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17 #EndTheStigma Tweets That Show How Much Mental Health Stigmas Still Exist In 2020

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Jan 29, 2020

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17 #EndTheStigma Tweets That Show How Much Mental Health Stigmas Still Exist In 2020

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For as long as we can remember, mental health has been a sensitive subject. Generations have tip-toed around the issue for long enough that stigmas have formed, often creating an uncomfortable environment for individuals experiencing mental illnesses. Today, mental health advocates everywhere turned to Twitter to #EndTheStigma and speak up on behalf of everyone's struggles.

Alongside #EndTheStigma, individuals adding #BellLetsTalk to their tweet are doing so for a reason. Today, January 29, Bell Let's Talk is donating 5 cents toward Canadian mental health initiatives for every tweet and retweet with the hashtag.

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Cancer ✅ Diabetes ✅ Heart disease ✅ Anxiety ❓ Depression ❓ All medically-recognized. Not all socially accepte… https://t.co/dQi5UQ19gg
— GC Mental Health | Santé Mentale GC (@GC Mental Health | Santé Mentale GC) 1580303112.0

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I have come down some very dark paths to arrive where I am today. Silence can be deadly, there is no need to suffer… https://t.co/pyVBMRkeqd
— Neil Before Zod™ (@Neil Before Zod™) 1580297666.0

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suffering from a mental illness does not make you crazy suffering from a mental illness does now make you weak… https://t.co/mpSXRwYBsJ
— not soha (@not soha) 1580275117.0

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I see a psychologist a few times every year just for a mental checkup. Let's end the stigma surrounding mental heal… https://t.co/6wtyMKHju5
— Nic (Tetra Ninja) (@Nic (Tetra Ninja)) 1580311987.0

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Mr. Rogers said it perfectly! #BellLetsTalk #EndTheStigma https://t.co/bZp4CkO7zg
— Heather 🇨🇦 (@Heather 🇨🇦) 1580273375.0

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#BellLetsTalk Day is about building awareness, acceptance and action in mental health. It’s OKAY to not be okay. Re… https://t.co/h7gV2RZ3fo
— Will Knudson (@Will Knudson) 1580303647.0

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Recently a dear, dear friend lost her child to mental illness. Won't you reach out, talk, listen - a kind word or g… https://t.co/Oz3Pp4eCwj
— jennifer (@jennifer) 1580305473.0

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My anxiety has been kicking my ass for the last couple of months. I have just gotten my prescription upped and am… https://t.co/mxNeFMYJpW
— Catcher of the Rye 🇨🇦 (@Catcher of the Rye 🇨🇦) 1580304226.0

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#BellLetsTalk because there is so much more to life than what we’re feeling right now. mental health affects more p… https://t.co/W3gHFYyVqe
— ❥ (@❥) 1580276616.0

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I got this little guy for my #Mentalhealth and he (Oscar) has made a big difference! #BellLetsTalk #EndTheStigma https://t.co/aYMHUxp8Al
— Kristina Rentz (@Kristina Rentz) 1580301744.0

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Let's talk about therapy the same way we talk about going to the gym. Going to a counselor or therapist when you're… https://t.co/wB1wPS2n6K
— Kacey Leslie (@Kacey Leslie) 1580298368.0

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that’s not to say I don’t have bad days. I have them, quite a bit sometimes. But I also have a support system. Dep… https://t.co/GhnUialYoh
— Hunter Horenstein (@Hunter Horenstein) 1580319125.0

Conversations like this — honest, public discussion — are what make positive impacts on our world. There is a community of people who understand, care, and are ready to speak up for themselves and those around them.

If you or someone you know is experiencing suicidal thoughts, call the National Suicide Prevention Hotline — 1-800-273-8255

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Normal people wouldn't understand

1. Having time to nap between classes or at all.

2. Waking up 10 minutes before your class starts and making it there in time.

3. Making it to class in general

4. Only having to hit the snooze button three times.

5. When you didn't do the homework and the teacher decides not to collect it for that day.

6. Getting that "I'm sorry, but class is cancelled" email.

7. Finding a quiet seat in the library.

8. Actually enjoying a class and understanding all of the material.

9. Having a friend to eat lunch with.

10. Finishing an assignment before the due date.

11. When there is free food on campus.

Becuase of all things to be addicted to, you're addicted to making money.

1. You can't remember your last day off.

2. Whenever someone asks to hang out, you're working.

3. When you do see your friends, you're in a "treating mood."

4. You work so much you don't have time to spend the money you're making.

5. You're too tired to function when you aren't working.

6. Finally seeing your friends and having way too much to catch up on.

83% of my trends in college would have been shamed in high school.

1. Eat

2. Be seen running across campus

3. Sleep

4. Skip Class

5. Blurt out

6. Wear dresses

7. Wear Crocs

8.Run on 4 hours of sleep

9. Use a Laptop

10. Crying

Because smiling gives you wrinkles.

1. “When I first met you, I thought you were a b*tch.”

2. Somebody asks you if you’re mad at them at least once a day.

3. You always look unamused. Even when you are very amused.

4. Anna Wintour is your spirit animal.

5. You are never approached by people who are tabling on campus.

6. You have to practice smiling before you get your photo taken.

7. The word “judgmental” is thrown at you on the daily.

8. You make people visibly uncomfortable in section by glancing at them.

9. Your parents thought that this was just part of a teenage phase, but this is actually just your face.

10. Your face could get you out of jury duty.

It hits hard in college.

1. Excitement of the final year

2. Trying to take easy classes to make it out alive

3. Does attendance count for a grade?

4. Skipping once won't hurt me

5. Wait that is due?

6. I'm just trying to graduate

7. I'll just do this assignment during my other class

8. Patiently waiting

9. Rejection

10. Accepting that you might have gotten a degree for nothing

11. Probably should have studied for that test

12. Sanity > class

13. Finally an acceptance letter

14. Oh yeah, finals

15. Graduating!

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