They give their full attention, allow you to speak freely, and don’t rush to fix or dismiss your feelings. They respond with empathy, respect your boundaries, and help you feel less alone simply by being present and understanding.

Usually due to high stress situations

Lack of time

Lack of motivation

Ans: Feeling sad or feeling nervous is normal because it usually lasts for a short amount of time and isn't very exreme. Depression and anxiety can be very serious at times and usually lasts for weeks to months. The severity and duration can be used to tell the difference.

Words, jokes, media portrayals, and assumptions can stigmatize mental illness by spreading stereotypes and misinformation. Using mental health terms as jokes or insults makes these conditions seem shameful, while media often portrays people with mental illness as dangerous or unstable. These messages reinforce fear and misunderstanding, making people less likely to seek help or feel accepted.

Self care means caring for ourselves in both physical and mental ways. This could be by playing sports and having rest days. Mentally it could be taking a break by doing something you like.

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Treatment plans with more than one approach, ensures greater recovery and preventing relapse. It promotes greater self control such as in case of Depression - anti depressants and Cognitive Therapy together.

Moreover, everybody is different and may require different treatments

Ans- Doing sports, journaling, venting to other and opening up about their emotions to their friends and family. also listening to music or watching movies. doing activities that make them feel happy and safe are the best strategies.

Caring for mental health early in life can improve your overall lifestyle and mental health in the long term and make you more healthy in the future.

I think that mental illness should be viewed as a lifelong thing as healing is a long process. Even after overcoming struggle, we always have good days and bad days. The process of healing is more about reducing the amount of bad days compared to good days than completely getting over it, as there will always be some things that remind you of what you went through.

Prayer because as humans we are social animals and sometimes that ‘’shoulder to cry on’’ isn’t there. Hence, prayer is effective as even though one might be not religious or have people to surround themselves with, let them know there is still a loving god above.

However there are also positive aspects such as it connects people across distances and offers support networks. It can also help find peer support and raises awareness for mental health issues. You may find people in similar situations as you on social media. They may have tips or solutions which can be effective for you as well.

The video we had watched today did not acknowledge that in predominantly brown cultures It is considered taboo to talk about mental Health. Brown parents are more likely to be emotionally negligent as mental health is framed as a trivial, often non existent issue. As brown communities are more about collective community, there is also an involvement of fear of bringing shame to the family, and a worry of what people will think. Friends may also exhibit this, especially majorly brown friend groups where it becomes apparent that the group’s dynamic is not built upon being supportive during times of mental struggles and more upon being there only when the mood is light. Because of this, mental health struggles in cultures especially brown cultures may be ignored until it is too late.