10/10/2023
Today is to bring awareness and advocacy against the stigma of mental health. Our world has changed a lot when it comes to understanding mental health disorders, but a lot of negative stigma still exists around people with these disorders. These people are seen as less than, or, to use the dreaded term, "crazy."
A lot of this stigma comes from a lack of understanding of what these disorders actually are. Usually, we've only seen the negative impacts and allow that view to take over how we view that person's entire identity.
If you have a mental health disorder, you are NOT your disorder. It does not define you. You are a whole person, not just your diagnosis.
Let's take this day to reflect and get curious. I want to challenge you to just Google a mental health disorder that you're unfamiliar with and see what it actually entails, rather than what you've been led to believe by the media and other people's opinions ✨