To be irritated by the use of 'mental health' instead of 'mental health issues'

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Probably very pedantic of me, but I cannot stand 'he's got mental health' or 'I suffer from mental health'. I keep seeing this all over in general at the minute, predominantly on the MN chat forums and it's irritating me.

Mental health is something everyone has, you need to suffix the phrase with another word such as 'issues' or 'condition', surely?!

You wouldn't say 'I've got physical health' when talking about a health condition. AIBU to say it's not 'mental health' unless you're talking about the thing that everyone has, whether it's in a good or bad condition...

I agree, it’s annoying and just bad grammar. Same as a PP, it irritates me no end when I hear charity collectors say, “Please support children’s cancer!”

I say I suffer with Mental health

Mayhemmumma, perhaps just be a bit more understanding that not everyone has the same way of expressing themselves and the vocabulary to do it?

Or use reflective practice so you react differently, someone speech pattern or usage shouldn't grate on you.

I often use the "mental health issue" word, because I'm not really sure what else to use. I have various "issues" (depression, anxiety, bulimia, complex trauma crap, dissociation), but my only official diagnoses are BPD and social anxiety. I've been told by a MH professional these do not count as "mental health illnesses", so an "issue" is it, I guess...

YANBU it's so annoying. It's like saying "he's got heart" instead of "he's got heart problems".

I uate the expression Mental Health Issues. It's so stigmatising. I don't consider that I have Issues, although the fact I see a counsellor regularly was enough to have a number of HCP's tar me with the "problems" brush after the birth of my son recently.

What I do/have had are a number of concerns which have caused me to seek professional advice/assistance/counselling over the past few years. I do it because I want to stay well and happy and be the best parent I can be. I still function on a day to day basis, so why is it that so have to have "issues" and be a special case because of that?. It's no more a par of my routine healthcare than contraception or going to the dentist.

It's not only irritating, it also contributes to stigmatisation, under reporting and general uncomfortableness over mental wellbeing for everyone.

I work in the sector. I would say mental illhealth.

kitkatmonster my mum does that too!!! Oh my gawd, I correct her constantly about it.

YANBU. It sounds like someone repeating a phrase they don't really understand but think is legit. Like "Does this cocklodger boyfriend you are posting about work?" "No, he's got Mental Health". Aye, ok.

OMG I hate this.

It's annoying but not worth arguing with usually. It's like the word diet, diet just means the food you eat. But it has come to mean weight loss regime.

We're all on a diet, aren't we? My teenage self used to get outraged by this kind of thing. It washes over me now.

To be fair many people just use it as short-hand. When I was in a MH hospital recently - lots of people used it and they certainly weren't trying to be trendy - they all had proper mental health conditions. My pet hate is people calling someone a 'schizophrenic' as if the illness defines them. However with autism as it is not an illness I prefer to say 'I'm autistic'.