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Mental illness is an important thing to be talked about but in our society, it’s being a taboo nobody bothers to talk about it, in a current pandemic situation, people are in so tension, their mental health is not good because some are facing financial difficulties, some people had lost their jobs, and some has lost their closed people. One mental health is suffering, and people fear to talk about mental health because they have the wrong mindset that society will call them mad, symptoms of mental illness are anxiety, loss of appetite, crying for no reason, panic attacks, and depression if somebody experiences this more than twice that person needs to go for therapy, no need to suffer this in silently, it only going to worse to the extent where they can get BP, sugar, tumour and what not. we need to normalize talking about mental health if somebody sharing their problem please don’t judge them, try to help them because they are not in a position to hear any criticism all they require is love and positivity. One can take care of this by surrounding them with their loved ones, writing out their minds thoughts in a diary or sharing their problems with close ones, doing yoga and meditation and cutting down all the people who drain their energy it is very important. Scaring thing is young people are suffering from this problem they are getting anxiety attack, depression and indulging themselves in wrong addiction such as drinking, smoking and drugs this can take to toll on their mental health, parents need to keep eye on their children with whom they are hanging out. Educational institution and company need to keep a special committee for counselling if they are facing any problem in their personal and professional life, they will share with a counsellor and get help. I hope people make mental health their priority and need to enjoy life, stay happy and positive in every situation.