"More Good Days"

"More Good Days"


Retired NHL hockey play Kelly Hrudey has become an eager mental health advocate. He is open about his own experience.

Men are not typically known for reaching out for help for mental illness, or for even admitting that they might have any emotional struggles at all. So it is helpful when some of these sports guys who struggle, become open about their own experiences. 

You may want to read more about men and depression.

In this recent interview, Kelly talks about his family's experience many years ago with a daughter who struggles with depression. And now he too has had to face his own challenges with mental illness. 

Apparently, his daughter, now grown, talks about 'more good days' meaning that she now has more good days than bad days. She has coined that phrase and put it on T-shirts and other clothing. You can check out her  "More Good Days Clothing Company"


It's encouraging to see athletes, well anyone, go public about depression. It's encouraging to see them attempting to dispel the stigma surrounding depression. There still exists a stigma, which is unrealistic and unfair opinions about mental illness and about those who suffer.  
It's encouraging to see someone coin a phrase "more good days" that we can all use to give us hope.

WHAT ABOUT ME? Well, this blog is me going public about depression. This is me dispelling the stigma about depression.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? How are you feeling today? Do you like it when public figures,  like Kelly, admit to their own struggles with depression? How open are you? Are you able to admit your struggles to others? Are you having 'more good days' than bad days?

Don't give up! I am praying for you. There is hope for depression.





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