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It& #39;s the start of Mental Health awareness week, in the past month I& #39;ve realised that "raising awareness" and "talking about it" aren& #39;t enough. It& #39;s great that the barriers of stigma are being crushed, but it& #39;s simply not enough #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
I need to work at it. They say it& #39;s like a broken leg, but you can& #39;t fix a broken leg by coming on twitter and saying "I have a broken leg". You need to reset the break, take pain killers, wear a bootie, get crutches and then rehab the injury. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
We also need to look past the acceptable faces of mental illness. You can& #39;t claim to be a mental health ally or advocate in one breath and condemn the homeless or addicted with the other, in the Venn Diagram of our society there& #39;s a lot of cross over! #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Our government to step up on a local and national level to do more. We need to also accept that sometimes talking about Mental Health and Mental Illness isn& #39;t nice, or kind. We need forums for family & children of those who are struggling to vent safely #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
Mental Illness is horrible, having bad brain SUCKS but we try and we need to keep trying. I thank the people around me for their patience and compassion on the days I can& #39;t show myself those things. @JaneyGodley #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
And I thank the people, some I know and some I just follow in awe, who share their stories and experiences with good humour and make me feel less alone. @VickyPattison @GavsterNo1 @mrtomurie @DarrenConnell87 @BeffernieBlack and so many more. #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek
