National Alliance on Mental Illness.If you are struggling with your mental health but feel weighed down by its stigma, you need to find a way to break through those barriers.
Unfortunately, that’s much easier said than done, and it often requires overcoming years of personally internalized stigma. To help you out, here are 5 ways to break the stigma of receiving mental health counseling.Remove the more incorrect versions from your vocabulary, and you’re already helping to bring down stigma.
Instead of using these phrases, try changing them to options that are more accurate to reality. For example:If someone misuses language, try to correct them gently.
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