What we can do.

 The mental health nowaday is an unspoken issue, like a tabu theme. We don't like to think there's something wrong with ours minds, so we ignore the current situation or we don't know how to manage it. And how could you seek for help if you don't know what your problem is? There are a lot of people facing real problems as anxiety, panic, post-traumatic stress, depression, etc., just for mention a few, and there's a lot of misinformation and ignorance surrounding a problem that is real, that actually exists.

We need to be conscious that mental illness is not been crazy and anxiety is not been nervy and shaking, this is a sickness that causes disturbances in thinking, behavior or emotions and can be an obstacle for any person in the ordinary life.

We need to be aware that worldwide the 70% of people with some kind of mental illness is struggling with the lack of health treatment, most of them are teenagers with this problem, a problem that needs to be treated, starting by recognized that we need to change our thoughts about the theme, speak openly, without assumptions, critics and judging others situation. Is our job as citizens to make a change and promote help, share information, knowledge and investigations about the subject, with the purpose of change the people points of view. This means understand the gravity of a person situation and comprehend the issues that this person is going through. We can give support, guidance and a safe space where people can feel confident enough to speak and seek for help if is needed.

There's nothing shaming about taking care of your mental health, and we should brake that stigma. Our goal should be make this world a more comprehensive place and try to be more empathic with our pairs, taking in consideration that just because there is not a physical problem at sight, doesn't mean there isn't one.

References

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National Institute of Mental Health. (2012). Mental Illness. Retrieve January 31, 2021, from http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/statistics/mental-illness.shtml