Mental health

Its time that we stop taking mental health and depression so lightly. It has been far more than just a taboo in India. Society has made this sensitive subject an issue of honour and pride of the suffering individual and his/her family. 
We need to support and care about someone going through something instead of ridiculing them by saying things like 'ye sab mann ke khel hai' or 'areyy isko bas attention chaiye' or 'sympathy ke liye kar raha hai' 
And to be able to support the ones in need, the first step is to accept that YES, PEOPLE CAN HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES; DEPRESSION IS REAL. 
Once society accepts this, people who are going through a lot and suffering alone will come forward, speak, open up and seek help and a life may be saved. 
So stop making an issue of mental issues and accept them. You never know who might be suffering all by themselves just because people around them might call them 'mad' or 'crazy' or 'mental' and ridicule their family.

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