The language and stigma of mental health... A number of times in the last little while and twice in the last hour, people that are smart, lovely, wonderful friends and business associates of mine here & on LinkedIn have used mental health terms in offensive ways that create & perpetuate stigma and not necessarily on purpose or knowingly. Comments on posts like you are so Schizophrenic/totally bipolar, this weather is manic or my favourite if this weather doesnt end soon Im going to kill myself, are harmful to people living with these illnesses everyday and degrade the seriousness of them. They make them seem trivial and these words are hurtful and have emotions behind them for so many ppl. Trying to de-stigmatize mental illness starts with the little things and thinking about not talking about the weather using the same diagnosis that People live with everyday is a start for me and knowing that really no one is truly going to kill themselves if it is cold one more day, but they may find it harder to make it through tomorrow without the understanding and empathy of others.
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 02:20:45 +0000
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