May is Mental Health Awareness Month – Mental Health Post for May 2nd

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Prevalence of Mental Illness:

  • 1.1% of adults in the U.S. live with schizophrenia.
  • 2.6% of adults in the U.S. live with bipolar disorder.
  • 6.9% of adults in the U.S.—16 million—had at least one major depressive episode in the past year.
  • 18.1% of adults in the U.S. experienced an anxiety disorder such as post traumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder and specific phobias.
  • Among the 20.2 million adults in the U.S. who experienced a substance abuse disorder, 50.5%—10.2 million adults—had a co-occurring mental illness.

I will be posting something important about mental illness every day throughout the month of May on my blog in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month.

Please keep visiting my blog My Loud Bipolar Whispers and look for statistics or other beneficial information related to mental illness to increase awareness, educate, reduce mental illness stigma and reduce suicides.

It is crucial and imperative for all of us to get involved and save lives.

So, please visit my blog every day, but especially every day throughout the month of May.

Thank you. Hugs and blessings to all of you always and forever.

 

(~ Information from NAMI – National Alliance of Mental Illness)

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I share my story openly and honestly to educate others and increase the awareness of mental illness, reduce stigma, prevent suicide, to inspire, give hope and let God's love shine through me and touch you. I finished writing, proofreading and editing my memoir in January of 2019. I am in the process of sending my manuscript to agents and publishers that accept unsolicited maunscripts. I pray my words will turn into a book that will inspire and spark joy and hope in the lives of many. Recovery and healing are possible. I am living proof. "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." ~Maya Angelou

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      1. At first yes. But then I think about it and I’m not really surprised. Sometimes I wonder if the numbers are low as there is still a stigma and some folks continue to struggle in silence.

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      2. That is a great point. The numbers may not be accurate because of that. I think the stigma is so much worse than people think or admit. You are only truly faced with stigma if you are living it and it is still out there loud and strong unfortunately. We all have so much work to do. The suicide rate increasing so greatly breaks my heart. Where I live I heard there is a decrease n Psychiatrists. That is very troubling indeed. Well thank you for the reblog and the comment. I always love getting feedback from others Thank you so much. Love, hugs and blessings. ❤ Sue

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    1. Thank you for the kind comment. It is so important and so imperative that something changes in the world and lives for people living with any and all kind of mental illness and disease. Hugs and blessings always. ❤ Sue

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