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Malololelei Mobley
English 2010
Hailey rose her hand and firmly stated: Its when you
seek for easy we seek to get it over with rather than truly understanding the problem/concept.
According to Interim Healthcare they state the following, When most people think of
home health care, they most often imagine only physical injuries or illnesses. However, mental
health is an important part of our overall health and can directly affect our physical well being or
health. Mental illness requires diagnosis and treatment just as physical conditions do. This is
spot on. When we think of health our minds automatically go to our physical bodies but we are
so reluctant to focus on the core; our brains (Mental Health and Depression).
At my high school in Herriman, Utah its required that every year we have a class
discussion about suicide prevention and mental health awareness with our school counselors. My
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sophomore year I was quite intrigued to hear what they had to say; I was actually excited to have
were almost unaware as my classmates. They said such generic statements, Mental illness are
hereditary, self-grown, and seasonal, Go talk to a trusted adult if you have thoughts of taking
your life. If you take your life you make it hard on those around you and you will not have the
chance to progress. The education of mental health needs to be treated more severely. It
shouldn't just be a one lesson and done it should be a continuous lesson; it should be taken as
The education of mental health can be a sensitive subject but that makes it even more
prominent to have a discussion about it. Just because its hard to talk about does not mean it is
not worth conversing; according to Pasadena Villa, In the U.S., suicide claims a life roughly
once every 15 minutes, with the alarming majority having an undiagnosed mental illness. This
makes suicide the 3rd leading cause of death for young adults in the U.S.
1. Have object lessons; lessons that will actually hit you in the heart and make you
understand.
2. Stop sugar coating it. SUICIDE IS REAL. MENTAL ILLNESS IS A REAL
It is easy to understand why such passive use can worsen mental health. Most people on
social media portray themselves and their lives in an unrealistically flattering manner. What you
see on social media are heavily sanitized and filtered versions of reality. The fleeting irregular
highlights are often presented as the norm, while the everyday humdrum struggles (common to
all people) are carefully omitted. This leads some passive viewers to make faulty social
comparisons, falsely concluding that others are leading much more fulfilling, exciting and
happier lives. This can invidiously gnaw at the viewer's psyche, making them feel inferior and
health. (Whitley)
The list goes on and on; according to Whitley he vocalize this, The utilization of social
media such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat has increased dramatically in recent years.
This has become especially intense among adolescents and young adults. A recent Ontario study
indicates that 80 per cent of young people use social media on a daily basis, with almost 50 per
cent using it for over two hours per day.That means every single day eighty percent of teens are
seeing a mental illness as a joke. They are seeing how they should treat somebody with a mental
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health disorder. We are bringing up a generation that glamorize mental illnesses to the point that
The truth about a mental disorder is the person suffering from it does not get to chose
when it is convenient for them. They dont get to post on social media about how their anxiety is
through the roof and have hundreds of people like favorite and retweet it because its so
relatable. Having a mental illness is NOT convenient, glamorous, or a prop. Its a real illness
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