The Importance of Mental Health

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 Welcome back everybody!

If you're a gen-z or a millennial, chances are you are probably well acquainted with the idea of mental health.
In today's post, I'll be tackling the idea of why it is so stigmatized and why it is equally as important as your physical health.

Without further ado,
Let's get to it!

Growing up as a kid, third grade me was exposed to the term 'mental' as a swear to describe someone as a lunatic. 
"Bro you belong in a mental hospital" was a line that came up in nearly every conversation- and still does to this date.
This was just my first expose to the stigmatized world of Mental Health.

Teasing someone and bullying them by using this phrase contributed to the idea in our brains that being out of line=crazy=mental disorder.
We had a picture drew up in mind about someone in white overalls, open uncombed hair and walking with small steps with their neck bent sideways- most movies promote the idea in the same way.

The exposure to all of this at such a young age sort of created a bubble in our heads that if you ever struggle with your emotions and your mental health- you would be deemed as 'crazy'. 

This is also the reason why most of us are scared about opening up about our emotions. 

The roots of stigma are in human fear or ignorance.

This is also why we give a greater preference to physical health as compared to our mental health.
Why is it that we care more about someone having a fracture than struggling with depression?
Why do we check up more on how someone's physical health is rather than their mental health?

There needs to be awareness spread that physical health is closely linked to your mental health; and if you don't balance the same, there can be repercussions to both.

Most people visit a doctor when they are undergoing something, say a fever or high blood pressure.
But people ONLY visit a mental health professional once they are in great grief or a life altering event has taken place and they just can't take it anymore.

Why would you wait till the extreme when you have the option of  controlling it before?

As yourself this question and drop off your answers in the comments below.

Your mental health can have an equal amount of impact as your physical health does.
It's time we start opening up about it and break the stigma.

Read my blog post where I write more about the stigma of Mental illnesses: Here! 

That was it for today's post!
Hope y'all enjoyed it :)
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Signing off,

Kuhu :) 

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