It’s Mental Health Awareness Month and We Are Winning

When our society and our entire culture gets behind a cause, we
can really make a difference. And it’s happened before. Back in
the day, littering made public spaces look awful but we got
together and did something about it. We created an owl mascot
and, more directly, changed our way of thinking. We got together
on causes like smoking and drunk driving and while those problems
have not been eradicated, we got better. Back then, mental health
and the stigma around it did not receive the same treatment and
the cultural representation was more about cartoon depictions of
straight jackets and padded rooms. But the tide has finally
turned, society has woken up to mental health, and we’re tackling
it in a variety of ways from, as described in this episode,
eccentric stickers to athlete statements to political
bipartisanship. This awareness comes at a good time as we’re
fighting a societal mental health crisis.


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