fucking please!! lemme explain to ya’ll something. I am a mentally ill person who now works in the field of psychology and I often interact with other mentally ill people (both clients and people from day to day situations)
I work with adults from 18-fucking 60′s and 70′s. The most common thing I hear is about how they have exhibted symptoms from a young age but never saw treatment in their younger days because their family either shamed them, wouldn’t let them, guilted them about it or completely wrote off and undermined their mental health.
Your teenager who won’t leave their bed or do their homework isn’t lazy, they could be suffering from depression.
Your teenager who won’t ask the cashier at Walmart for the correct change or can’t seem to make friends might not be a late bloomer, this is a symptom of anxiety.
Your teenage son who likes to bully and beat up his sister, family pets or other kids isn’t just “being a boy”. The intention to hurt others from a young age is a symptom of an aray of disorders.
Your child who expresses suicidal thoughts or engages in reckless behavior isn’t going through a rebellious stage or just experiencing normal hormones, they are struggling with their mental health and the affects left untreated could be deadly.
Please, please, please talk to your kids about mental health at a young age and let them know that you are willing to find them professional help if they ask for it.
So many years of life could have been improved for the mentally ill adult if they were given an opportunity of treatment and understanding from their childhood.
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