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These people prove that taking medication for your mental health is not a sign of weakness

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woman with medication fighting stigma against mental illness
Medicated and mighty (Picture: Instagram)

People take medication for a lot of conditions: cancer, heart problems, diabetes and asthma, to name a few.

It’s normal to take medication to help you get better when you’re not well.

Except for when that medication is to help you live with mental illness.

Then there’s still a huge stigma.

People with mental illnesses are often told to try to walk it off, or simply to try harder.

Which is ridiculous as a person with anxiety can no more snap out of it than a person can try harder to get rid of asthma.

A young nurse from London who works at an acute ward on a mental health unit reveals… <a href=Read the full story

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