Thursday, May 10, 2018

Mental Health Awareness


What color will you wear and who is it you will support??

Panic disorder is an anxiety disorder. Characteristics of Panic Disorders are (1) the panic attacks come on unexpected and are reoccurring (2) The attacks features are intense fear with palpitations, sweating , shaking, shortness of breath, numbness or a feeling that something really bad is going to happen.




Depression is a mental health disorder that is characterized by a persistently depressed mood or loss of interest in activities causing significant impairment in daily life. Many members of my own family including my mother, sons and daughters and others suffer from depression.


Self Harm is one thing that if you know of you should get that individual help. My daughter dated a young man in high school. They were very close dating, prom dates and so many other things. I heard about most of it, the one thing that I did not hear of is that he would hurt himself. A time went by and they broke up , he instantly got another girl friend and my daughter went to work but they continued to talk. Hoping they would get back together when tragedy struck, the young man killed himself. Had anyone had been told maybe this could have been avoided. The young man was popular but noone wanted to tell as they were all close friends. Sadly one voice could have saved him



Individuals with a substance abuse will suffer with no-one knowing and at times the individual does not want to recognize the issue either. Many suffer from substance abuse whether it be prescribed or street drug if there is abuse it is not good.
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Bringing awareness to these issues and so much more are important. Through the month of May we will strive to bring more information to you.

1 comment:

  1. How come PTSD and CPTSD are not included. I would need so many of these ribbons. I'd almost have a sleeve. Just wondering it seems we're always left out.

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