Mental health issues?

Mental health issues, in one form or another, affect 15% of the population. Nearly 2/3 of individuals who have a mental health disorder do not seek any form of treatment.

Perhaps some of these individuals don’t even know that they have any mental health ailments that can be treated and controlled. They simply think that it is normal to feel anxious or depressed throughout life.

Some of the 2/3 of people don’t seek treatment because they feel embarrassed. They don’t want to feel like a failure or feel that they are helpless. Others don’t seek treatment because they simply do not have the finances to be able to do so.

What people need to understand about mental health issues and disorders is that they are not the result of social misunderstandings or mistakes that they’ve made in their lifetime.

They are legitimate medical illnesses that are treatable and very much real. Many people will never accept the fact that a mental illness exists.

They’ll tell you that if you’re depressed, you can get over it. They’ll say that if you have a fear of leaving your house, face the fear head on. Those individuals don’t have a clue what they are talking about.

They are unaccepting of anyone that is not in the norm. There are many mental health disorders that cannot be overcome by simply wishing them away or facing your fears. They are treatable with therapy and sometimes medication.

There are so many different diagnoses of mental health disorders. Some are much more severe than others. The severe ones may not be curable or improve with therapy. However, medications can help to regulate them and they can be monitored.
Other mental health disorders that deal with anxiety or depression can be helped with therapy, medication or both. Insurance companies, most likely, will help their members out with paying some portions of therapy.

Many times the co-pays are high or they only pay up to a certain amount. Taking care of mental health issues can be quite costly, but can be priceless when it is gotten under control.

Some of the most famous names throughout history have suffered from various mental health disorders and issues. Beethoven, Winston Churchill, Thomas Edison, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Sir Isaac Newton are only some of the famous names that we all know who lived with their mental health being stable.

As we all know, their names are famous because they accomplished some brilliant and amazing feats. This only goes to prove that mental health doesn’t have to be a hindrance. It is simply something that needs to be discovered and dealt with properly. Life is entirely too short to spend it being miserable or confused. Take control of your life, don’t let it take control of you.

It's funny but the older I get the more I understand how messed up I really was. Some say still am but I've changed a bit. Not because I wanted to though. Got old. Now there's some issure for you, mental and otherwise.