Why You Deserve To Seek Help For Your Mental Health Issues

At least 6.5% of our population suffers from a serious mental illness. And this number only accounts for the people whose conditions have been medically diagnosed. There are several people who refuse to acknowledge their suffering and shun their problems away as something temporary. There is a need to increase mental health awareness. We need to educate people enough to make sure that they understand the whole concept of mental health and the issues surrounding it. Mental health issues are still taboo in many places and people have difficulties acknowledging and opening up about their issues. There needs to be an increased awareness around the fact that mental health issues aren’t just intense panic attacks or straight-up madness. This mentality needs change. For all the readers who are sad and suffering, and are in doubt over their mental stability but are hesitant in seeking help, this article is meant to motivate you all to yearn and do something for better mental health. And for all those who aren’t suffering, this is meant to be educational. If ever, you have discouraged someone fighting for their mental health, or have ever been inhibitive in their journey, read this to know more about the damage you may have caused. Here are 3 reasons you will deserve help for you mental issues.

1.TOUGH TIMES ARE DIFFICULT TO DEAL WITH, ALONE: Mental health issues are less dramatic than physical issues but are much harder to bear. A person in physical pain, but with supportive people around them, helping them through their journey, will most probably have the courage, determination and strength to recover. A lonely man in physical pain with no one to care will not only have physical difficulty in recovering, but will also feel a lack of the requisite motivation and determination to recover, as there is only so much willpower can take one through.

2.YOUR MENTAL ISSUES HAMPER YOUR PRODUCTIVITY: A person with a happy and gratified mind has the courage to work and achieve seemingly impossible tasks.A sad and unstable person will probably be too wrapped up in their mind’s negativity to ever accomplish significant tasks. Their sadness will probably be too corrosive to ever let them progress. If they don’t seek help their sadness will keep propagating and it may even turn them suicidal. Therefore seeking help during difficult times is something of paramount importance.

3.YOU WILL LOSE CONFIDENCE: Mental issues will make your behavior patterns awkward and social contact difficult. This will make thriving in sociable surroundings harder.A difficulty like this feeds itself. Your ability to socialize will keep suffering and you will soon find yourself lonely and sad if you do not open up about your problems and seek help soon.

Your happiness, your work and your friends and/or family. Think about it. Don’t these things make up your world? Don’t these things make up your life? Would you want to give up these things? Of course not, right? Well, open up to anyone you can, seek help, seek support and recover.