11 Lessons We Learned From Mental Illness Awareness Week
In honor of World Mental Health Day, here are 11 lessons we learned from Mental Illness Awareness Week.
In honor of World Mental Health Day, here are 11 lessons we learned from Mental Illness Awareness Week.
"Even though this book was well-written, and the movie will probably be good, this book still scared me."
"If I've learned anything about my boyfriend who suffers from a mental illness, it's that he's realizing that there is much more to life than what meets the eye."
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"Everyone assumes that people who suffer from a brain or mental disorder can just get rid of it and make it go away like it's that easy. But it's not."
A psychologist told us why we should be careful not to use mental illnesses as insults and how to fight every-day stigma.
"There’s no 'on/off' switch to these emotions. Once they surge through me, they deluge my inner soul like a tidal wave, practically drowning me."
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"I did not have control of who I was, but I could control what I looked like."
The vast majority of the mentally ill are not violent, and most people who commit violent crimes are not mentally ill.