OK I'll start my saying myself and family members have mental health issues... But not suicide, I'm not going to go into details.
The campaigns I read on Facebook are mostly just lots of the same stories, personal struggles with anxiety and depression and how it was overcome. You only need to read the headlines to know suiside is a hot topic, with celebrity cases.
I think it is important to raise awareness but social media campaigns often just seem to spread ignorance by simplifying the issue and everyone can relate to it, think they are informed and not actually take the time to talk to people face to face.
I'm trying to spend less time on Facebook as its not good for my mental health and its ironic that these campaigns are all over my feed when there is research coming out showing social media is a big cause.
I also found out its epilepsy awareness week, a common but often hidden disability/illness that a number of my friends and family have. I shared a link this morning, but no responses.
It's simular to all the stuff I see about autism esspesally after a relatives child was diagnosed. It's often posted by parents not actually autistic people so doesn't give an accurate picture.
I'm a high intelligence dyslexic (diagnosed at university) so wrote a post on dyslexia during dyslexia week as I saw no other dyslexia posts about how it effects me as an adult, rather than the well understood childhood struggles of learning to read write. I got some positive comments from people who work with children.
Am I the only one who doesn't like mental health awareness week? I just think it's too vague and people jump on the bandwagon. It's good if it raises awareness of services and charities but mostly it just makes me more aware that I have a diagnosed mental illness when I really just popped on to see friends and relatives... I need to quit social media I think, I did for a bit, it was nice but I missed pictures of kids in my family...