Mental Health Myths: Mental Health Issues/Illnesses Don't Exist
It’s hard to believe that in this day and age people still don’t believe that mental health issues can exist even though a quick internet search will direct you to millions of results all with evidence pointing towards the fact that they do exist. These people love to let you know that mental health issues are a social construct, it’s evidence that people need God, society has made them up as an excuse for people’s behaviours, it’s the result of fast food and screens, people are just doing it for attention, it’s a result of the person having not being mentally strong enough to overcome challenges … the list could go on and on. It’s safe to say that these people don’t have any lived experience when it comes to mental health issues either personally or as a carer for a loved one. This is despite (according to The Australian Institute of Health and Well being ) that an estimated 1 in 5 adults and 1 in 7 children and adolescents (aged 4-17 years) have experienced/are currently experiencing...
