The world is busy hustling; brands are fighting for marketing and sales, organizations are fighting for profits, individuals are fighting for incentives and the government is, well, just struggling. Each one has a different goal yet there is that one thing extremely common in all of them - the inclination towards materialistic achievements. What about emotional satisfaction? That feeling when you've just overeaten the last slice of Pizza and now only look for a bed to lie down, take a deep breath, and continue watching that movie. The bliss right there doesn't irk you for wasting the whole night you could have used for something more productive, unlike your brain cussing at you for being useless right when you're about to doze off the rest of the night.

Everyone wants to make it big, a long vacation overseas, a good getaway drive in a fancy car, a perfect home with a movie theatre or a swimming pool (maybe both)...the list goes on. Of course, this drives into everyone making money. I won’t go ahead criticizing the act, in fact, working hard for what you dream is what everyone should do. However, in this long list of living a successful life, individuals often forget about what they and others they care about REALLY want - "It’s the little thing that matters" is a pretty well-reasoned cliché and a good one at that.

Just as "All that glitters isn't gold", you can never tell how might or might not be happy with the life they lead on. Do you know that Bhutan originated the term Gross National Happiness Index as much as the country works for its GDP, it also gives equal significance to the non-economic well-being of the country and maintains a higher happiness level among the individuals.

While there has been a growing realization that people may not be as content as they appear to be, there is still a long way to go. Additionally, there is also the shocking rate of denial that people have of individuals being under the aforementioned radar if one, they don't fit into the age or profession criteria set by them to actually succumb to the state and second if they're themselves.

Your friend, your younger sibling, your parents, or your grandparents, a teenager, everyone goes through various life decisions and situations that you may not be aware of. That doesn't mean they cannot be unsatisfied and have no right feeling the way they do. When I say unsatisfied or unhappy, I want you to think not only just prolonged melancholy or depression but also anxiety, paranoia, panic disorder, and the state of questioning everything about your life.

As much progressive a society transforms into, there is always an aura of negativity and evil that an individual might sense from someone or something. Even a little harmless tact might trigger a sense of emotions that can ruin the other person's life. A teenager might've been physically and emotionally abused by his/her family or the school staff that you might know nothing about. That may hamper the mental growth either right away or maybe years after, triggered after undergoing or witnessing a similar thing later in life. The professional lives often take a toll on individuals. These might've just graduated from college and are now part of the corporate life or have been working for several years and just realized they want to something totally different or maybe even the opposite of what they're actually doing. The change from being a student to stepping into the real world is scary and young adults often get misguided or confused in their rudimentary years of work. Similarly, a parent can finally realize his/her full potential but has to choose between a job that is exciting anymore but that sustains his/her family and a start-up that unlike the job, will help him/her grow as an individual and as an entrepreneur but will also put the family under a magnificent financial risk. Everyone, even yourself, is vulnerable to these situations.

It’s not just related to profession either. All types of relationships play a huge role in shaping an individual. Their decisions and actions are heavily dependent on their social as well as personal circles that influence the individual constantly. It is important to keep close with your family and friends, communicate with them. Grandparents are equally in need of support as your children, friends, and family. They don't have many people to talk to and many things that would love to do but are no more physically able to. What is more upsetting is the fact that are at an age where their friends leave. You might be with them for just 2-3 hours and only those couple of hours will make their whole day.

Communicating and ensuring the people you care for that you're present to listen to and talk about what's troubling them while you might not fully understand them provides support and a sense of belonging and love. Taking professional advice from a therapist, psychologist, or counsellor (henceforth referred to as just "therapists") isn't something to be ashamed of and should instead be suggested pre-emptively without the need of hiding it from society.

“If you are broken, you do not have to stay broken.” — Selena Gomez.

This article won’t further stress the need of individuals to approach professionals concerning counselling and guidance when one needs to as that is very well known in the society and is also beginning to be an open topic to discuss within a family without any judgment (or at least the society is taking gradual steps to adapt to this social change). Therapists, themselves, are as much prone to be affected as their clients, maybe even more.

Catering to the needs, tapping into the deepest and therefore darkest feelings of their clients, makes therapists exposed to a lot of emotions that might get under their skin as well. As much trained and experienced they might be, they seek therapy as well. their job is arduous and listening to traumatic experiences and stories of their patients might trigger the therapist as well. Their job requires them to be a neutral advisor to their patients and seldom while catering to their personal problems, they might not be as efficient and unable to work up to their potential. Fortunately, they do have opportunities to approach their colleagues whom they seek help from. This shouldn't be frowned upon or be a mark of a checkered professional move.

Any individual, despite his age or profession, can face challenging situations for which he can seek help. Instead of letting them down, listen to them. You are not obligated to relate or understand their situation but only ensure them that you are there to bolster them through their journey of recovery. That individual includes everyone, even you.