People with heart problems do not wait for a heart attack to address them.
People with diabetes do not rely solely on an epipen to control their illness.
And people with mental health challenges cannot wait until suicidal thoughts necessitate emergency actions.
Self-care and depression-management
involve tuning in with your changing thoughts/moods,
establishing and using a safety plan and personalized tools that work for you.
No illness is easier to treat when it’s an emergency
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