A Shift from Negative Perception: Why it is Time to Tackle Mental Health Myths
Although, it’s very crucial to debunk many myths surrounding mental health so that everyone regardless of their condition should be embraced by society. To demystify certain myths entails donor augment the knowledge, sympathy and appropriate care towards many with mental health challenges.
These are some of some myths that exist to date about mental health.
Which means that despite the enhancement of folks knowledge in numerous areas, there is still people all over the world who stigmatized or discriminated, they have quite severe restrictions when they try to get help, for reasons that people with erroneous perception regarding mental health issues. These myths should not be sneezed at, and people’s well-being should be shielded from them as much as could be expected.
I have always known that it has been embarrassing for people to talk about their mental health.
Social perception and attitudes towards the mental disorder therefore keep individuals from seeking necessary medical help. Since self-stigma makes the affected individual feel that he or she deserves the adverse effects that accompany mental ill—heath, people with such conditions will not discuss them.
January is a good time to remember that fighting against and demystifying such a stigma is important so that people feel free to seek the help they need.
Myths of Mental Health Illness and the Facts About Them
Myth: Mental Illness Is Rare
The fact of the matter here is that mental illness is not nearly as uncommon as we would prefer them to be. After having elaborated his/ her views according to the World Health Organization the writer also pointed out that a fourth of every individual will go through a mental illness in his/ her entire life.
Myth: The mentally ill are especially dangerous
To the contrary, the myth is fueling stereotype. On the contrary, individuals with a mental health disorder are, more often and not offenders, the recipients of violence. This means that the majority of mentally ill patients are harmless, and in fact, harmless to other individuals as well.
Myth: Specific mental health problems are, indeed, a form of embarrassment in society.
Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, etc are not a symptom of cowardice but the challenges we face in the neurological system. To continue adhering with treatment and arriving at our therapist or counselor is not easy and that we should never forget.
Myth: This misconceptions is that therapy is for crazy people Therapy is only for crazy people
Psychological counseling is good for those who have some issues in the sphere of mental health, or receiving different treatment, including stresses, depressions, schizophrenia, etc. Despite the often… the most responsible behaviour in relation to self- development is that people often seek psychotherapy themselves. It does not turn one into a lunatic or make him a wimp.
Debunking the myth regarding mental health
Educate Yourself and Others
It also means that one of the best ways to counter bad attitudes towards mental health is to learn more about them. Seek proper information by yourself, combat fake news as often as you can and already teach other people.
Use Empathy and Compassion
Talk sensibly the next time someone wants to debate with me about mental health or the lack of it with me. Let people know you are listening to them and that you do care about them, so you should just shut up and listen. In this regard, a favourable climate is expected regarding the erasure of hurdles and hearing the patients.
Speak Out Against Stigma
The mentally ill should not remain passive when they meet stigma and prejudice. This can be done through storytelling, countering the myths that are believed by people and looking for how to make a call for Mental Health consciousness or even (/mental wealth) support.
Seek Support When Needed
If you yourself are in poor health psychologically, do not worry and hence seek medical help physically. Regardless the system is through counselling or through group therapy, through joining some support groups or through calling the nearest friend or relative, seeking help is strength.
Myth: Medication It makes your personality changed
Although it is mandatory to take medicine to handle mental complications, the medicine cannot transform a person’s personality completely. Stability in the life of people is maintained, prerequisites for eliminating instable emotions in the person are created, the overall health of a person is improved.
Myth: Why You Can Snap out of Depression
Depression is not a momentary slight case of depression, which can be easily solved. It is a serious disease, which possibly would require the proper treatment by a psychiatrist and loved ones constant attention and counsel. It can also not be a situation that one can just ‘grow out of’ or eliminate through some mental volition.
Myth: Mental disorders are for life like it or not.
Futhermore, mental health disorders are common with many people, however, such people can be treated and have those chances of living normal lives like any other people. It is noteworthy that recovery has different work for everyone, but they are not so desperate for a person if she has a source of income and a sufficient number of friends.
The Stakes in Education and Knowledge
There still incomplete and wrong belief systems about mental health that need to be eradicated and must be initiated by awareness from the society. By creating awareness, people become more sympathetic, everyone feels free to express their problems and for everyone to seek change for whereby people with mental illnesses are treated poorly.
Now it is the time to free up and eliminate bias and biases and the efforts should focus now to improve the quality of lives and acceptance of all sexes. As such, let us unlearn these and foster awareness as well as accepting to embracing mental health. However, there is still a negative feeling towards seeking help, despite the fact that it is perfectly reasonable and normal to need help in fixing up one’s mind.
Increasing Awareness and educating the society
Media influence to the perception of Mental Health
That is why the goal of this paper lies in presenting how media serves as a tool and a standpoint that helps people develop the perception of mental health. Therefore in its capacity to provide premier entertainment and news content media should make sure that it provides replacement images to the stigmatizing images it continually feeds to audiences.
The best feasible way to help tackle stigma through education:
This is very important so that people or communities that may have prejudices or judgment about people who have mental illnesses learn the facts. The issues of this kind with the new knowledge obtained can be useful in increasing public awareness and thereby decrease social stigmatization and prejudice to people with mental disorder.
Conclusion
It is always tragic to see people buying into falsehood, but this is especially acute when it involves an entire generation’s perception of mental health for myths to be demolished and for as many people to be persuaded to get help, raise awareness, and make sure that people who are struggling with mental health disorders do not feel alone. Together let make people become aware of this so let us all accept this problem and fight for those people who really need it.
Also, one should actually understand that every person has mental health as well as physical and seeking help is bravery. High time to dismiss such a stereotype and improve the society for the benefit of all people making it more tolerant and passionately warm. Therefore it should not be a problem to intervene, to inform and to seek help when the need arises.
That’s why I firmly believe, that if we combine our efforts, we can bring a great change in how people in this society see mental health and mental disorder.
