We Are All Mad Here
Mental illnesses are also called mental disorders. They are extremely common in the Australian population. 1 in every 5 Australians —...
Mar 11, 20201 min read
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Reducing stigma
To help in reducing mental health stigma, it’s important to understand what someone with mental illness may be going through.
It's important to know that people with mental illness have the same rights as everybody else.
When negative stereotypes come up in conversation or in the media, you can actively dispel myths and educate people against harmful, inaccurate stereotyping.
Be mindful about the words you use when describing yourself and others, avoiding insensitive and hurtful words, such as 'nutter', 'loopy', 'crazy' and 'psycho'.
There are also organisations that can help you with dealing with mental illness stigma.
D n M's with Mel and Tracy Witrose
Mental Health
"What mental health needs is more candor, more unashamed conversation."
Addiction
“Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol, morphine or idealism.”
Suicide
“The person who completes suicide, dies once. Those left behind die a thousand deaths, trying to relive those terrible moments and understand… why?”
Mel
Hi, I'm Mel, Let me tell you a little bit about myself. I live with Borderline Personalty Disorder, Depression & Anxiety and Addictions. Living with all these is very hard as I stress, cry, get angry amongst other feeling and actions. This has been brought on by many things happening to me over my life time. We also lost my brother to suicide back in 2011. We're not entirely sure why he decided to take his own life. All I know is that it's left the biggest hole in our lives. Both my other brother Luke and I are lost.
Tracy
Hi, my name is Tracy and I struggle with mental illness. From a very young age I struggled with my emotions, anxiety and depression. Now I could babble on about my childhood but it happened and it sucked. I have been to counsellors, psychiatrists, psychologists even EMDR, Eye Movement desensitisation and reprocessing in my life starting at a young age.
Today here I am having multiple diagnoses for the first time in my life and it scares me.. But I am moving forward fighting for what I deserve, what I need and the people who love and support me during my roller coaster but also struggling with red tape and energy and being misdiagnosed. Receiving treatment blaming things in my past, the road is rough, some days I don’t even want to keep travelling but I wake up everyday and that is a privilege, so just one more day, never give up….
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