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Let’s normalize talking about mental health
What is mental illness? What is mental health?
How do we eliminate the stigma associated with mental illness? One way is through education.
The breadth of mental diagnoses and mental health challenges spans age, race, religion, culture and socioeconomic levels.
In understanding each illness and how we each experience languishing and flourishing over the course of our lives, we can help ourselves and help each other.
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There is a clear and critical need to care for mental and physical health simultaneously. Understanding this connection and synergy is vital to overall wellness. -
Mental Health is Physical Health
People affected by mental illness have higher rates of other serious health conditions:- More than 7 out of 10 deaths are caused by chronic diseases that can be prevented or better managed.
- People with depression have a 40% higher risk of developing cardiovascular and metabolic diseases than the general population.
- Rates of obesity for people with serious mental illness are nearly double the general population, as is the rate of type 2 diabetes.
The best possible mental health recovery requires attention to all aspects of your health.
You are complex, unique, and interconnected from head to toe. You are a "whole" human being — not a medical condition or a mental health diagnosis. You are not alone, and you are not powerless.