Mental health is making the news this week as the UK’s
popular Duchess and the US’ First Lady publish online articles to raise
awareness of the topic. Health Briefs TV explores some of the issues concerning
mental health.
Even talking about mental health in a casual setting can
invoke a negative stigma. No one wants to bring the topic up. Yet, millions of
people manage every day live with depression, anxiety, nervousness, PTSD, and
other afflictions of the brain and mind.
But no one is really talking about it.
Until now.
One in five Americans
live with a diagnosable mental health illness today.
Many mental health problems can be treated with medication
or therapy. Meditation and yoga are well-known to help calm an anxious mind,
and come without the side effects of often prescribed drugs. People from every background and age group
live with depression and anxiety. Young and old, poor or wealthy, Veteran or
civilian, executive or staff worker – anyone can battle through the symptoms
silently, afraid of others finding out and thinking less of them. The stigma can be almost as debilitating as
the mental illness.
Health Briefs TV asks readers to learn and recognize the
five signs of someone struggling through a mental health problem. If any of
these signs are familiar, talk to the person privately about them. Learn more
about it from changedirection.com.
- Personality change
- Agitation
- Withdrawn from others
- Change in personal care
- Feeling hopeless
Every person in our lives matters. It’s easy to see when
someone is feeling physically unwell. It is much more difficult to see when
someone is feeling mentally not well.
Don’t be afraid to reach out to someone and ask them. It could save
their life.
