分类目录归档：mental
Life is fragile.
We can all be struck down by mental health challenges.
Then what do I do?
Should I keep it to myself, fearing of being stigmatized,
diagnosed with a mental disorder and having to
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i knew someone
who was so psychotic that should talk to
ants
and she was so paranoid that people were
poisoning her that she wouldn't eat at
all
i knew someone who was restrained in a
forensic
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from my early childhood days i knew
intuitively that i was letting people
down i tried i really tried hard but
nothing seemed to work
therefore you can imagine everyone's
surprised when not on
so good afternoon
my name is chanel and i was studying
political science in the us
and obviously huge cultural shock
one of the most shocking events i've
been to is
the tunnel of oppression in a ton o
i graduated
from pharmacy school with my doctorate
of pharmacy
in 2008. i spent the next
10 years working as a community
pharmacist
in 2018 i decided to start teaching
pharmacy students
so i began wor
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when it comes to mental health
the conversations are usually
not so simple and within the black
community the conversations
are usually non-existent
black and ethnic minority groups tend to
be
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i would like you to imagine this for
once
let's say you went through a bad breakup
a really bad one
and you felt extremely low and sad after
that breakup
now usually like most of us
i left home at 14
and i spent three years in homeless
hostels in london
and sofa surfing and trying to keep my
heroin addict boyfriend from
overdosing yet again but against
all of the odds i became th
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fall down seven times
but always get up eight do you have a
dream you're trying to pursue
it's in your way why haven't
you moved forward like you i also have a
dream that i've pursued
and i co
mental health
is the number one driver of disability
worldwide in england alone
one in four people will experience some
kind of mental health issue
this year
my name's tor and my idea worth
spreading