What is Stigma and How Can We Fight It?
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- Everyday I get asked "Kristen, what is this stigma that you always speak of??" and today I answer that question. Today we discuss what the stigma surrounding mental health actually is and how we can personally fight it in our daily lives! How do you fight stigma? LET ME KNOW DOWN BELOW!
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Hello! My name is Kristen, I am 22 years old, from Sacramento CA, and I am graduating in the Spring with my BA in Psychology. I created this channel for three reasons that are very close to my heart. One, to help others be able to tell their stories and be advocates for mental health, to give recovery tips and tricks to help others find the help they need, and to spread awareness for mental health issues to fight the stigma surrounding it. The more we talk about mental illness the more normalized it will be in our society and the more people will not be ashamed to get help!
☆ DISCLAIMER ☆ I am not a professional. If you are seeking professional advice please go see your primary care doctor or therapist. The information in this post is based on personal experiences, personal knowledge, or research I have done on the subject. If this is an emergency please call 911, call your local crisis line suicideprevent... or go to your nearest hospital.
You have helped me stay alive. I've been dealing with depression for two years and I have fought with stigma. I self harmed and attempted suicide many times. Your videos have helped me start on recovery and I am now one month clean
you should be so proud of yourself. Recovery from SH is so difficult but know that you are strong enough to get through this :)
I'm sort of proud of my self but at the same time I'm wondering why I'm still alive. Why did I survive why is my life so terribly depressing why me why can I die
@@lydiaholland4044 because you're here for a reason, love. It does get better and you're strong enough to push through that. I believe in you. Keep pushing forward and you will win. I'm so proud of you. You can do this. Stay strong.
HI GUYS!!! How do you spread awareness for mental health in your community? Would love to know :)❤️💛💜💙💚
LikeKristen there is a group on Facebook called keep calm academy its run by a therapist John p Cordray
I was a part of a club at my college that helps fight the stigma against mental health, and I help refer people to the school's counseling program.
I try to be as open and honest about my mental health struggles and gains - whenever it makes sense to in an effort to normalize it. I'll bring up that "I've been seeing my psychiatrist for two years" or that I've been diagnosed with ADHD and take a stimulant, so that eventually people realize, oh if this guy this stuff, then maybe it's okay for me to do so too. Great video Kristen!
I made a youtube channel to raise awareness. I came out on facebook that i was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and other things. I also asked my old teachers what do they do about mental health with their students. One said he makes his students write a paper on it. felt good to know
I work at a peer ran recovery center in Santa Rosa Cal ( Interlink Self Help Center ) where for over 20 years I have worked to combat both social stigma as well as self stigma around mental health
Thank you for doing these amazing inspirational videos take care
When a person with a severe mental health problem commits an act of violence, I find that the incident can usually be blamed on improper treatment or just a flat out lack of treatment. And in many cases the mental health problem may be unrelated to that act of violence.
I know a song called stigma it's really good..
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You're videos have helped me a lot... not only to know more about what some friends have... but what I think I have. So... thanks a lot.
Don't say "Fuck my life" or "I hate my life" if you are not suicidal.
I only found your channel recently, and I'm so glad I did. Everyone I know says I'm too young to be depressive, because I'm only thirteen, but I've been self harming for about half a year, and I only told my parents on Christmas Eve (because I was backed into a corner with no way out but the truth) so I basically ruined Christmas, and now my dad, one month later, thinks all my problems have gone away, even though they're deepening and getting worse, and I've considered suicide more than once, even standing on the edge of a cliff near my house, kinda hoping a gust of wind would make me lose my balance.
But you, Kirsten, have helped me so much, so thank you. Thank you so, so much.
you are amazing. thank you so much, from brazil :***
if people are going to be dumb and diagnose the weather with mental illness, borderline makes more sense than bipolar lol at least get it right!
jk I understand stigma. unfortunately for me my mom sometimes uses my diagnosis to basically invalidate my feelings cause I "feel emotions more deeply than most people."
I just want to congratulate you on how far you've come. I was a subscriber when you were at 1'000 (though on a different account) and although I'm no longer subscribed, I just want to say thank you for all the great work you're doing.
You made a eugenia cooney related video around the time that people were talking about her so I'm assuming you're somewhat okay with discussing issues on UA-cam related to mental health. How do you feel about onision and how he claims he's the cure for many girls who have SH and ED issues? Also do you know of the new collab channel called "trash"? The people on the channel constantly throw out self-deprecating phrases. Some people think it's funny because they assume it's a joke. I'd love to hear your thoughts.. thanks for the video and your wings are on point today!!
guiltmenot Well, I'm not Kristin but I can tell you my views on one of those things, being Onision. MANY people disagree with the way he talks about self-harm and eating disorders, but there are a ton of people who actually HAVE been able to recover from those things by hearing what he has to say in the seemingly harsh way he says it. People can hate it as much as they want, but it won't change the fact that for some people, that actually IS what they need to hear.
Luna Rose I think it's important that people recover through legitimate therapy and they need to learn to love themselves and see themselves as beautiful. I was in an abusive relationship and I felt really good about myself at first because I was showered in compliments but then I was entirely degraded and my self-esteem plummeted. Once I took the time to be single and stick to therapy, my self-worth isn't affected by what people think of me or say. I think it's nice he helps people but I personally don't feel it's the right approach because he's truly trying to manipulate his younger audience so no one will see him as a sociopathic narcissist. That's just my opinion though.. I respect that you see him differently.
