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Three Things Remember This Mental Health Month

Words by Smiley Team

This month, Smiley has partnered with Dessert Dreamer to help support  To Write Love on Her Arms, a non-profit movement dedicated to helping those struggling with depression, addiction, self-injury and suicide. 


This Mental Health month, they are highlighting three statements they believe to be non-negotiable in the fight for better mental health for all. To them, these statements are Black and White. 


Amber Gardner, Director of Partnerships for To Write Love On Her Arms, gives us some insight into the statements the organisation has chosen and why they are so significant. 


 We Need Your Presence, Not Your Perfection


‘We’ve been conditioned to place value on personal achievement, to highlight and boast about our successes while masking our “slip-ups” and “failures.” We’ve been taught to aim for perfection—at work, at school, as parents or siblings, as people. But to put it quite plainly: we disagree. Even in your faults, your mistakes, your mishaps, you have made this world more beautiful. Through your struggles, your heartache, your pain, you have brought humility and encouraged grace to grow in spaces that craved honesty. Today and always, we need your presence, not your perfection.


Hope Remains

Hope is many things: it’s universal. It’s real. It’s life-saving. Hope, in the face of fear, is defiant. Since our earliest days, hope has been the most central virtue. Hope remains in the ebb and flow of recovery, the patient expectation of the day your story encourages another. Despite circumstance, despite distance, despite doubt—hope remains.



No One Else Can Play Your Part

To this day, with all the ways you’ve learned to bloom and grow, you continue to bring a certain energy that we, and this entire planet, are grateful for. A world where you don’t exist is not one we care to imagine. Your absence would not go unnoticed or unfelt. After all, no one can see the world quite like you. Nothing can break through silence quite like your voice. And no one else can play your part.



If you or someone you know is struggling, we encourage you to reach out for help. For those living in the US, we invite you to use our FIND HELP Tool to locate local, affordable resources simply by entering your zip code and the level of care you’re seeking. For international resources, visit our FIND HELP page for a collection of options listed by country.


Throughout the month, TWLOHA will be sharing new content in honor of Mental Health Month across their social media channels and you can follow them on TwitterFacebook, and Instagram.

This article aligns with the following UN SDGs

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