I love these awareness days but we need to be aware every day that people we know, love and care about may be having struggles we cannot see. I remember my daughter’s drawing when she was younger the flower we see above the ground and the roots beneath depicting people’s emotions that are so often hidden.

If we have a broken leg or an arm in the sling we get immediate sympathy and people enquire as to how we did the injury. However, when we are suffering with mental health issues they cannot be seen -always consider that those who wear the broadest smile may well be suffering the most.