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Today, the info showing 86 out of every 100 people is likely to have a mental health condition, before age 45. This is the link. This is one of the charts from it.
& about half the population has a diagnosable MH condition in a year/
https://cdn.jamanetwork.com/ama/content_public/journal/jamanetworkopen/938431/zoi200157supp1_prod.pdf?Expires=2147483647&Signature=T0N06dQbV-mXa05Sy3iJRT0okUaOE7tv6uQ2aEmo-Lu8Sp0-9vrMc4c0pPPTNcjyvaAK~Dtl1fVRBvioKRJItqoEuz4HYxpGqdDarK9mykNz1MTx-Iz-tIHiJuDNMB~8EmuDqCtkLFm2SCCTjawuvmnIBlGi7qC2HP0e31hxEJueORGbv7iCdcyWeEI6E41QVJA5Y4iCrdRLOEuciMrgBxEE1LO5rO1SdAQkyFSnRbzONpX5jgm7muaWbZmGVJM9a6I~hA6y3sNrmFpQGnb8D9Z0pWr4vrtYcAhD2HUED2CFLyB-qn10miHamouYAlcxxAGXnzMgr9UL8dhnPKY9rA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA
& about half the population has a diagnosable MH condition in a year/
https://cdn.jamanetwork.com/ama/content_public/journal/jamanetworkopen/938431/zoi200157supp1_prod.pdf?Expires=2147483647&Signature=T0N06dQbV-mXa05Sy3iJRT0okUaOE7tv6uQ2aEmo-Lu8Sp0-9vrMc4c0pPPTNcjyvaAK~Dtl1fVRBvioKRJItqoEuz4HYxpGqdDarK9mykNz1MTx-Iz-tIHiJuDNMB~8EmuDqCtkLFm2SCCTjawuvmnIBlGi7qC2HP0e31hxEJueORGbv7iCdcyWeEI6E41QVJA5Y4iCrdRLOEuciMrgBxEE1LO5rO1SdAQkyFSnRbzONpX5jgm7muaWbZmGVJM9a6I~hA6y3sNrmFpQGnb8D9Z0pWr4vrtYcAhD2HUED2CFLyB-qn10miHamouYAlcxxAGXnzMgr9UL8dhnPKY9rA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA
How many people have spent most of their life afraid to admit they have a mental health condition diagnosis, or afraid to see a specialist in case they get any such thing? Afraid to have it on their record, in case people question their parenting, their competence? Well/
It's all very weird, isn't it. Because it turns out that nearly everyone has a mental health condition that's diagnosable, at some stage.
So, what are we doing, when using this as a way to cause people harm in their lives?/
So, what are we doing, when using this as a way to cause people harm in their lives?/
And what are we doing as a society, that nearly everyone amongst us ends up with (say) anxiety, or depression, etc?
What does it say about certain faith groups who bully people about mental health, saying it's Their Fault For Not Being Faithful Enough?/
What does it say about certain faith groups who bully people about mental health, saying it's Their Fault For Not Being Faithful Enough?/
I would like a world where we stopped imagining that mental health conditions are something that happens to 'other people' 'somewhere else'. People who 'can't cope' and 'aren't strong like me'.
Same as physical health stuff, we nearly all have mental health stuff.
Same as physical health stuff, we nearly all have mental health stuff.
