06/05/2026
We gonna say it...
We've gotta get rid of the 'Darwen Legend' status when some young lad /girl dies through mental Ill health, addiction, alcoholism or taking their own lives..
Just because they're the life and soul of every party, the one who makes everyone laugh, the funny ones, the smooth operator after a bag, the 'last man standing at the sesh', the ones who've got the best rips, them with the sharpest 'bants', the 'crazy' one, the one who struts about like a peacock don't mean they bulletproof.
It's usually their way of dealing or coping with their lives because (insert trauma/ trigger) here.
They don't talk about it, they try n hide their pain from the world but it's there for all to see, in their actions and behaviour.
Talkin about how "I don't give a f.... mate".
Ya lying mate, lying to yourself, no one else. Everyone sees through the blags and everyone wants to see the best in you rather than the reality.
We've been this person we are describing
The reality 👇
If people don't talk, keep it all in, thinking its their battle alone, no one can help me attitude, it's poisons the mind, body n soul. It turns the art dark, very quickly, this is what we call the 'Danger Zone'.
We ain't soft, weak, (insert whatever Diss here) to TALK about your thoughts, feelings, actions, behaviours and emotions, it's HUMAN!!
Stop with all the old thinking, the stuff that's got you to where you are now, on your knees but you're crying out for someone to listen and understand and still your Ego shouts "I don't need help" "I'm reyt mate" "All good bro"
Stop walking around thinking you're the Terminator and not engaging with people on a human level.
We ain't mindreaders, we human too.
When you have people who love you and want to support you, then you're making a conscious or sometimes subliminal choice to continue your actions and behaviours, on your self search and destroy missions.
There are loads of Darwen Legends that are alive and kicking, let's listen to, talk to, spread love to, be a friend to, offer support to, guide while they're ALIVE rather than going to their funerals.
Real Talk ❤️
