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reasons why "just talk about your mental health 
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• they emphasise "talking" (often simply to a friend or colleague) as the be all and end all of mental health - rarely acknowledging that this alone doesn& #39;t actually help with mental health symptoms
• they ignore the lack of resources and abysmal waiting times that see people with these symptoms going months to be seen by someone who can actually help - that funding and support for the NHS and mental health charities is vital
• they give little to no guidance/support for the person on the other end of the conversation, whose friend/family member has just opened up about their mental health, especially when they are in crisis
• they often fail to acknowledge the specific stigma behind mental health issues that have things like psychosis-based symptoms, instead focusing on the more mainstream ideas of anxiety and depression as "I& #39;m feeling a bit down" conversations
• for some people, talking about their mental health is intrinsically linked to talking about their trauma - and these are often the people most in need - yet are often treated as an unwanted afterthought in the images of friendly chats over cups of tea
• it focuses the action on the one suffering to offer up their pain, or admit when questioned, while not providing any safety net if they do (or implying they did something wrong is they don& #39;t)
For some people talking to someone close to them is an important first step in recovery - but the lack of resources, provisions, and support for every other element of that journey is a real fucking problem. And just talking won& #39;t change that.
