Radio host Frank Zammit on mental health: 'It is OK not to be OK'
When radio host Frank Zammit resorted to social media to open up about his mental health struggles and his close brush with suicide, he was flooded with messages of support. One after the other, people shared words of encouragement, and told him that he is not “alone”. But for the popular Vibe FM radio host, such messages were part of the problem. “It’s great that people tell you ‘you are not alone’ and that they understand what you are feeling, but what are we doing about this feeling?”, he told Times of Malta. “People tell me to just keep swimming, and it will get better, but seriously, we need to see where the water is coming from before we start to drown.” On the eve of his 39th birthday, in an Instagram post, Zammit recalled how on the night between July 2 and 3 he “was done and ready to end it all”. “I write this today not because I want anyone’s pity. I am lucky to have family and friends I could count on when I needed them,” he wrote. He stressed that his post was intended to stop the stigma on mental health and suicide to end. “So here it is… this is me and I’m not always OK… now what are we going to do about the elephant in the room?” ‘Strangers sharing suicidal...