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

But we're making moves — we're talking about it.

Lily Moe

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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10 things that most incoming college freshmen have no idea about.

Your Schedule

The Library

Time Management

Registration

Housing

The Dining Hall

Teachers

Clubs

High School Friends

Finals

It's not all morning coffees and singing along to the radio.

You can't just go to your room to take a nap in the middle of your classes.

Having to spend all your extra cash on gas for your car.

Speaking of money, you probably don't have a meal plan so you're forced to scrounge up some change or mooch off of your friends.

It can be harder to maintain the friendships you make with people from class.

Finding a parking spot.

It can be harder to be involved on campus because between your one, two, or three jobs and school you don't have much free time.

When you try to be super involved on campus, it can kill your sleep schedule.

It's impossible to do homework at home, but staying on campus isn't an option sometimes.

There are surveys and events that you can't participate in because you're a commuter.

Group projects are the bane of your existence.

Traffic.

Your backpack rivals that of a survivalist trekking in the woods.

Driving all the way to campus to find a note on the door of your classroom saying class was cancelled.

Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

10. When this happened

11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

Time to be merry and bright.

"First Noel" by Leslie Odom, Jr

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson

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