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>It’s about time that as society we open up about mental health and how to deal with our issues, instead of blaming the people with the issues and calling them
by finnthehuman 5y ago
>It’s about time that as society we open up about mental health and how to deal with our issues, instead of blaming the people with the issues and calling them weak or snowflakes. People with issues need help
But we don't get that, and we'll never get that. Understanding that our society is incapable of doing this in public is fundamental to navigating one's own mental health.
And part of that is recognizing that if being open about mental health is considered virtuous, then people will work really hard at providing (counterproductive) cosmetic attempts of "openness" to mental health.