Do you prefer to talk to people about your mental health?

[Sanjeev]

I know people don't like to discuss their mental health with everyone, as it gives some impression, or the person suffering from the mental issues may get embarrassed. I also feel so. It's better to discuss it with a doctor or the therapist only, in my opinion. What do you say?

 

[Starmix]

I do not have a mental health problem he he. That is an unusual case. I also have not experienced someone approaching me or my family about a health problem of someone.

 

[Sanjeev]

@Starmix If you had a mental issue, then you would have discussed it with anyone else. It's better not to discuss it with anyone else except the family members and the doctor.

 

[Starmix]

@Starmix If you had a mental issue, then you would have discussed it with anyone else. It's better not to discuss it with anyone else except the family members and the doctor.

Thankfully, I do not have an issue like that, and to all my family members and relatives. I think that is also hereditary. Some may have suffered mental illness because of financial problems, betrayal, an unfulfilled career, or a failed business. It is indeed important to talk to someone close or to a parent to ease the troubled state of mind.

 

[Sanjeev]

@Starmix Yes, that's important. I can correlate it to my daughter, who is not doing well in her academics at the moment and is stressed, but after the psychologist, there is a change in her. This is actually because she shared with the psychologist what she is feeling. The conclusion is she wants to share what is going on with someone, not the parents.

 

[uptrendfinancialsignal]

In this part of the country, people don't take mental health issues very seriously until it boomerang but for me, I tried to talk about it but it's quite hard sometimes based on our culture. I remember the last time I open up to a very close friend, he really helped me to calm down but when you tell some people they cannot handle it but they will just keep judging you instead. So I do talking and journaling to balance it. Honestly, when you speak out, it would lighten the burden and it would make things way better. The most important thing here is to also avoid social media stress as it can make things worse, just talking to someone you trust can solve the whole situation because it's very therapeutic

 

[Sanjeev]

I can understand; people here too, if they come to know about your mental illness, will make you worse further by commenting on you or behind your back, which will affect you mentally. I have known few people who could not face people because of their mental illness, which is known to the people.

 

[Kennysplash]

Whenever I am going through some tough times mentally I try to keep to myself as much as possible. This is because very few people will actually understand what I am going through, and I am just not ready to explain myself to anyone more than is necessary.

 

[Ginger]

I don't see many do that in India and they tend to keep the mental health discussion under wraps

 

[Ghost of Christmas Past's iconGhost of Christmas Past]

Sure because I've overcome so many things and it's my own story to tell.

 

[Sanjeev]

I don't see many do that in India and they tend to keep the mental health discussion under wraps

This is because , people are not much aware here. Most of the people don't know that for depression or anxiety they have to go to a doctor for the treatment otherwise the things may become worse.