A very important issue is “mental health”.


We do not give as much importance to mental health as we take care of physical health. However, if we are not mentally healthy, it also affects the body—depression, insomnia, loss of appetite, headaches, anger, and frustration can all occur.


Why is mental health important?


1. Helps with healthy thinking and decision-making


2. Helps maintain relationships


3. Increases focus on studies or work


4. Increases confidence and self-esteem


5. Reduces the risk of extreme decisions such as suicide


How to maintain good mental health?


Learn to express your feelings


Talk to someone you trust (friends, family, teachers)


Get regular sleep and a balanced diet


Set aside some time for yourself every day (reading, walking, music)


Seek help from a psychiatrist if necessary


Many people in our society still think that mental illness means “crazy”, which is completely wrong. It is a normal health problem, like a headache or fever.  It needs to be understood and treated, not hidden.



🧠 Story Title: ‘Silent Days of Pain’


Chapter 1: Where Silence Screams


A sunny morning, all around is sparkling. Birds are calling, flowers are smiling. But the sweet-faced boy—named Rafi—sits quietly in a corner of his small room. In some people’s eyes, he is normal, but inside he seems to have collapsed.


No one talks to him at school. Behind the smiles of his friends, he feels ridicule, he realizes—he has become a burden to everyone. Yet he has not told anyone. Sadness, anonymous suffering are accumulating inside him.


Chapter 2: Invisible Illness


Rafi’s mother says, “What’s wrong with you again? Why are you so quiet?”


He doesn’t answer.

Really, what can he say? Does he himself understand exactly what is happening to him?


He can’t sleep at night, wakes up in the morning with shivers. He holds his head, his chest pounds, and his mind cannot settle down.  But when you go to the doctor, they say, “The body is fine.”


But no one understands, mental illness is invisible to the eyes.


Chapter 3: The beginning of understanding


One day, there is a seminar on mental health at school. A psychiatrist comes and says:


“Do you know that about 25% of people in the world suffer from mental problems at some point? And in our society, about 90% of people keep it a secret for fear of shame!”


Rafi’s insides tremble. It feels as if someone has read his mind. At the end of the seminar, he musters up the courage to go to a counselor. For the first time, he says—“I don’t feel good inside.”


Three simple words, but Rafi learns to understand how much they can mean.


Chapter 4: On the road to change


Over the next few weeks, Rafi goes to counseling regularly. He learns:


You should not neglect your feelings, but give them importance.


It’s okay to be upset, it’s not a weakness.


 Talking openly with others means loving yourself.


He starts writing, sometimes writes poems, draws pictures. The mother understands that the boy is not the same as before. This time she is by his side more deeply.


Chapter 5: Return of the Light


Rafi slowly turns around. Now he also explains to others—


"If the mind is not well, the body will not be well. Just as we take medicine when we have a headache, the mind also needs care when it cries."


He starts a mental health club at school, where everyone talks openly, cries, and laughs again.


📌 Last word:


Many of us do not understand the importance of mental health—because it cannot be seen, touched, only felt.


But only those who cry silently understand how terrible the burden of this feeling can be.  So we should—


give ourselves time


stay connected with loved ones


don't be afraid of counseling


and most importantly, consider "not feeling good" as normal.


Mental health doesn't improve in a day, but if you start one day, change is sure to come.