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How people have begun to accept and acknowledge mental health issues shows some positive change in their outlook.
Mental health has long been a taboo; people have chosen to zip up their mouths when discussing their mental health.
What evoked in their mind was a sense of insecurity and the predicament that they would endure because of society.
But unknowingly, after many movements and happenings, people tend to realise how essential it is to speak about mental health. However, learning about a mental health language is even more essential.
Though a lot has changed, some still need to work on their mental health lingo while dealing with a person with any mental health issues or even telling about them to others.
Like choosing to say, " someone is experiencing social anxiety disorder" instead of saying someone has social anxiety. Choosing not to put disorder in the sentence would seem that the feelings are quite normal; it is not something to be ashamed of.
Saying, “She’s in eating recovery.” instead of "She was a victim of an eating disorder,” or “she’s suffering from an eating disorder.”
Using terminologies like “victim” or “suffering” about people who are experiencing or working through an issue can suggest a lack of quality of life. Instead, focus on the positive fact that they’re in treatment and learning ways to cope and heal.
Choose to say, “She died by suicide,” or “we lost her to suicide.” instead of
“She committed suicide,” or “she took her own life.”
“Saying someone took their own life implies a conscious choice. We know that when people get to the point where they are hopeless and depressed enough that they die by suicide, they’re not really thinking clearly—at least that’s how we look at it in mental health. Instead, saying ‘we lost them to suicide’ highlights the tragedy of it.”