17/06/2021
What creates and solidifies these myths ?
Is it all hearsay?
Over recent years, mental health has slowly been crawled out from the shadows. after being sidelined for years and years.
Our psychological-emotional well-being is gradually receiving the much deserved and essential attention.
I like to think it is on us to not have been vigilant enough that it was getting side tracked.
We had and still have many myths and apprehensions surrounding our physiological/physical health as well, but we have constantly worked towards spreading awareness and getting people to acknowledge thier physical health.
While, WHO states, "Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity."
But this little emphasis on the mental health and lack of awareness influenced how we looked at health. Health mostly became a synonym to the physical aspect of it.
But with more people coming out and speaking about mental health, mental health well-being and living with mental health vulnerabilities , we are progressing towards destigmatizing the whole outdated assumptions and apprehensions surrouding it.
and with pscho-education and spreading more and more awareness, the more responsible and correct information we are armed with, the less likely we are to allow the myths and assumptions to colour our opinions.
As the year 2020 passed and 2021 continues unbated, the mental health well-being of many of us has taken a beating, and addressing the myths and assumptions related to our mental-health well-being has become more pressing than ever.
These are a few of them, share share more soon.
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