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Mental Health Awareness Speech
Mental Health Awareness Speech
Have you ever felt like you are a burden on your friends? On your
family? Have you ever thought that nobody sees you? That maybe they
don’t care about you? And sometimes you don’t understand yourself?
These are feelings of pretty much everyone has had at one time or
another. These are also some of the predominant feelings that affect
people who turn to self-harm,to suicide. According to World Health
Organization(WHO), one person dies of suicide every 40 seconds.
Particularly, Philippines has one of the highest cases of depression in
Southeast Asia affecting 3 million Filipinos. These means that Filipinos
aging 15-29 needs more attention and help.
The world right now is in the middle of a mental health crisis. Mental
health has been taken for granted by our government for years. Now is the
time to bring mental health into the spotlight. Rather than join the cue,it’s
important to learn and understand people who are struggling and fighting
in this battle of mental toughness. We ourselves know that certain feeling
of being empty,unworthy,helpless and down but it’s important that we
learn why we get down and learn how we can change it. Because believe
it or not, we create our own negative feelings. The reason why anyone
gets depressed always comes down to the consistent thoughts we think
and the consistent beliefs we hold. If I believe I’m fat,horrible,ugly,dumb
and unworthy of anything, I will most likely become depressed or have
depression thoughts. The point here is that anyone can get depressed
because there is an external factor that didn’t materialized in their life,
maybe because they have experienced a very traumatic experience,lost
something outside of their control or don’t have something that is of their
control. The most common means of job,relationship breakdowns,body
image,comparison to others, differences and more.
Take steps to ensure you will be in a better position next time. There
is nothing fabulous in suffering,and there is nothing dishonorable or wimpy
in asking help. I want to tell you that it’s okay not to be okay because all
will be alright in time. You are not alone. You are worthy. You are
beautiful. You are loved. You deserve to experience how great life can be
and you owe it to the world to be that positive change for others. To
inspire others who will look to you and say -he did it,she did it and I can do
it. Thank you