Mental illness is real. It isn’t feeling sad. It isn’t self pity or ‘woe is me’. It is illness. Illness so bad it can make you feel you can’t get through another day or hour or minute. And in some cases it is fatal. Never be shamed for talking about what you are going through.

By Matt Haig (@matthaig1)

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