I think the most important lesson in life is to have somebody who can at least try to understand you. And when I say at least, not somebody who will try to understand it for five minutes and then give up and leave. I mean somebody who is willing to take their time to make sure you are okay and will try to understand you for whoever you are. Today is R U OK day, and i think people who do not have a mental illness or have not been exposed to the mental illness in a way can not full comprehend the idea of it. Comprehending how a few words can help someone going through a tough patch in life, or a long hard downwards slope of nothing.

1 in 16 people in Australia have a type of depression. It doesn't matter if its from unforeseen circumstances, stress or genetics, it all eventually builds up and breaks you into pieces.

It becomes a sudden realisation when for the first time you are handed your prescription, and its the exact thing you have been trying to avoid you're entire life. But here it is in you're hands like you are finally accepting that part of your life that you know is going to be a ride of your personal highs and your lowest lows. Just like a cancer.

I believe the worst part of it all is knowing it will never fully mend or fully heal. It may go, but there is a definite that it will come back and haunt you, it will come creeping into your mind and force you to second guess every decision and thought at that time. It will feel like your mind is against you and you are in a constant battle with yourself and it's impossible to see that light at the end of the tunnel. And when you see a glimmer of hope, it is only ever unfocused and blurry, and that is from the tears covering your eyeballs again because you realise you have it for life.

I would just like to shout out the people who struggle everyday, who want to breakdown and cry at every moment because they are so battered they are left fragile at every criticism whether its a joke or not. Shout out to the people leave it for the shower to just cry so no one can hear them and so they can't feel the tears streaming down their faces. The people who stay in bed all day because they have no interests and no reason to get up, instead they are just in bed feeling like they are rotting and stale. But you know what the most remarkable thing about this all? If someone, literally anyone can make their day 100% better with just a simple compliment or a hug. It is the best feeling in the world to know that someone has made effort for you just to make you feel special for a moment to make someone realize they are not an old crumbled up piece of paper wasted to nothing. Sometimes that person may have made you're day better without even knowing. But to that person who is feeling completely depressed and alone it can make them feel okay for a moment. And i truly think that is one of the most amazing type of magic anyone can cast.