This morning BBC news ran a story about mental health following the admission by Stephen Fry of his suicide attempt last year. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22796593
Mental health remains a taboo subject but it shouldn't be. If we spoke about how we feel without the risk of judgement then perhaps we would all feel better.
A rather "pollyanna" and simplistic way of looking at mental health but it is OK to ask someone how they feel and it is OK to say - feeling a little blue today.
I didn't speak about my mental health issues, if anyone asked how i was it was"Fine thank you". The few times I was truthful the responses were - "pull yourself together", "keep your pecker up", "stop feeling sorry for yourself", "there's people worse off than you". Meaningless cliches because few people know what to say. These sentiments made me angrier and delved me deeper into depression - I didn't feel sorry for myself and I knew there were people worse off than me.
Let's educate each other - I am a strong follower of http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/ - the campaign to end mental health discrimination.
Mental health remains a taboo subject but it shouldn't be. If we spoke about how we feel without the risk of judgement then perhaps we would all feel better.
A rather "pollyanna" and simplistic way of looking at mental health but it is OK to ask someone how they feel and it is OK to say - feeling a little blue today.
I didn't speak about my mental health issues, if anyone asked how i was it was"Fine thank you". The few times I was truthful the responses were - "pull yourself together", "keep your pecker up", "stop feeling sorry for yourself", "there's people worse off than you". Meaningless cliches because few people know what to say. These sentiments made me angrier and delved me deeper into depression - I didn't feel sorry for myself and I knew there were people worse off than me.
Let's educate each other - I am a strong follower of http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/ - the campaign to end mental health discrimination.
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