We’ve seen the shift happen in our everyday lives: our friends and family are less afraid to mention seeing a therapist or protecting their mental health from toxic relationships. Do these conversations still catch you off-guard? Do you find yourself thinking, “they see a therapist? Things must be worse than I thought.”?

But as we see that evolution from stigma to strength in action, we realize many of our friends are seeing a therapist to prevent situations from getting worse, protecting their mental health before they burn out or lose themselves in harmful behaviors.