Persuasive Essay On Mental Health Issues

In North America today our youth may never have to deal with issues they face in second world countries, but that doesn't mean they won’t face challenges and struggle with surviving everyday tasks. Our youth are broken, there's no better way to put it. In society today almost two thirds of our youth are struggling with some form of a mental illness. Teens struggling with mental health issues constantly feel alone due to a deadly stigma surrounding it that often leads to suicide.
The stigma placed on mental illness among teenagers needs to be addressed. Words like “freak” and “psycho” are too often thrown around when issues of mental illness comes up. Many students are often bullied from their mental illnesses when they start to come forward to people by being told they are attention seekers. School systems need to step up and talk more about how these illnesses are real and valid issues. When a student opens up about an issue they are combating, the question asked should be, ‘how can I help’, not ‘what’s wrong with them.’ Fear of being bullied is a large reason why teenagers often remain silent about their problems, causing them to only become worse. …show more content…
If there is going to be a change, it has to start with our kids. The way we look at suicide has to change and it starts by admitting when it happens. We are still of the generation that feels if we talk about suicide we might give those teetering on the edge some ideas. As if someone who really wanted to kill themselves couldn't come up with the means to do it. They would never think of jumping in front of a subway or off a bridge unless we drew attention to it? Really? Do we believe