Why do young people have to learn about mental health after suffering it themselves, why can’t it be taught in schools?
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Why do young people have to learn about mental health after suffering it themselves, why can’t it be taught in schools?
I really don’t know why it’s not taught but I do know if it should be. When people think of mental health they get this picture of some crazy man frothing at the mouth and it’s nothing like that at all. In the media we only ever hear of extreme cases where someone has commited some horrendous act but on the scale of things that’s very rare. The facts are that those with mental health issues are more a danger to themselves than anyone else. There’s a massive stigma and it’s because of ignorance and lack of understanding. The reason it should be taught in schools is because mental health problems are far more common than we think and sufferers are just like you and me. The reality is at some point in our lives most of us or at least someone very close to us will suffer mental health issues of one kind or another.
It’s such a shame that schools don’t take mental health education as serious as it ought to be taken. What most schools provide is a counselor, a counselor that most likely doesn’t even understand the rigors of mental health. Many children didn’t choose grow to be messed up adults, their lack mental health care turned them into assholes as they grow. There are a lot of things that can go wrong in an individual when their mental health is left in taken care of.