Messages to someone newly diagnosed with a mental illness - Mental Health Awareness Week 2019

10 things you should know...

1. It's not your fault
2. Recovery is't linear 
3. Things will get easier over time
4. You will have and good bad days
5. Don't feel ashamed
6. You are not alone
7. It's okay to ask for help
8. It's okay to take medication
9. There is life with a mental illness
10. Hope exists

H - hold
O - on

P - pain
E - ends

There are things that are possible,

Things that are impossible

But otherwise, 

I think that within my restrictions, 

Nothing is impossible

- Impossible Shoes -