So this month marks the 67th annual Mental Health Awareness Month. Observing importance this month has probably been crucial when one looks at the statistics. To this day, an assured stigma still surrounds mental illness. Virtually, mental Health America, amongst many organizations involved with running activities and programs for this month, calls on people to share what health with a mental illness feels like in photos, videos or even words by tagging their community media posts with the hashtag #mentalillnessfeelslike. Now please pay attention.
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Incorporating community media into this month lets for people to speak up and share their experiences with others who can be struggling to share their own experiences, or to assist others determine if too, they and have been showing signs of a mental illness. Known mHA writes on their website that sharing has usually been the key to breaking down negative attitudes and misperceptions surrounding mental illnesses, and to show others that they usually were not alone in their feelings and their symptoms. MHA to address the growing need for mental health resources.