Elmo's innocuous check-in is met with 'existential dread' and mental health crises

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Elmo's innocent tweet on Monday prompted thousands of X users to unload their mental health struggles in replies — from the personal to the global.

We are 'Not good, Elmo. Not good,' but thanks for asking. The beloved 'Sesame Street' character put feelers out into the ether Monday, the final Monday in what feels like the longest January ever, checking to see how everyone was doing with a seemingly innocuous tweet. What transpired was an existential crisis by way of X users sharing their sense of overwhelming dread and anxiety — from the personal to the global — that got even the little red Muppet in his feelings.

The floodgates Elmo's tweet opened also got 'Sesame Street's' nonprofit parent organization Sesame Workshop to tweet out emotional well-being resources, as well as other encouraging tweets from Elmo's colorful neighbors. 'Mental health is health!' Sesame Workshop tweeted. 'Me here to talk it out whenever you want. Me will also supply cookies. #EmotionalWellBeing,' tweeted Cookie Monster. 'I'm here if you ever need a shoulder to lean on.

 

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