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So let's talk about Mental Health...

How\u2019s your mental health these days?

Too often, people misunderstand \u2018mental health\u2019 as the absence of mental illness, when in fact, people can have mental issues; it\u2019s a matter of how we\u2019re coping.

But there rises another concern as people confuse coping and good mental health as a one-size-fits-all healing. They think everyone has to be able to operate the same way, to deal with stress and anxiety the same way; but that is just not the case.

Sadly, lots of people still think that\u2019s just the way it is, hence the misconceptions and repression of emotions that\u2019s been so evident these days.

So as we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month this May, I want to be able to discuss this repression as we recognize the importance of talking about our mental health. May this be a reminder to take better care of ourselves, because our mental health is a key component in the betterment of the life we\u2019re giving ourselves?

Why you need to check this episode:

• Recognize the importance of having a month like May, known as Mental Health Awareness Month;
• Find out how our mental health affects all factors of our health, well-being, and life as a whole; and
• Understand how crucial it is to actually talk about mental health and not push more and more people into repressing their stress along with other heavy emotions

\u201cPhysical health is great. Financial health is great. But if your mental health isn\u2019t balanced and isn\u2019t on par with the rest, the other two don\u2019t really matter.\u201d\u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

Notable Quotes:

\u201cThose young boys who\u2019ve been told to man up, who\u2019ve been told to repress, who\u2019ve been told to act like they shouldn\u2019t be hurt because they can\u2019t see Nana or they can\u2019t see Auntie, those are the ones who oppress those types of feelings and don\u2019t know how to express them when they get older.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cThat stigma associated with your mental health, anxiety, depression, and everything else under the sun\u2014we\u2019re not here for that. We\u2019re not here to have you hide it. We\u2019re not here to have you repress it. We\u2019re not here to have you find someone to talk to. We\u2019re not going for that anymore.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cJust because the government has said \u2018we\u2019re done funding, we\u2019re done putting the amount of support that we\u2019re doing doesn\u2019t mean that this is the end of the road because COVID is not just going to disappear on May 11th.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cYou cannot do this alone. You should not do this alone. If you could do it alone, then you\u2019d already be fine.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

\u201cIf you want to get to a point where in 10 years you feel just as good as you felt in year one, you\u2019re going to have to know how I am going to process the mental complexities of my life and make sure I can cope correctly, whatever coping correctly means.\u201d \u2013 Dr. Berry Pierre

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