Reducing stigmas | Renee Hodges
Mental health and Substance Abuse addictions often have negative societal stigmas. People understand physical sickness, but don’t often understand or believe that people who don’t suffer from an obvious ailment are faking, or they want attention from others. Logically, who would want to struggle with a mental health or substance abuse disorder? Society dictates what is socially acceptable and what is not. If we have not experienced something we often judge it based on what we would do. Truthfully, if you’ve never experienced it, you don’t have any data to truly know what you would do. Find compassion for those who are struggling. Just because Learn more…