Sharing – Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?

Sharing – Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

So, someone like me, a middle-aged, professional, white male, can talk about struggling and get encouragement, pointed to good resources that are affordable for me, and there’s hope that I’ll get better. Someone living near poverty will say the same thing, and we start looking at whether they should have their kids removed from the home or how we can keep them away from a “safe” society.

It gets worse if they are not white and/or have a more serious mental health issue.

That’s not right. Everyone deserves quality mental health care. We shouldn’t divide who gets the care and who doesn’t based on what kind of mental health issue they have or who they are. That’s no way to solve this issue.

Sharing – Prison is no place for people with mental illnesses. I know because I was in one
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Sharing – Prison is no place for people with mental illnesses. I know because I was in one

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

There is a direct link between the growing prison population and the lack of mental health resources. The only difference is that we can scare people into paying to build more prisons and keep “dangerous people” away from us. It’s much harder to convince people to invest in prevention through mental health treatment, even if that would be much more effective in protecting everyone.

Sharing – Lack of Access to Mental Health Treatment Reduces Lifetime Income

Sharing – Lack of Access to Mental Health Treatment Reduces Lifetime Income

ByMikeM Reading Time: 2 minutes

Look, we know that untreated mental health issues impact people’s lives in many ways. Would the lack of treatment at 20 for bipolar make a huge difference in lifetime income? Of course, it would impact the ability to even finish college successfully and that would then continue to impact things significantly. Would the need to take leaves of absence or go to work every day with depression and no access to help for that cause you to be less successful? Again, statistically, I think that would be obvious that it happens more times than not.

Sharing – New Study: Sleep Is Literally a Deep Clean for Your Brain

Sharing – New Study: Sleep Is Literally a Deep Clean for Your Brain

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute

Having trouble with stress and anxiety? The suggested solutions often require adding even more to our to-do list. Meditate, practice mindfulness, do acts of self-care, etc. But we often forget that maybe the most important act of self-care is getting enough sleep.

Don’t even get me started on the fitness industry and the number of people who talk about “earning your food/sleep” through exercise. Argh!

This study would indicate that sleep is not something you want to mess with. Simply getting enough would help us with our mental “junk”. No, it won’t cure depression or eliminate symptoms of bipolar, or any of the other things that some of your friends will, unfortunately, suggest, but it does serve a core function for the healthy functioning of your brain, and that is certainly one place to start making things better, no?

Shared Links (weekly) March 28, 2021

Shared Links (weekly) March 28, 2021

ByMikeM Reading Time: 1 minute