The Lethal Cost of Mental Health Stigma

The Lethal Cost of Mental Health Stigma
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Stigma keeps us from talking about mental illness, but it's time to raise our voices now that we've suffered the largest mass shooting in American history. The tragic events in Orlando, FL seem likely to have been birthed out of one man's self-hatred and severe mental health issues and staying quiet has never been more lethal.

Mental illness affects most of us yet we're too afraid to talk about it when it's hard to explain why we feel so tortured and lost with no logical reason. In this video, I talk about the struggle with depression specifically and what we can do.

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