"I’m so depressed.” “I’m going to shoot myself.” Really? I hear lots of people speak so lightly of mental health disorders. Be careful of what you say. You might hurt someone nearby.
Think carefully about everything, anything, you’ve said recently surrounding mental health.
“I’m so depressed.” “I have the worst anxiety.” “I’m going to shoot myself.”
Sound familiar? They should. These are all phrases I’ve heard tossed around countless times. Each time they cut like knives into me, diminishing my own experiences with these disorders.
There is a huge stigma around mental health. Through middle and high school, I’ve studied topics ranging from relationships to substance abuse to mental illness, but somewhere along the way I gained the impression that my feelings were normal.
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Think carefully about everything, anything, you’ve said recently surrounding mental health.
“I’m so depressed.” “I have the worst anxiety.” “I’m going to shoot myself.”
Sound familiar? They should. These are all phrases I’ve heard tossed around countless times. Each time they cut like knives into me, diminishing my own experiences with these disorders.
There is a huge stigma around mental health. Through middle and high school, I’ve studied topics ranging from relationships to substance abuse to mental illness, but somewhere along the way I gained the impression that my feelings were normal.
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https://news-decoder.com/2018/03/29/mental-health-choose-words-carefully/