“How Mental Illness is misrepresented in the Media”
I found this article very interesting not only did I learn something new but I learned something about myself and how I even have misconceptions about certain mental illnesses because of what I see on social media, television and even here on the news! This Article really caught my eye as I scrolled through U.S NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, in the health and psychology section. These are some key points of what I read and the opinion I have about them. I have my own experience with this situation my aunt and many other people from my mother’s side have obsessive compulsive disorder and are very anxious folks! I have read that this can be hereditary and I at times show certain qualities …show more content…
The usual look of the mentally ill person is the messy hair with the wrinkly shirt and the crazy eyes but this is not true from the exception of many homeless people who many do have mental illnesses but lack the resources to take care of how they look. Most of the people with mental illnesses shower, work, brush their teeth and do everyday things like all of us do. People with mental illnesses are normal people who look just like the rest of us do, so we should stop serotyping them and keep an open …show more content…
This article really caught my eye, and I even learned from all the common misconceptions most of us have about serious illnesses that should not be toyed around with on the media. Many things are portrayed certain ways on the media the best thing we can always do is our research. We can use our brains and the internet as an advantage we can learn about many common misconceptions and learn on how stereotypical ways of thinking is the wrong way to think! Always search for the facts and always seek for the right answers. I will always try to be willing to learn the truth in order to shut down common stereotypes with facts. Hope one by one all of us human beings start thinking that way as
I found this article very interesting not only did I learn something new but I learned something about myself and how I even have misconceptions about certain mental illnesses because of what I see on social media, television and even here on the news! This Article really caught my eye as I scrolled through U.S NEWS AND WORLD REPORT, in the health and psychology section. These are some key points of what I read and the opinion I have about them. I have my own experience with this situation my aunt and many other people from my mother’s side have obsessive compulsive disorder and are very anxious folks! I have read that this can be hereditary and I at times show certain qualities …show more content…
The usual look of the mentally ill person is the messy hair with the wrinkly shirt and the crazy eyes but this is not true from the exception of many homeless people who many do have mental illnesses but lack the resources to take care of how they look. Most of the people with mental illnesses shower, work, brush their teeth and do everyday things like all of us do. People with mental illnesses are normal people who look just like the rest of us do, so we should stop serotyping them and keep an open …show more content…
This article really caught my eye, and I even learned from all the common misconceptions most of us have about serious illnesses that should not be toyed around with on the media. Many things are portrayed certain ways on the media the best thing we can always do is our research. We can use our brains and the internet as an advantage we can learn about many common misconceptions and learn on how stereotypical ways of thinking is the wrong way to think! Always search for the facts and always seek for the right answers. I will always try to be willing to learn the truth in order to shut down common stereotypes with facts. Hope one by one all of us human beings start thinking that way as