Link – Why the Secrecy and Skepticism Around Mental Health Is Dangerous

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

“But, in actuality, I knew a lot of people struggling — they had just kept it quiet.

 

It actually took for me to develop depression and anxiety in my mid-20s, to battle with it for some time and to finally come forward and be open about what I was going through, for people to come to me and say, “Hey, I’ve gone through stuff like this too.””

I’ve had the same experience with not only depression, but being a survivor of childhood abuse as well. There are a lot of us out here!

Why the Secrecy and Skepticism Around Mental Health Is Dangerous

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