You donât know how theyâre feeling
âAny time is a good time to talk about mental health.â – Sarah Hamid-Balma, Mental Health Promotion Director for the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division
Tag: MENTAL HEALTH
Suicide is not a cowardly act
The sad truth is, when youâre contemplating suicide, youâre generally not thinking about how sad your loved ones will be if you left them.
Government sponsorship of mental health is the only vehicle to change
The Canadian government does not pay nearly as much for counselors, psychologists, or other mental health professionals.
Suicide isnât beautiful
Often, there is no âreason,â or at least, not one that is universally understandable.
My life on medication
If you havenât spent two decades in a constant state of anxiety, you canât understand the relief when itâs suddenly gone.
Talk of reopening Riverview emerges in Coquitlam
âFolks who step up and say âI need help hereâ would be able to get that help on demand right now.â
Make Noise for Mental Health
If we can even help one person feel that itâs okay to be dealing with mental illness, or to step forward about their mental health, all of it will be worth it.
#BellLetsTalkâs corporate and systematic campaign
Bell needs more diversity in their ads, though I can understand why a homeless Indigenous woman with schizophrenia just doesnât look as nice on a billboard.
Happiness in a jar
The idea of a happiness jar is that you write down something that made you happy on a piece of paper with the dayâs date, and you drop it in a jar.