Why is affordable and accessible mental healthcare important to you?
Today I wanted to dive deeper into the importance of universal mental health care. I think it’s super important that everyone has access to affordable mental health care. I wanted to share a personal story on why this is so important to me. Maybe this will resonate with some of you. You are not alone. When I lost my job, I felt not only a loss of financial security but also a loss of self worth. I equated my self worth to the fact that I had a job. When I didn’t have one I felt like my whole family looked down on me and questioned if something was wrong with me. I fell into another depression cycle and being afraid to go out and seek help or even just ask was so difficult. Also realizing that I wouldn’t even have the proper insurance to afford a therapist was draining. I fell into this crippling depression where I would just lay in bed and feel guilty and horrible about myself and had no motivation or will to leave that. Being isolated didn’t help either, especially not being able to feel the support and love from my significant other in person. Lots of things have changed since then, but it was because I had support systems in place to help me get through this dark time like talking to my family in person since I live with them. I also took up gardening which helped a lot and gave me back a small sense of purpose in my life. Being able to video call my friends and my boyfriend was also really helpful because it helped me feel less alone. Having this amazing platform also helped me get out of this slump. But not everyone is lucky enough to have these kinds of support systems in place. Which is why we need affordable and accessible mental health care. The petition is in the link in my bio. Future Majority is a youth-led organization building grassroots power for young people across the country and working for accessible health care for everyone. They will be taking the petition to town hall to tell our politicians that affordable and accessible mental health is what we NEED! Thank you to Future Majority for valuing my work and partnering with me to spread the word on the importance of mental healthcare! Where all Canadians, especially BIPOCs, members of the LGBTQIA+ communities, and all those left out by our healthcare systems, have access to this essential service. #Sponsored So please SIGN and SHARE this here: https://bit.ly/mentalhealthcarenow3
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AuthorHi everyone, I’m Elizabeth! I am a Chinese American and Canadian environmental activist focused on creating awareness on environmental justice issues and tying them to fast fashion and our waste and climate change crisis. I’m very open about my mental health. I talk about these important topics on my platform Archives
March 2021
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