Our brains part of our bodies, so our minds impact our physical well-being. Our mental health impacts our lives and the lives of those we come into contact with in a myriad of ways.
And yet so often, still, mental health is not prioritized. Our physical injuries, wounds, illnesses and visible conditions are generally acknowledged and treated, while our invisible pain, mental fatigue and wordless emotional suffering is often ignored, invalidated, minimized and left by the wayside.
Our minds and bodies are inextricably linked — they are one and the same thing, really — and yet our mental health is frequently taken for granted, overlooked, bypassed and even treated with disdain in a way that our physical bodies often are not.
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