My Royal Wish
Liptember 2024 - Day 8
As we remember the second year that's passed since Queen Elizabeth II died, I often wish we could have asked her more questions. When I think about women's mental health and the Queen in the same sentence, I imagine a woman that must have had an unmeasurable amount of mental strength. To take the throne as early as she did, to grow up in the public eye like she did, to raise a family in the public eye like she did. To deal with the issues her family caused in the public eye. The inner strength to uphold her public persona, particularly after the death of Princess Diana and her husband, is simply amazing to me. What did she do for her own mental health. Did she personally struggle at times. She could have taught us all so much more if time had allowed. Maybe no one asked the questions. Maybe these types of questions were not allowed.
Given that 20% of women going through puberty also experience suicidal ideation and self-harm, we need more conversations and role models for these girls to look up to. The ParaOlympics in Paris, have taught us that anything is possible. It's also shown the next generation of disabled or challenged kids, they can achieve outcomes like this. All of Australia has seen how amazing our team of athletes have been. If you can see it, you can achieve it. If we talk more openly about our mental health, reduce the stigma, make help easier to find and encourage more conversations in schools and education at a younger age, we can save so many more women.
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