Hello to another Mental Health Monday;
Today I want to discuss one of my ‘pet peeves’ about mental health.
- “If you need anything I’m here”
- “Hope you are ok”
- “My door is always open”
- “I/We care and are here for you”
- “Love you”
- Etc….
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I am sorry but personally I have been told this and seen it so much. It is utter BS!! very few people care. I spent 7 months – YES 7 MONTHS at home off sick with my mental health and I had 2 visitors!! 2 – now you say this is better than none but only one of those visitors actually asked how I was.
Please let me know I am not alone with these frustrating phrases and how I feel about them? if you do not suffer with mental or physical health difficulties, or you do but you feel it doesn’t impact you much please PLEASE PLEASE be thoughtful when you share these ‘raising awareness’ or ‘my door is always open’ posts – because realistically is that the case. I have tried to force people to visit me just for the sake of seeing them and having someone to speak to but 99.9% of the time there is an excuse, someone else or something else is more important or you just do not care.
Please tell me I am not the only frustrated one??
