Browsing: mental illness

It is important to destigmatize mental health, and there is power in conversation. However, accepting the existence and impact of mental illness should not mean taking it less seriously — and self-diagnosing does just that.

There is a long history of depression and other mental illness happening to those who are either in college or just graduated from college.

The feelings of emptiness, the lack of ambition or direction in life, the loss of interest in hobbies or religion­ — all of these things can lead to mental instability or illness.