America is at a crossroads when it comes to how our society addresses mental health. We know that one in five of our citizens have a diagnosable mental health condition, and that more Americans are expected to die this year by suicide than in car accidents.
While many of us are comfortable acknowledging publicly our physical suffering, for which we almost always seek help, many more of us privately experience mental suffering, for which we almost never reach out.
Mental illness in general can’t be seen. People say - everyone has mental suffering. What makes them different than us? Snap out of it, get a job like the rest of us.