With May (Mental Health Awareness Month) just around the corner, I went into deep thought… Mostly about awareness and finding others who sympathize with the everyday struggles of people suffering from a mental illness.
I asked myself: “How would other people who are going through something like me know that I am not just another bystander in the crowd?”
So I gots to thinkin… what we wear says a lot about who we are and our inclinations in general. I started googling “mental illness shirts” or “mental awareness shirts” and was pleasantly surprised by the amount of different shirts I found on the web.
Who knows…
It might just strike up a conversation with a stranger…
It might boosts another persons mood knowing they are not alone in the struggle…
It might…
Now, I am a big fan of Etsy and supporting individual artists and small businesses so take a look! Here are some of my personal favorites:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/593429421/brain-blooms-t-shirt
https://www.etsy.com/listing/547915910/chronic-pain-chronic-illness-mental
https://www.etsy.com/listing/562207649/outward-smiles-inward-screams-shirt-dark
Support! Support! Support!
Be Heard, Be Seen.
Sincerely,
Your Neighborhood Motherless Child
A Cup of Tea with a Motherless Child 