There is a conversation
too many are still scared to have.
A silence that echoes louder than words.
A truth hidden behind “I’m fine.”
Mental health.
Not just a headline.
Not just a hashtag.
But lives.
Like you and me.
Walking around with battles
stitched beneath our smiles.
In crowded streets and quiet rooms,
We carry the weight of what we never say.
Not because we don’t want help,
but because we’re afraid.
Afraid of being judged.
Labeled.
Dismissed.
Mocked.
Told to “snap out of it”
while we’re barely holding on.
We’ve learned to glorify suffering
Stress, the badge of the busy.
Burnout, the price of ambition.
Tears? Too sensitive.
Sadness? Attention-seeking.
Anxiety? Drama.
We name pain everything but what it truly is:
human ?.
We hand out silence like a cure.
“Man up.”
“Pray harder.”
“Don’t overthink.”
But what about…
just listening?
How did we get here?
Where pressure outshoots presence,
and curated feeds replace connection.
Where every scroll tells us
we’re not enough
not pretty enough,
not productive enough,
not okay enough.
We compare our chaos
to filtered joy,
and wonder why we’re breaking
in places no one sees.
In all the noise,
mental health becomes the first thing we abandon.
What if instead of silence,
we spoke with softness?
What if healing started
with just three words:
“You are seen.”
“You are enough.”
“You are not alone.”
This is why we’re here.
Not to fix you,
but to sit with you.
To hold space.
To listen.
To say:
Your story matters.
Your scars speak truth.
You are not a burden.
You are brave.
Let’s break the silence,
one truth at a time.
Let’s save lives—
starting with our own.
@SMACWellbeing, we believe conversations save lives. start a conversation or reach out. You’re not alone.
