In this country/Acceptance

In this country I am finding that the more people are aware of mental illness, the more stigmas are created. This is coming to reality. Because there are more diagnosis in the world of psychiatry now, there are also more stigmas being created for each diagnosis. If only there were a way of informing all human beings of the reality that about how many people have a mental illness. If an individual looked more in depth at the people in their life, odds are that they would find more than 1 person with a mental illness. Accepting a mental illness in your family, friends, or neighbors can be hard. But, once there is a diagnosis there is usually a period of denial. The denial of mental illness can be devistating to the individual that may have the diagnosis. Which could in turn cause more symptoms of the mental illness, or exaserbate the disease. Together with many organization we can lesson the impact that stigmas have on people. NAMI is just one organization that is fighting for people with mental illnesses as well as the Mental Health Organization. The more people that know the truth behind stigmas could really make a difference, and I hope each and every person reading this will take this as a challenge to inform the people around them about the truth about mental illnesses.

Stigma of mental illness

Signs & symptoms of mental illness