10/10/2026
World Mental Health Day
Today, from all of us at Maddison Mae Organisation, we want to send love, compassion and understanding to every family navigating life after the devastating loss of a child, and to everyone facing mental health challenges that others may not see.
Not every struggle is visible. Behind a smile, a conversation or someone simply getting through their day, there can be emotions, grief and challenges that others may never see or fully understand.
Losing a child changes life in ways words can never fully describe. The impact of grief and trauma reaches far beyond heartbreak. It can affect your mental health, your physical wellbeing, your relationships, your confidence and the way you see the world around you.
For many bereaved families, life becomes a journey of learning to live alongside an unimaginable loss while the world around them continues moving.
Sometimes it’s the person who smiles, goes to work, cares for others, supports everyone around them and appears to have everything together, while inside they’re carrying struggles nobody else can see.
Sometimes it’s the overwhelming anxiety, the exhaustion, the sleepless nights, the brain fog, the isolation or simply not recognising the person you’ve become.
Sometimes it’s wanting to be around people but finding social situations overwhelming. Wanting to laugh and enjoy life again but finding it difficult to do so.
We acknowledge the invisible struggles. We acknowledge the strength it takes to face another day. And we acknowledge that grief doesn’t come with a timeline.
Today, we also want to recognise that mental health struggles affect people from every walk of life.
Whether you’re living with grief, anxiety, depression, trauma, lifelong mental health challenges or simply going through a period when life feels too much, your feelings matter, and you deserve compassion, patience and understanding.
You don’t have to be strong every day. You don’t have to pretend you’re okay. And you don’t have to have everything figured out.
You are allowed to rest, set boundaries, ask for help, find happiness and experience moments of joy without feeling guilty.
Healing isn’t always a straight line. Some days are harder than others, and that doesn’t mean you’re going backwards.
To our beautiful Maddison Mae families, please know that your children will always matter. Their lives, their memories and the love you carry for them will never be forgotten.
We are incredibly grateful for our compassionate team and wonderful volunteers, who offer a listening ear, kindness and understanding, helping to create little pockets of hope, comfort and connection through some of life’s most difficult days.
Their mental health and wellbeing matter deeply to us, just as much as the wellbeing of every family and individual who becomes part of our Maddison Mae community. We believe everyone deserves to feel valued, heard, supported and treated with kindness and compassion.
World Mental Health Day is about more than one day of awareness. It’s about how we treat one another every single day.
A little kindness, a listening ear, patience, understanding or simply being present can mean more than we will ever know.
We never truly know what another person is carrying or how hard they’re fighting just to keep going.
To every bereaved family, and to every person facing challenges others may not see:
You are seen.
You are valued.
Your feelings matter.
Your grief matters.
Your mental health matters.
And you are not alone.
Sending so much love, strength and compassion to you all, today and every day.
With love and understanding,
The Maddison Mae Organisation Team
Built from loss and love.
