Mental health always had its stigma and no one wants to talk about it. But as you should know, it’s an important thing that has to be discussed with everyone – including children. Mental health is a complicated topic, but here are some things that can help you be aware of what’s going on with your mental health and to others that surround you. 

For everyone’s awareness, Mental health is your emotional and psychological well-being. Your mental health involves how you think, feel, behave, and interact with others. It also helps us to determine if we’re functioning at our best or if we need to seek outside help.

For children, A child’s emotional wellbeing should be prioritized as important as their physical health. Having a healthy mind helps kids to develop resilience and learn to cope and adapt to whatever life brings that can mold them into healthy adults in the future. 

Mental Health is an important thing to address because it affects us in many ways, like our ability to do our jobs or function as we need to in everyday life. Because if your mental health becomes worse, and you don’t have good mental health, it can lead to other issues like depression or anxiety.

Here are five things you should know about mental health:

Studies show that every year, one in five people will experience some type of mental health issue. While the number may seem high, it’s vital to remember that at some point in our lives, we will be facing mental health issues. However, the earlier we can recognize these issues, the better we can help the individual. 

One in five people will experience some type of mental health issue.

In Nationwide stats, almost one in five people (47.1 million) in the U.S are living with a mental health condition. Numbers have increased by about 1.5 million over the last year’s report. It is also reported that about 10% of youth in the U.S have been experiencing severe depression. 

A growing percentage of youth in the U.S. live with major depression.

Depression is a major depressive disorder that causes serious medical mental illness. It negatively affects the way you think, causing a negative feeling that affects how you act. 

A growing percentage of youth in the U.S. live with major depression. 15.08% of youth experienced a major depressive episode in the past year, a 1.24% increase from last year’s dataset. In the bottom-ranked states, up to 19% of youth ages 12-17 experienced major depression.  

Around 10 million people suffer from a mental illness that severely interferes with their daily life activities.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that 43.8 million adults in the United States experience mental illness annually. Around 10 million people suffer from a mental illness that severely interferes with their daily life activities. Sadly, half of these numbers are untreated with their mental health, leaving adults and children suffering from untreated symptoms. 

Research shows that 59.6% of the youth with major depression do not receive any mental health treatment. In Texas – 64.7% of Texans aged 12-17 did not receive any care in the last year.

It is important that you educate yourself about mental illness and how to work towards ending the stigma surrounding it. Mental illness is scaringly common, but sometimes it can feel like a taboo topic that no one should talk about — however, there are plenty of ways to bring the conversation forward and help educate others who have not been exposed to it before. Educate yourself, educate others. Speak up and save a life in the future.  

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HOW TO DEAL WITH GUILT AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS 

Mental health is just vital as physical health. To put it in an easy way, If something goes wrong with your heart, your whole body can be affected. The same goes for the brain. Depression can is a scary thing that can affect every aspect of your life. Dealing with the symptoms early is a major help in making sure it does not become worse.

When you’re young, it’s easy to dismiss what you feel. It is easy to ignore when symptoms show. Like when you’re in high school, it can seem like everything is overblown and all the little problems are so big. But the truth is that your mental health is really important and really worth paying attention to. Do not be afraid to speak up and ask for help.