The Importance Of Mental Health In The United States

From the day we are born, humans travel on an ongoing journey devoted to personal health development. For example, man emphasizes his physical health and well-being across the span of his lifetime. As a child, his mother provides him with vitamins and nutrients to sustain proper growth. In school, he is given physical and dietary lessons that teach him to maintain and value his "temple;" he also learns the physiology taking place behind his growth. He later develops a habit of working out in the gym so he may keep his body in ship shape. He lives aware that his physicality is subject to change over time, but like many of us, he is raised to believe his mental health should remain consistent throughout his life. This is an especially common case in the United States, where people are conditioned to ignore their mental well-being and feel shame at the thought that they may have an issue that demands extra attention. …show more content…
Unfortunately, a significant portion of those diagnosed will not seek help or, let alone, acknowledge their problems. People live day-by-day trying their best to ignore their issues, or they try to fight mental illness alone. We see this as a result of the stigma directed towards people who open up and ask for aid, where they are looked at with disgrace and are generally assumed to be incompetent or crazy. Since victims never receive proper aid, they commonly seek a personal outlet for their pain via unhealthy acts including drug abuse, self harm, and, in severe cases, suicide. The stigma of mental disorders still exists today, and afflicted victims are those left to face its