I’m so grateful to @kiaraantonoviche for coming up with #mentalhealthmonday and also for speaking her own truth. I am inspired to also further this conversation and bring mental health issues more into

I was in a physically and emotionally abusive relationship for 8 long years. My body is covered in permanent bruises and scars. I've had a gun held to my head by a man I thought once "loved"

To the one who needs a hand to get out of the mess, the one who needs ears to listen to him/her but doesn’t know what to speak, the one who needs a heart to understand him/her, the one who battles darkness,