#metoo

The #metoo movement has been gaining serious momentum in both mainstream and social media. Women and men ripping the mask off of gender inequality in all levels of society.

But I would argue that #metoo can be more than just about gender equality and sexual harassment in the workplace. It's time to expose the truth of mental health issues at all levels of society.  Mental illness is an equal opportunity employer. It does not discriminate by age, race, gender or socio-economic circumstances.

And why stop at mental health issues? 

#metoo-for the mothers who have stood strong while they bury their children, while they are really shattered inside.

#metoo-for the fathers who carry the weight of the world on their shoulders and don't know how to say it's too much.

#metoo-for the woman who made a choice when she was young and now wonders what life would be like with her child in it.

#metoo-for the women who sit politely and smile at baby showers when inside they are broken by pain of infertility.

#metoo-for the teens who feel lost and confused and don't know where to turn for help.

#metoo-for the mother who desperately wants another baby, but the answer seems to always be "no".

#metoo-for the daughters who are watching their mothers slip away, ravaged by cancer, knowing that there may not be one more Christmas or one more birthday.

#metoo-for the husbands who watch their wives suffer with an illness they cannot cure and watch time march on and know they cannot stop it's inevitable result.

It's time to talk. To share.

Enough hiding behind the mask of  "I'm fine".  One voice can start a revolution. Your voice. My voice.

"I AM NOT FINE". And you don't have to be either.

Blessings,
Meri