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SAYIT,IFYOUMEANIT
By-JaskiranKaurSokhi
Averycommonphraseyoualwilhearthesedays,
“MentalHealth.”Mentalhealthreferstocognitive,behavioral,andemotionalwel-being.Itisalabouthow
peoplethink,feel,andbehave.Peoplesometimes
usetheterm “mentalhealth”tomeantheabsenceof
amentaldisorder.Whataffectsmentalhealth?Stres,
Anxietyordepresioncanaffectyourmentalhealth
adadversely.Almosteveryindividualonthisplanetis
sufferingduetomentalhealth.Butmyquestionis,
whypeopletakethissolightly?Whydiscusing
aboutone’smentalhealth,theirproblemstheyare
dealingwitharetakensolightlyandnotseriously?
AccordingtoWHO,depresionleadsto800,000suicidesglobaly.“Around450milionpeoplecurently
aresufferingfrom suchconditions,placingmental
disordersamongtheleadingcausesofil-healthand
disabilityworldwide.Globaly,thetotalnumberof
peoplewithdepresionwasestimatedtoexceed300
milionin2015,equivalentto4.3% oftheworld’s
population.Depresionisrankedasthesinglelargest
contributortoglobaldisability(7.5% ofalyearslived
withdisabilityin2015).Atitsworst,depresioncan
leadtosuicide,over800000peopledieduetosuicideeveryyear.Suicideisthesecondleadingcauseof
deathin15-29yearold”,weretheguidelinesofWHO.
InthePandemic,majorityofpeoplecurently,aresufferingfrom
alsuchproblems.
On14thJune2020,thefamouspersonality,Sushant
SinghRajputcommitedsuicideduetodepresion.
Afterhissuicide,thewholesocialmediacomeupthe
generalshipthatoneshouldalwaysdiscusifhe/she
issufferingwithalthisstuff.Eventhepopularcelebritiesraisedtheirvoiceagainstdepresion.Butjust
likeatrend,itdisappearedwithinaweekortwo.
Therewereevensuchscenarioswherepeoplewere
urgingtheirfriendstodiscustheirproblemsand
thatsuicideisnotasolutionandmesagethem.Accordingtome,thisisnotasolution.Sayitifyoumean
it!
Youcanhealyourlifebyyourown.Ifyouaresuffering
from mentalhealth,itisjustyouwhocanhealyourselffrom
althis.Thereisnoseconddoubtthatitis
verydifficulttocuredepresionandyouhaveno
otheroptionbuttofaceit,butevensuicideisnotan
option
Mentalhealthmaters!
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