Persuasive Essay On Mental Health

In 1983, Raymond Carver introduced his short story “Cathedral” to the public. The first-person narrative takes place within the narrator’s home, where his wife is waiting upon the arrival of her blind friend Robert. The narrator, however, becomes more concerned about how Robert’s visit will affect him rather than enjoy the situation. Once Robert arrives, the narrator tries to understand the blind man, but he is unaware of what tasks Robert is capable of performing due to the narrator’s inability to “see”. In time, Robert shows the narrator the difference between looking and seeing through illustrations of a cathedral, drawn by the narrator with his eyes closed. “Cathedral’s” narrator exposes readers to anti-heroic views

Neo soul artist, Angie Stone puts to lyrics what many Black women have been thinking about Black men for years when she said "you got mad issues, and you tend to refuse every opportunity to right your wrong". Because the women in our lives, who know us so intimately and care for us so deeply, can see when we are hurting or responding out of pain. But Black men young and old are walking around with anger, hurt, and stress which is literally sucking the joy out our lives through high blood pressure, impotence, fatigue, alcoholism, and many other physical and emotional manifestations as the result of poor mental health. However, many of us stubbornly refuse to get the mental health help that is needed to be better men - husbands, fathers, boyfriends, or just plain ole emotionally whole.

“Nearly 5 million children in the U.S. have some type of mental illness” (Goldberg). It is agreeable that there are many young children that deal with mental illness every day. Schools should be concerned for every student’s well being. Moreover, mental health is a part of a person’s overall “well being.” Therefore, schools need to make the mental health of students a stronger focus and implement plans to keep students mentally well and educated. To help create a positive, mental health aware environment where students feel open to seek help, high school students should be educated on how to be mentally healthy, be given a safe place to seek help, and be encouraged to monitor and maintain their mental health. Mental illness and mental health care need to be a more eminent priority in our society, starting with high schools.

The growing population extends in diversity by the second around the world, for there is not a single human being identical to another. In terms of personality, looks, and interests, each individual creates a unique addition to our own developed society. Tolerance towards indifferences to the percent of population containing a mental illness needs to be expanded. Society needs to expose the reality of the multiplicity of individuals. Undeniably, different characteristics about a person should be identified. However, people should not be labeled with a diagnosis or a disorder due to their actions.The members of the world today have most likely experienced a form of mental instability at one point in their life. The education provided to the public concerning mental illnesses is limited, and perhaps not taken seriously. Addressing the problem and educating society 's people is the only way to reach a solution to a broad conflict. To expose the amount of people that struggle with an illness that disables them to act differently in situations would create a wider understanding of different reactions. Society has isolated these actions of mental illnesses as something to be ashamed of over time, and have discriminated these acts making them prohibited. To reach a solution of tolerance towards mental disorders, the combination of actions for addressing the problem, educating the public of the intolerance, and

A quote by Willa Cather says, “The end is nothing; the road is all.” This quote is stating that it is not about the destination arrived at, but that it is about the journey to get there. I do agree with this quote. Instead of only waiting for the end, enjoy and cherish the events that lead up to it.

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Our generation is growing so self- destructive that we are beginning to take serious illnesses, and manipulate the symptoms to simply gain attention. Already, 80 percent of teenage sufferers fail to receive help with their anxiety because they believe that their illness is not worthy of support. If we allow the romanticism of anxiety to continue to increase at such a rapid rate, we are at risk of overlooking the true victims of anxiety. Simply subjecting someone suffering from mental illness to an inaccurate representation of anxiety can cause them to lapse into a panic attack. This could lead to the belief that because their own distress does not comply with society’s expectations of anxiety, they should not seek help. The moment that anxiety is expected to be endearing, is the very moment that all faith in humanity will vanish. How can we provide the correct support for victims of anxiety, when we fail to perceive mental illness as an issue? If the constant embellishing of symptoms does not cease immediately, the effects on society will be

About 1 in 5 youth aged 13–18 experiences a severe mental disorder at least once in their lifetime. Over one-third of students with a mental health condition, age 14­–21 drops out—the highest dropout rate of any disability group. With these statistics, it shows how many people are not gaining support and are just giving up because they cannot find convenient help. If this issue is shown in the classroom, then the awareness rates will rise, making more establishments for support and treatment.

What does it feel like to wake up every morning with a purpose? A purpose to shine a glimmering light over the entire world and watch the little cities, one by one, illuminate. Let me tell you, it is rejuvenating. Spreading wellness is like popping a happiness pill into each and everyone's mouth.

Imagine walking down the street wearing cargo shorts, knee length socks, suspenders, a backwards cap and crocs on your feet. Would people grant you higher status and competence for being a unique individual or would people stare in disgust? So is being an individual truly frowned upon in this society? Well unfortunately it is. Sadly it appears to be human nature for so many of us to look down on someone for being different or thinking in a different manner.

I've gotten into trouble before, there's no arguing that. I can name many times I've gotten myself into scenarios that got me into trouble. Some on purpose, some accidental. Lots of the time, for fun. My friends and I have gotten ourselves into many things, no one usually gets hurt, well except for the time we skied under the ropes at Crested Butte and my friends and I hit a cliff and I ended up having to get brought down on a stretcher from the ski patrol, definitely got hurt then, but it all ends being a good story after anyway. That's what a lot of mistakes end up being, are stories to tell down the road, I suppose you could say it's quite a story now, but not a story I'm proud of in any way. I got myself into a situation that I wish I never was in, a story that I wish I didn't have the opportunity to tell about now. There's many things that night I wish I could've gone back and changed, but there's no rewind button on life, so I have to live with it and the consequences now. That's life really.

Once I stepped foot inside my house after coming home a couple minutes late of my curfew from a night out to eat with my cousins, my mother immediately yells at me for going out too much with them. She yelled in my language and in broken English, “Molly Ann, you never do anything in this house! Why you keep on going out with your cousins when you never do anything to help around in this house!”

Bring Change to Mind is a nonprofit organization that strives to positively impact the mental health community. Their mission is to “end the stigma and discrimination surrounding mental illness”. They have strong guiding principles and beliefs that support their mission. Starting the conversation about mental illness, amplifying voices, being an ally, empowering the future, supporting science, and fighting for human rights are specific ways that the organization builds awareness, understanding, and hope.

Terry awoke to the loud pounding on the broken door of his cave. He swam outside to find nothing but the darkness of the sea at night. He slowly floated back into the safety of his small, frugal cave.

We jumped. We played. We screamed. We tried to kill each other. Bloodthirsty, 1 person was the monster. The rest tried to survive. It was a game that kinda went like duck duck goose. But if I would have known what would happen next, I never would have sat down. Never would have put my hands under me. Never would have played that game that day.