Normalize Seeking Help And Valuing Your Mental Health:

Many are fighting inner ghouls and hushing those demons in their heads; their only escape is the bait for acceptance. I scroll through my timeline, seeing pains wrapped in the face of an act of so-called bliss. The honeymoon pictures, you and your lover, just for you both, but have found a place on social media, luring for “acceptance.” Are you truly happy?

The idea of happiness comes with accepting oneself, caring less about what the world thinks of you, with or without approval. In the start-up of my business, my first artist was battling demons. At a very young age, she was abused by her father, and since, she never did get any help. Her experiences were the demons that haunt her. And, as they say, “Hurt people, hurt people.”

Broken, as she was, everything that I spent from hard work due to me believing in something and her true potential went to waste. And at that time, the rage was what I felt. Looking back, she’s still fighting demons from her father’s trauma. I pray for her every day and would usually ask the Lord to help her. Today, after hearing the news of Cheslie Corrinne Kryst, it reminds me of me listening to her past and, at that moment, saying to myself, “How could some father be so wicked?!” For some of the folks who are currently fighting demons on my friend’s list, it’s okay to talk to people you trust and seek help. Mental health issues are real.