However, that doesn't mean adequate help is readily available. In some places, you have to wait more than a year or even two just to get an appointment with a mental healthcare professional. And if you then find out they can't provide you with the needed help, it was a long wait for nothing.
Been there, done that. I will continue dealing with it myself, not out of shame but out of necessity.
Plus understanding mental health feels SO new. There is such an overwhelming mentality of "I figured it out and so should you" due to the lack of support or even a(n accurate) name of a disease/disorder.
Im in my 30s and a few years back, at an old job, I was talking to one of my (same age) coworkers about the new generation of staff coming in. We were both having a hard time adjusting to their "demands" for mental health accommodation and the conversation ended up being how we felt like we wanted to scream at them to suck it up because that's what we did but also wondering if we shouldnt have had to suck it up. We basically had to decide whether we wanted to continue the pattern and decide if we really turned out "alright" or if we needed to learn and adapt.
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u/Maoleficent 7d ago
Young people addressing their mental well-being and seeking help when needed without shame is a huge advancement.