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Originally Posted by Discombobulated
I don’t think it’s fair to generalise, some people are more open about mental health issues than others, that would depend on a lot of things, personal experiences, education, social conditioning. Some people are still afraid to discuss, for the same reasons. Others will discuss some mental health issues more easily than others, for example depression or anxiety, but less comfortable with more complex issues like psychosis for example.
How we see the world tends to be based on what we’ve personally experienced.
Willowtigger Im sorry you’ve experienced stigma. I hope coming here has given you freedom to discuss and be heard.
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But the OP started the post with massive generalisations. I live in the UK and mental illness is by no means taboo or banned. As I stated there is some stigma associated with some mental illness but it is nowhere near as bad as the OP made it sound.
There have been campaigns to raise awareness of mental illness and it is something that is increasingly talked about over here, so is by no means taboo or a banned topic.