parents of the poor fucked up children I teach, I wish they would listen to them, I wish they would give them the time I do… important words lovely 🙏🏽xx