User blog comment:MightyUke416/Bell: Let's Talk Day 2020 - You're Undefeated/@comment-38115759-20200129133834

I'm going to be a bit different and comment on the 2020 post.

It's a great thing that you're doing by talking about this, Uke. It's inspiring seeing everyone come forward with their stories because everyone has struggled with mental health at some point in their lives and everyone has a story to tell. I'm thrilled to see this community be so open about their struggles and I hope that we can come together to support each other because raising awareness of mental health issues is one thing, but providing a community for people that may need it, that's another.

I've spoken pretty openly about how important this community is to me and how thankful I am to have made friends through fanon and shared writing experience. I'm excited to see the community continue to grow and I hope we remain the open and accepting people that we have been because you never know who might need it.

Like everyone I've been through my own struggles, I have terrible anxiety and battled with depression through my teen years/early 20s, I'm highly prone to stress and paranoia, I'm a relapsed alcoholic, the list goes on. But it gets better, there's always light at the end of the tunnel, we all know this, but sometimes it's hard to feel it. If you're willing to work at it and help yourself, there's always help around, I'm living proof that it's not all misery and gloom.

In my fanons, I try to show that everyone has several sides to them, all of my characters have moments of happiness and joy and moments where they dwell on the bad, I do this because I believe that the best fanons have realistic characters and the most realistic thing possible is to show that everyone has good day and bad days, some more than others, but given the right support network, people can shine.

With all that being said, if anyone ever needs to talk, I'm always ready to listen. Those of you who have messaged me before know that I'm incredibly slow to reply to everything. (Thanks anxiety!) But I always get there in the end.

Thanks for giving me a place to tell my story.

Remember to look out for each other.

Love, Dusk.