stigma

People with mental illness represent one of the most deeply stigmatized groups in our culture. Learn more about it here.

Questions
If god (who I don’t believe in) created humans why are we so easily broken? How can our brains be wired differently we are all made the same way?
By collette_235 years ago in Psyche
I Have Asperger's
I have Asperger’s. Better explained as a form of autism that makes you speak out of turn or about trains or unicorns or whatever peaks their interest. Usually, there is one interest that really makes someone with autism really entertained. Mine has always been psychology or cures of some sort, I like to fix people or make them see the best in themselves. Doesn’t seem bad right…well you’re wrong. I go to the absolute extreme meaning I date people to fix them or I find friends that need fixing. Most of my friends at one point needed help fixing themselves or had something wrong with them that I could somehow help with.
By Alex Moran5 years ago in Psyche
The problem with mental illness
The problem with mental illness is that there is more misunderstanding than ever surrounding what mental illness actually is.
By Skye Bothma5 years ago in Psyche
Derailed.
It was harder to finish this than I thought. When I sat to write my first post the words just seemed to flow naturally. Now today, I’m back at my apartment, and the amount of support I’ve had from people around me has been inspiring. So many have shared their own struggles, or just reached out with words of encouragement.
By CaitlynJ5 years ago in Psyche
I'm not Illiterate. I just have a few mental illnesses...
I remember the end of pre-K right before entering elementary school vividly; the last day of class my parents picked me and my belongings from the year up at the school I was attending. (A very rare event, personally, for me, normally my parents reaped public school's transportation to save gas.) Nonetheless, this day was different. I was excused early because it was our last day as a class, and I was moving on to a different school in a district far from my peers. Being young this was disheartening but not for the average "I'll miss my friends" reason.
By Abbán Dodge5 years ago in Psyche
The Stigmas of Mental Health
I am going to educate you a little on the basics of mental health so you can be aware of those around you-- I hope to persuade you to think before you speak, because you never know who around you is fighting the invisible battle of living with a mental health issue.
By Clara Reinke5 years ago in Psyche
The Truth About Behavior Health Floors.
I was 21. I wasn’t new to the process but this was a first for me. The double doors closed and locked as I watched my mother who had just traveled an hour and a half as fast as she could to ease me in. It didn’t matter. I cried out the tiny windows of the double locked doors as if this was it. This was how it was going to end. I would never come back from this. Next, I was wheeled to my room. White as a ghost the formalities blended together like that first time you feel grief when you lose a loved one for the first time. I sat in the exam room. I watched the needle go into my arm for a blood draw but I never felt a thing. Blank. I could feel my eyes swelling with tears that I didn’t understand. Who was I? What had my life come to that I was locked on this hospital floor unsafe to be alone? The rooms were cold. When did I get this bad? Why? I laid down on the hard mattress with blankets that felt and smelt like cardboard. All I could think about what the fact I had become a visitor in my own body, in my own brain. I closed my eyes and wished this to go away, forever.
By Emily Noonan-Phillips5 years ago in Psyche
Mental Ilness
Mental Health Issues When I was eighteen years old, I went to a psychologist, and the psychologist seemed as if they had no interest in anything I was saying. I was suffering from depression at the time, an illness not well understood by those that have not felt its effects personally. The psychologist, however, did not believe I had depression at all, even though I had nine of the eleven symptoms on the DSM-5 checklist for depression. My own personal experience with this illness sparked my interest in psychology.
By Kat1111:)5 years ago in Psyche
A sad story: What Mental Health Awareness
1 in 5 adults in America experience mental illness. Nearly 1 in 25 adults suffer serious mental illness. One half of all chronic mental illness begins before the age of 14; 75% by age of 24. 1 in 100 (2.4 million) American adults live with schizophrenia. 26% ( 6.1 million) American adults live with bipolar disorder. 6.9% (16 million) American adults live with severe depression, 18.1% ( 42 million) of American adults live with anxiety disorders. 46.4% of American adults will suffer a mental illness in their lifetime.
By Katie Schwenk5 years ago in Psyche
This Is How Donald Trump Contributes To The Stigma of Drug Addiction
There were many reasons why watching the first presidential debate was infuriating. Donald Trump’s childish tantrums and displays of disrespect were worse than usual. I’ve seen grade-schoolers with better impulse control and guests on the Jerry Springer show behave better than he did during his first live debate with the former Vice President.
By Alyssa Sprague5 years ago in Psyche
World Mental Health Day: what about the rest of the year?
I have spoken and written openly about my mental health struggles for years. In fact, my first poetry collection - Dark Nights into Brighter Days - is an honest account of my experiences with depression and anxiety during my time at university and beyond.
By Daniel Burton5 years ago in Psyche
My Journey to Mental Wellbeing Started with Myself
As human beings, it is often difficult, if not impossible for us to wrap our own minds around something that we cannot see or do not understand. In large part, that is how certain stigmas are born and cemented into society. That, coupled with failure to educate or refusal to learn is why a dark cloud still hangs around the subject of mental illness.
By Lauren MacDonald5 years ago in Psyche