Mental Health Week
Dr. Elaine R.
As my life becomes calmer, more joyful, and healthier I encourage you to join with me to explore what you want in life and how to achieve what you want. I'd love to chat, explore, & guide you to a healthy, happy life.
Below is the suggested text from CAMH (Canadian Mental Health Association).
Lost loved ones, missed milestones, closed businesses - the amount of loss we have experienced over the past year has been one of the most distressing things about the pandemic. If you’ve been struggling, CAMH has coping tools to help you move forward at camh.ca. #MentalHealthIsHealth #MHW2021 @CAMHFoundation
Mental Health is Health. This is one of the hashtags CAMH is using. Mental, emotional, spiritual, & physical health is HEALTH. Anything that occurs in one of these areas affects the other areas. The idea that we separate them could very well be contributing to the stigma associated with mental illness.
Years ago cancer was not mentioned, if it was it was referred to as the "big C". I remember an uncle getting TB in the late 50s or 60s, again it was something that wasn't talked about. Even in the family, the words were whispered. I was young at the time & was given strict instructions to not tell anyone as family members went through testing.
Needing time off work for a "mental illness" should just be "illness". If a person has diabetes we don't single it out as "pancreas illness". I would encourage a change of our words - illness is illness.
I help people to make the changes in life that will be freeing and empowering. Coach & Spiritual Director at SWR Coaching & Spiritual Direction
3 年Well said Elaine.
Customer Success Account Manager @ Microsoft | Transformational Coach | Program Manager |
3 年So true,we need to remove the stigma from mental illness Dr. Elaine R. well being should all over.
Release Inner Blocks & Trauma to Fast-Track Success | Emotional Intelligence, Subconscious Reprogramming, NLP & Trauma Release Specialist | Elevating Individual & Team Results through Training, Coaching & Therapy
3 年Well said Dr. Elaine, and we can change "Mental Health Day" also to just a Health Day.
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3 年thanks for bringing more awareness on the words Dr. Elaine R.
Spiritual Coach at Your Self Quest Coaching
3 年Health is Health, so true! And often, our mental health affects our physical health. Because of this, I also think they should not be individually labelled under their own umbrellas. Thank you for this great awareness. Dr. Elaine.