Also recently I noticed he posted a video where he said his wife was on bipolar medication and he preferred she not take it because her doctors were wrong... that's completely ridiculous. He said he liked her the way she was without medication. That was just one point I can't ignore. He can't overstep a clinician and if someone stops taking their medication cold turkey, they can get really sick. Even though he diagnosed himself with BPD or whatever he comes off as ignorant about mental health.
guiltmenot I don't see how the bipolar thing is relevant in any way, but I agree with your opinions on that, but with the first thing that was mentioned, although I do still agree that true therapy is important, people have achieved those exact same results from watching about 4 Onision videos and now don't care what people think, know that they're beauitful, and have stopped SH, ED, etc. and that's just fact. Manipulation has no benefit for him, people stopping selfharm and eating disorders does not benefit him. You might say "views and support" but this one fact hasn't changed your mind, so I honestly think he just knows that those things aren't helping people and aren't healthy, so he just tells them that it's pointless and not helping them, and some people can take that and turn it into a healthy recovery with other coping skills. Some people it may hurt, or they get offended, but he doesn't put those people down, he puts down the methods they use to cope, and for some, that's just enough. I don't even watch is videos, I've just seen his ones on mental health, just so you know that I'm not a crazy die hard fan 😊😂
Yes, please make a video on how we used to treat mental illness! :)
I did this week!
like thumping them with a bible
I just don't know who I am now. I don't know if I have anxiety. I don't know if I have depression. I don't know if I have a mental illness. I'm lost and stuck, and I don't know what to do...
Hi, I’m your in-house, friendly schizophrenic, the biggest threat that I would pose to you, is you might trip over me, because I’m so clumsy! I’m not a monster.
I agree mostly with things you say, and it's with good heart! But it does get very annoying if you maybe make a joke about OCD (I have OCD btw) and people become aggressive or passive aggressing trying to correct your speech. Main point, if you're correcting people, do it rarely and politely. Don't make them feel trashy about what they said just because you don't agree with it.
Really good video- positive breaking the stigma. I’ve just started a mental health channel and would love your opinion if you’d like to check it out. Xx
can you speak about Marina Joyce? myself and a lot of her other genuine subscribers are worried about her
Please check out Gwyneth Richardson! She's a young Canadian mental health advocate with the goal of smashing the stigma.
omg thank you so so so much for this video and for linking your sources
I want to tell my parents about my anxiety and I don’t know what to do I’m still torn after watching your video an telling your parents about this but I need advice?
Hey Kristen,
I have so much respect for what you're doing on this channel and how you help so many people with it!
I hope you have a lovely day♡
Fear is a terrible thing. People are afraid they won't know how to help someone so they want to avoid the subject. Maybe helping people with mental health problems is simpler than we think.
I'm interested in what people used to do to "cure" mental illness, but lots of documentaries and the like are filled with stigma. You making a video about it would be great!!
Where you from? And thanks for all the time you invest for everyone.
California!
LikeKristen im from palm desert CA 😎 thanks for everything.
I agree with everything you said Iam sure I heard the media saying the man that did the Florida shooting had some mental illness love you
Liam O Donovan he actually did have a mental illness. That whole situation was very sad. The focus was on gun control and not the state of our mental health system.
You hit that nail pretty hard, been struggling and stigmatized my entire life in almost every sense of the word
Thank you for spreading the word about our sickness, together as sufferers we can get in the press more and in turn get better understanding leading to much better treatment world wide
how do i stop thinking of selfe harm i used to cut and my mom found out and got really mad so i tould hrr i would never do it agen but i keep thing if only i had a blad and i keep wanting to cut what do i do
you honestly help me so much I would be in a worse place if it wernt for you.😊
I think this sort of thing really should be taught in schools
I emailed you about this and this made me so happy
Really glad you made this video. I had no idea how bad the stigma was until I saw how many folks, including friends I thought I were close, stopped communicating with me. Do you find a lot of people downplay mental illness as well? I've had folks say "guys like you don't get depressed?"
Can you talk abaut narcisism please
people will probably blame his mental illness for committing the shooting nearly every shooting I hear them saying the person had a mental illness iam so glad I found your channel
ahhh this is such a great video!!!
stigma is tae's solo XD
Awesome video
love all your videos
you've helped me alot
hope you have a awesome day ❤
ps Your beautiful
I hope you have an amazing day too!
I know most people who are mentally ill arent violent but what about those of us who are? I wouldnt consider myself damgerous at the moment but in the past I have lashed out amd causes fires - does that mean I'm worth less than people who arent violent/dangerous? I dont think so.
I'm not having a go at you btw just want to hear your opinion!
some people suffering with a mental illness can be violent and that can be really sad. When this happens we should not look away from the problem or blame the mental illness. We should work toward getting these people the help they need and spread awareness for these types of treatments to help others.
I hurt my self im a cutter is it ok ?
Its not. Talk about it to someone you trust
Just in general towards everyone/anyone reading this, what are your thoughts towards the term "neat freak"? It's one I commonly hear as a replacement for saying OCD when 'people like to clean', so I want to hear some differing views and opinions on it.
Luna Rose I believe it can be rude, but it can also not be rude. It depends in the person, but it also depends on the relationship between those people and what they were doing previously.
Angelic Heed Okay, thanks. 😊 And what about someone describing themselves as that, rather than calling themselves OCD (possibly because they've realized that they aren't)? It's clearly an improvement, but is it still bad?
Luna Rose I suppose it is an improvement to being self aware :), personally I believe it would greatly improve your chances of getting it under control and not letting it control you, but as I had said before, it all depends on the persons view and mindset.