Ever since I really came to understanding the root of my problems I began posting blogs about mental health every now and then. Just something to help my friends and family understand things better, I thought maybe some people here might like them or get something from them. Here's one I posted today. If you'd like to copy and paste this somewhere else, feel free.
Hey Everybody!
Just here to drop an Important Public Service Announcement about mental health. Don’t worry this one’s short.
We all need to get better at understanding this
Now, that being said, I think we’ve done a pretty bang-up job in the past 5-10 years. Really, you should all give yourselves a pat on the back and firm handshake. We went from telling Phyllis in accounting to “Just cheer up. C’mon, give me a smile.” to at least the vague understanding that Phyllis has got a disease that makes her sad, and saying this is like telling a diabetic “Buck up, Mr. Sweet’N Low. Just get your pancreas to produce insulin like the rest of us do.” That being said, we can still all do better.
The sad fact is that about 1 in 10 people have some sort of Mood disorder. In the immortal words of Strong Bad “Gwah. That is not a small number. That is a big number.” And a whole pile of them go undiagnosed simply because they didn’t understand. I mean, I’ve known something was off with me for pretty much my whole life, but it took me, at 37 years old, to ask my Psychiatrist specifically “Hey, do I have have Dysthymia?” before I was actually diagnosed. That is some pretty piss poor performance by the public (and yes, I suppose the medical establishment as well). Most of us were raised with the understanding that if you were feeling unhappy or anxious, you best just keep that to yourself. Nobody likes a Melancholic Molly.
Well, that’s dumb. Nothing ever goes away simply by ignoring it.
Except, I guess Jehovah’s Witnesses. Those guys act remarkably well to rejection.
We’re doing good, but we’ve still got a long way to go. Too many people suffer unnecessarily simply because they don’t know anything is wrong. We all need to get better at understanding this.
~ Weasel
Hey Everybody!
Just here to drop an Important Public Service Announcement about mental health. Don’t worry this one’s short.
We all need to get better at understanding this
Now, that being said, I think we’ve done a pretty bang-up job in the past 5-10 years. Really, you should all give yourselves a pat on the back and firm handshake. We went from telling Phyllis in accounting to “Just cheer up. C’mon, give me a smile.” to at least the vague understanding that Phyllis has got a disease that makes her sad, and saying this is like telling a diabetic “Buck up, Mr. Sweet’N Low. Just get your pancreas to produce insulin like the rest of us do.” That being said, we can still all do better.
The sad fact is that about 1 in 10 people have some sort of Mood disorder. In the immortal words of Strong Bad “Gwah. That is not a small number. That is a big number.” And a whole pile of them go undiagnosed simply because they didn’t understand. I mean, I’ve known something was off with me for pretty much my whole life, but it took me, at 37 years old, to ask my Psychiatrist specifically “Hey, do I have have Dysthymia?” before I was actually diagnosed. That is some pretty piss poor performance by the public (and yes, I suppose the medical establishment as well). Most of us were raised with the understanding that if you were feeling unhappy or anxious, you best just keep that to yourself. Nobody likes a Melancholic Molly.
Well, that’s dumb. Nothing ever goes away simply by ignoring it.
Except, I guess Jehovah’s Witnesses. Those guys act remarkably well to rejection.
We’re doing good, but we’ve still got a long way to go. Too many people suffer unnecessarily simply because they don’t know anything is wrong. We all need to get better at understanding this.
~ Weasel
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