A Message to Women from a Man: You're Not "Crazy"
This statement is particularly thought-provoking:
It’s a whole lot easier to emotionally manipulate someone who has been conditioned by our society to accept it. We continue to burden women because they don’t refuse our burdens as easily. It’s the ultimate cowardice.
Click through the title link for the article in full. This piece also makes me think of popular perception of mental illness and the stigma attached to it…
(via Huffington Post, The Current Conscience)
(Source: boney-bones-washington)
It’s another “Let’s talk mental health” day.
Click through any and all of the following links to find some interesting reads:
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) - Psychiatry: Where are we going?
Washington Post - Have we misunderstood mental illness?
US News: Health - Study ranks mental health as young people’s top health problem.
Healthy Place Blog - I’ve told the world I have depression. Now what?
