Every day should be #WorldMentalHealthDay . We’ve come a long way, but there’s so much to be done in terms of removing the stigma. If you break a leg, you talk about it. If your brain is chemically imbalanced, you should feel ok and not judged talking about it (long thread)

The services that are provided are still underfunded and under par, there shouldn’t be such a long waitlist for help. It’s great to have a spotlight shined on something for a day, but it needs to turn from tweets to action

Using a #BeKind and then trashing someone on social media - or writing a shitty article about them (you know who you are, where you work and what you’re doing) is disgusting.

This year has been harder than ever for EVERYONE, and while I am in no way a lunatic covid denier, I honestly think the mental health implications of the pandemic are going to be enormous and far beyond what even people who work in mental health can imagine

The basic higher archy of needs talks about the absolute bottom level being food, shelter etc. That’s at risk for so, so many people right now and has been for a long time. Abject poverty exists in the U.K., don’t kid yourselves or be a ‘they shouldn’t have a phone’ twat

If you’re struggling on that basic level, of course your mental health is fucked. The worry and anxiety is horrific and a bit more empathy really wouldn’t go a miss

Conversely, you might have everything that materialistically you could think of needing, and still be struggling mentally. Mental health issues do not discriminate

It’s time for everyone to be open, to talk and not to judge. Self care is huge, but hard, especially when you have so many responsibilities - or feel too depressed to even think about your responsibilities and getting out of bed

You can be a high functioning person suffering from mental health issues or someone who can’t function at all. It doesn’t matter. They’re still serious and people need help & understanding from everyone. Just because someone has or does x y z, doesn’t mean they’re not struggling

Friends & family need to understand this. The wider community does. Employers do. Don’t fucking preach about caring on mental health and then drive employees to a breakdown because you’re piling too much on them and ultimately don’t give a fuck - but hey, pizza on Friday, right?!

Right now, people are terrified. Terrified for themselves, their loved ones, their lives. Their work, their fun, the activities they do just to get through the week

It’s more vital than ever that people support each other (even virtually), people recognise if things are getting toxic for them or if they need to speak out - especially ahead of an extremely scary election next month and the consequences of that

Everything seems hard, wanting access to a football game is ludicrous, the cinemas are closing left right and centre, bars are being shut etc. Yes, that might (or might not, not the point of this thread) be needed for covid, but it doesn’t mean people aren’t mentally impacted

We might’ve come a long way for mental health care, but there is so far to go, this pandemic has plunged so many more into mental health struggles. Great, tweet #WorldMentalHealthDay but don’t forget about the point of it and what needs to be done the other 364 days of the year