Beyond Snowflakes: The Choice to be Better

"The emphasis on mental health is creating a generation of snowflakes." 

Many of us have had this thought. It stems from a limited view about Mental Health - a lot of us think MH is a means to cure new-gen issues that weren't prevalent in previous generations. 

The suggestion of "Toughen Up" is often thrown around - not realising you need a strong MH to Toughen Up 😁 

The problem with the past generations was - they toughened up at the expense of becoming a baggage of trauma responses - the brunt of which was faced by spouses and children. The children that saw the adverse effect of "toughening up" were completely repelled by the idea of becoming another repeated cycle of trauma baggage. 

The conversation about MH came to rise because of the same people who are concerned about a generation of snowflakes. It came as a solution to toughening up without carrying unhealthy coping mechanisms that hurts those close to us.

We do not live in an ideal world, no one is good the way they are - we are all suffering in different ways. The virtue about being human is; in the midst of suffering, we persevere and find solutions

MH just happens to be that solution to a global crisis that is showing itself in the forms of loneliness, depression, anxiety, disorders, severe illnesses, and a general lack in being able to be our best selves - to ourselves, to our families, to our co-workers, and to society.

Here's the thing, any disruptive cultural change comes with visuals of sufferers and overcomers. The sufferers are there to remind us, there is something to overcome. The overcomers shine a light around the path ahead. Both are required and both help each other.

The goal is to pave a way for everyone to have a path to move forward, better. 

#MentalHealthisheretostay #Towardsbetter


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