18 Reasons These People Are Sick of Mental Health Stigma
In light of recent events in the media regarding violent stereotypes and mental illness, I decided to use my social media platform @afightworthfin on Twitter to create the new hash tag: #ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause.
Many of us are tired of how mental illnesses are portrayed in the media and even amongst friends and family. It’s time we highlight exactly why we’re tired. People on Twitter have already joined me in this conversation, but I’m also extending this hashtag to Facebook as well. Tell me why you’re tired using the hashtag #ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause. Let’s all come together and fight the stigma.
Here are some highlights from #ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause so far:
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause the stigma can kill you and rob you of the life you deserve.
— #DepressedWhileBlack (@DepressedWBlack) August 4, 2016
#imsickofthestigmabecause too many people are suffering in silence, afraid to marked as an outsider because of their pain.
— spokenblackgirl (@spokenblackgirl) August 4, 2016
#ImSickoftheStigmaBecause it prevents you from getting the help you need #mentalhealth #mentalillness
— Nichole Hallberg (@nickle_press) August 4, 2016
@AFightWorthFin #ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause my daughter shouldn’t grow up thinking somethings is wrong with her mother.
— Madelyn Heslet (@madelyndaphney) August 4, 2016
@AFightWorthFin #ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause I feel like I have to hide one of the biggest parts of myself from the world.
— Madelyn Heslet (@madelyndaphney) August 4, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause it brings division when what the #mentalhealth community needs is unity, compassion and understanding.
— minaa b (@MinaaBe) August 5, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause its creating more harm than good in communities of colro
— Brown Sisters Speak (@BrownSistersSpk) August 4, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause I’m tired of being made to feel less than.
— Emily Slaten (@emslaten) August 5, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause there are already enough painful symptoms of these diseases; shame doesn’t need to be another.
— Emily Slaten (@emslaten) August 5, 2016
@AFightWorthFin #ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause shame exacerbates disorders that are already lethal
— DragonWanted (@talexgr) August 5, 2016
@AFightWorthFin #ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause it’s lonely in the mental health closet.
— Bipolar Mama, Ph.D. (@bipolarmamaphd) August 5, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause It doesn’t even help me get the care I need.
— Shanna Gibbs (@BananaintheCity) August 5, 2016
#ImSickoftheStigmaBecause I can’t just be more positive
— Shanna Gibbs (@BananaintheCity) August 5, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause everyone has mental health, everyone has ups and downs, so why do we treat feelings like they’re a weakness?????????
— Totally Mental (@totallymental_) August 5, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause it’s just a lazy shortcut to writing off, not understanding mental illness. Stigma perpetuates so many lies.
— CYNCHAZEN (@cynchazen) August 5, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause it kills people.
— CYNCHAZEN (@cynchazen) August 5, 2016
#ImSickOfTheStigmaBecause nothing about it is true
— LivingwithDepression (@blogdepression) August 5, 2016
#ImSickoftheStigmaBecause it’s time to come out of the #mentalhealthcloset
— Nichole Hallberg (@nickle_press) August 5, 2016
Jasmin Pierre a mental health advocate, speaker, Creator and CEO of The Safe Place app (one of the few existing culturally competent apps available for mental health stigma in the black community), Certified Peer Support Specialist, and author of the self-help book “A Fight Worth Finishing.” She is from New Orleans, Louisiana. Jasmin is constantly fighting for the rights of those battling Mental Health Challenges.
jasmin-pierre