10/10/2026
Today is World mental health day.
And I, for one, believe we need to be having a lot more open honest conversations about mental health and what it means.
We have learned to speak about physical health and well-being, about illness and disabilities, with less judgement than ever before but mental health still seems to be this shameful conversation hidden in the dark or spoken of only when tragedy strikes, instead of a part of our daily lives.
Every single person has mental health.
They may have good mental health. They may struggle with their mental health. Statistics show that every person will struggle with their mental health at some point in their life.
It may be situational or it may be chronic but it is something that affects us all. However we still look at options like therapy, medication, self-care, and the habits that can maintain good mental health as something to be hidden away, to be ashamed of, and to be ignored.
Throughout this week I will be sharing some of my own stories as well as some of the skills, habits, and tools that help me navigate a world where I struggle with tides of anxiety, depression, and PTSD from a young age.
One such tool for me has always been music. There's the music that can change your mood and the music that helps you feel held and seen.
Today I'm sharing the song "Drown," a cover by an Australian pop metalcore group known as Melrose Avenue. I had the pleasure of seeing them in concert back in April, where they performed this cover, and it has lived in my head ever since. Earlier this fall they released their cover as part of a collaborative album with other artists called "Songs That Saved My Life" and it has played on repeat not only in my head but on Spotify ever since.
Sometimes a song comes along that fixes nothing. It gives you a moment to breathe because suddenly you are seen, you are understood, and perhaps through the words, through the music, through the mood, it gives you something tangible that relates to that thing you could never express but always felt.
....more soon....
(Song - Drown (cover) by on the collab album Songs That Saved my Life)
