Mental health, it’s a serious thing that needs to be talked about. It’s important to start conversations as a teen because it helps clear your head from all the problem/stress that’s building up or that is starting to build up. It’s okay to share what’s on your mind, it’s completely normal. Just know that you’re always going to be good enough, and “the only person who can set your limits is yourself, and yourself only.

Many teens struggle with mental health and don’t know who to approach when they need to seek for help. It’s important for teens to know that it’s ok not to be ok. Mental health is our emotional, social well-being. It affects how we act, see the world, see ourselves, and how others see us. For a teen to admit that they may need help takes courage and it’s important to emphasize that.

Something that really helped my mental health journey was learning the importance of self care. Self care can be the smallest thing but have the biggest role on your mental health. Meditation, exercise, hobbies like music and art are all great ways to improve your mental wellbeing.

Talk to them. Slowly and honestly open up to them and let them know you are there for them and that you care. And also let the people who care about them know that they need help. It's also important to remember that it's their life, their journey, you can extend help, but they have to be willing to accept it.

It's important to know the consequences before they decide to take any sort of substance that can affect their mental health, like, their emotional well-being or their social well-being. Because if they do decide to take any sort of substance, it will not just affect them, but their peers and their family members, the people that really care about them.

There are often family or cultural stigmas to mental health that are harmful. Or the idea of being a male and not being able to share your feelings to your family, because they're supposed to be this strong, masculine character and have this appearance of not having any emotions or feeling anything. We should be more open about mental health because everyone deals with it, no matter what your beliefs are, you still have something you struggle with.  It's important to recognize our mental health and that there is help, so that we don't feel alone.