Here's me Facebook status today:
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If you've ever wondered what it's like to live with Anxiety & Depression I highly recommend reading Clink Malarchuck's autobiography "The Crazy Game".
The book has more to do with mental health than hockey, both Clint Marlarchuck and co-author Dan Robson do an amazing job to convey how Clint was thinking when he OD'ed on pills & alcohol, his Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after having his jugular severed during a hockey game; and the thought process both before and after he shot himself in the head.
In the book he makes the stellar argument that if your pancreas doesn't produce enough insulin, no one treats you any differently and help you get the help you need; however if your brain doesn't produce enough serotonin there's a stigma and people treat you differently.
This is what makes today important.
Read the book!
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I've worked with people who have suffered from mental health issues, I have family members who have and still do suffer from mental health issues, and I have friends that have suffered and still suffer from mental health issues.
To me a mental health issue isn't any different from a physical one. I guess that's not entirely true, I do treat you differently if you have the flu or a cold (I won't shake your hand and stay 15 feet away, haha).
I think we've all suffered from some form of mental health issue in the past, it's part of growing and getting stronger.
I think I've battled depression on some level, but I don't know if it was serious like others have suffered (maybe that's part of the problem thinking we're not as bad as others so we don't get help?)
Regardless, I think the stigma needs to be lifted.
Bell Let's Talk is a great initiative, we need more companies to jump on this.