We all have it, but some can experience the pain of it more than others though.
We are all born into this world to parents, and I suppose the examples that are set by them condition only part of the way we feel, think, and live our lives.
Problems can arise at school, at home, at work and at play. Some people are able to seemingly go with the flow and manage all that life throws at them.
But, there are others that will always need a bit of help – and in this life we all live in there is a lot of help out there. It’s advertised on the television and printed in the newspapers. Its starting, slowly, to become a little more acceptable.
Takes courage though, if it knocks at your door, to take that step and ask for help. “Mental health 
problems” are still a taboo subject. Images of men in white coats taking us away! There is always the stigma of suffering a nervous breakdown, and its just fear – people generally veer on the cautious and want to brush anything that frightens them under the carpet.
Just imagine starting a new job and having to ask for time out to go for a hospital appointment. Would you admit you were going to see your psychiatrist? Or would you bottle it and say you were going to the dentist?
It really shouldn’t be a taboo subject in this modern world. It should be on a par with going to the dentist to get that physically painful tooth sorted out. The mind is a very complex thing and sometimes people need to be better educated to learn how to deal with the ups and downs in life, to balance their own personal scales and to take charge of their lives.
Unfortunately though a mental health problem isn’t visible – not like a cut on your knee, or a plaster-cast on your broken leg. Why is it then that people will offer sympathy when they see you hobbling along on your crutches? And offer you a helping hand, but run a mile if you mention you are taking anti-depressants and having counselling!
There should be no shame in admitting that your mental health has, or is taking a battering. It is fixable, or maybe just better managed, with a bit of help from the professionals of course.
