To correct people on the use of the words mental health!!

[AyrshireAmbler49]

People everywhere use the words ‘mental health’ all wrong and it makes them look thick.
For example “He had mental health” referring to someone who had poor mental health or who was struggling with their mental health.
Argh has anyone else noticed this!?

Nope, sorry

Yes, I think it looks ridiculous too.

I have actually noticed this a few times yes and I don’t know why but it greats on me to !

Lol grates 😂😂 the irony

Nope never heard anyone use it like that

I don't think it's your place to correct them though, unless they're your children.

I see this all the time and it always makes me roll my eyes too. Particularly prevalent on (where else?) Facebook. 'He has mental health problems', 'he is dealing with mental health conditions' , 'he struggles with his mental health' etc all make sense. 'He has mental health' makes no sense at all.

@wellthatsunusual exactly.
We ALL have mental health! We all have physical health, I wish these people would add a descriptor before this phrase such as good/ poor!
Argh!

It is my place to correct them.
I’ll make it my life’s mission!

Likewise 'postnatal'. For example: 'I had an awful time with post natal after my first'.

It annoys me too op.

I also hate it when someone is worried about something like an exam or driving test and they go on to say that they are having a panic attack. It totally undermines those that genuinely experience PAs.

Another dislike of mine is people saying they, or someone else, has "bipolar".
That's an adjective. It's bipolar disorder.

It wouldn't be so bad if so many people weren't amateur psychiatrists/psychologists (and there is a difference between the two, although they're often used interchangeably), diagnosing "mental health", "bipolar", PND, dementia and narcissistic personality disorder confidently from behind their keyboards.
Maybe the abbreviations are to show how familiar they are with the diagnoses.

"Narcissist" or - ugh! - "narc" has become a worse insult than "cunt", especially on MN.

Maybe because "cunt" is so overused it's ceased to have any impact.

@AyrshireAmbler49

People everywhere use the words ‘mental health’ all wrong and it makes them look thick. For example “He had mental health” referring to someone who had poor mental health or who was struggling with their mental health. Argh has anyone else noticed this!?

Never heard anyone say that before. "He had mental health issues" yes but never just mental health

I thought I was the only one enraged by this (I’m actually a mental health nurse)

People are too scared to say what they really mean -- which is mental illness. They tiptoe around it and mutter about "issues".

I also miss the old '70s phrase nervous breakdown. It was a useful name for a certain type of mental illness that is quite common. It suggests a temporary condition rather than a chronic disorder.

Yep, I've noticed it and I hate it.

I totally get where you’re coming from. Something else that really annoyed me yesterday was when someone on a Facebook group (about piano teaching) asked ‘when should I start with an SEN?’.

I've never heard anyone say this, and nor have I read it.
As it's your "mission" to correct people who (presumably) are struggling, you won't mind me pointing you in the direction of the difference between adjectives and adverbs.
Glass houses and all that.

Can't stand 'is ASD'

Yes, I see this at work quite a bit and it does irk me.

I don’t understand the issue with someone saying they have bipolar. They’re just shortening the term “bipolar disorder”. 🤷‍♀️

You are not alone, OP!

It's the most overused phrase these days. And used as an excuse for many people for appalling behaviour

I know what you mean. People also say they have blood pressure :-).

I saw a thing on FB that said "MENTAL HEALTH IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF".

Shared by an otherwise perfectly intelligent human being. You might as well say THERE IS NO STIGMA IN DIGESTION

@CarinaMarina

I saw a thing on FB that said "MENTAL HEALTH IS NOTHING TO BE ASHAMED OF".

Shared by an otherwise perfectly intelligent human being. You might as well say THERE IS NO STIGMA IN DIGESTION

I think I saw that one on FB posted by someone I had thought to be reasonably intelligent.