Few days ago, my friends and I attended a charity musical called “Harder Than This”. Part of the proceed goes to Befrienders KL. This musical portrayed 3 different true life stories about the life struggles of 3 young ladies in the journey of achieving their dreams. There are so many struggles in life such as family issue, relationship issue, peer pressure, self-esteem issue, stress on striving to get a good job etc.

What was portrayed in the musical reflects the everyday stress that could be faced by anyone. In reality, we all struggle with mental health issues from time to time. The fear of being judged hinder people to reach out or to talk about it. Many times, they were told “just get over it”, “you will be fine”.

It is important to talk about mental health. Start listening when someone says he/she is depressed etc. Sometimes all people need is just a pair of listening ears and a supportive environment.

Be kind always, you never know what someone is going through.