Daily Mindfulness Check-In May 18, 2022
Being mindful with what you express
Every time we express our opinion to others verbally or in writing like by posting on the internet there is a chance that someone gets hurt if we do it without thinking. Once an inappropriate comment is made it is nearly impossible to undo, the damage is done. We might involuntarily add to increase stigma about people whether it is a certain race, identities or mental illness (just to mention a very few).
A comment like “They are just crazy” about someone struggling with a mental disorder can feed the mental health stigma and make life for those who are already struggling even harder.
What do you think people can do to reduce mental illness stigma?
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@amiablePeace77 What do you think people can do to reduce mental illness stigma?
This is only a work around: Do Not tell people. In real life, mostly people do not want to hear
Talk about mental health on 7cups
@soulsings
Talking with people who understand mental illness is definitively more helpful.
@amiablePeace77 I agree and they often have a depth of experience helping people learn ways to cope.
@amiablePeace77
Hey :) I saw this and I wasn't sure of the appropriate place to put it, so I thought I would post in here :) *waves*. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vrWhr7Wyzc You may have already seen it but I found it put some things in words I have struggled to understand.
Anyway, the best way I have found to reduce stigma around mental health is to exist in a space as someone with mental health and not hide it. I don't yell about it, it's not the whole of who I am, but it's not something I hide. If I take time off work for my mental health I will not hide why (this is a luxury I know) but also with friends, talking about it in coffee shops. I exist in this space unapologetically as someone with mental health issues. I don't expect anything from you or the world for that, just that I am like everyone else. I find it gives people a forum to discuss this stuff, but also normalises it. It can feel very vulnerable not hiding it, but I have found even in small ways people can find a way to relate. The death of a loved one, a hard time in school as a kid, stress of studying for an exam or a bad job. If you're open other people have space to be too.
@Lilibuth12 thanks for sharing your thoughts. I always appreciate your present in discussions.
@amiablePeace77 Talk about mental health and educate others
@naturalSunshine2980
Talking about it with people who want to hear about it, who want to listen helps to reduce stigma.
@amiablePeace77
Wow Ami I swear at times I think you are that fly on my wall-lol. In my line of work nurse for the Veterans even a simple comment can hurt the elder. I see this both ways-good and bad.
It is very ok to share your thoughts and opinions and share it in the way you are comfy with. Keeping in mind as you share to not intentionally belittle another. I always agree with this. But......I also believe and do in my life now speak my mind I say.
Why tho Rumple I can hear you say? As for me in life and meeting many great folks and some trying folks on my job- I go through many who want you to say things "their way" only. That to me is very hard to accomplish. I do try but I also try and teach them in ways to handle how others talk and not let it affect them. Most of the time it works and they feel great. Others well still working on it in life.
I think no matter what you can still speak or share opinions in your own way without being rude or making a stigma on others disabilities or hardship. Words are sharp life a nife.❤️
@RumpleSteeleSkin
Thanks for sharing this post, you have some very good points and yes words can be sharp as a knife so we need to use them carefully.
