Pulling Down Strong Holds Transitional Housing Inc.

at PO BOX 220481, Charlotte , 28222 United States

1. Non-Profit Organization

Residential Housing for families

General Info

May is mental health awareness month and I am writing blogs this month each week to advocate mental health awareness. It’s important to me because I used to be that person that would never talk about it because what of what people thought about this subject or about me. We are finding it so easy to talk about things that sat in the dark for so long, legalizing marijuana, and same sex equality (biggest two that come two my mind) then we should be able to talk about about Depression, Post-Partum, Schizophrenia, freely just as any other topic and freely. Why should we keep it” hush hush” about what affects our minds? Is it because of the stigma that follows it? Is it because we don’t want to labeled “crazy” or put in a category of doing something crazy like shooting up a movie theater? I can’t speak on the behalf of the people who want to hurt other people but I feel like I can speak on the behalf of those who are innocent, secretly hurting, trying to find answers. People need to understand, educate themselves and listen. We watch everyone freely talk about cancer, and other diseases and do you know how much that helps them? Helps with coping, showing how strong they can be with a smile and be that shining example to other people. Individuals such as myself keep it to ourselves and by doing that it made us sicker, makes the disease worse, and pushes people to suicide. People say mental health disorders are not real or it’s all in our head, it’s the devil. One- it is real, two- it is in our head, its a chemical imbalance, and three- I guess you could say it is the devil, it’s a pain, it’s a constant fight to think normal. Outside our life is peachy but inside its not, and thats just the way the cookie crumbles, we don’t wake up and say “hey! I think I’m going to be depressed today!” I will never forget opening up about my disease to someone and the reaction that I got. By opening up I had a deeper connection with a friend, something more in common, because she was facing the same thing too. I WASN”T THE ttttt_tttt-352598ONLY ONE!!! I was encouraged by my husband to go public about it, I will never forget the words that came out of his month “you need to talk about this, there’s you could help a lot of people” For the first (and last time) I listened. He gave me the confidence I needed. It was hard at first because how am I going to say this nicely and get people to listen? You say “mental health” and a lot of people turn the other way, that’s just not fair, people who tried to ignore it I would say “You know it could hit you too. Anytime” There just comes a point where you say whats on your mind when 9 out of 10 people say “thank you” or opens up about their disease it makes it worth it. Whatever mental health disease you are facing, you are one of the smartest, strongest, worthwhile individual that God has ever put on this planet. Smile, share your story, don’t hide a part of who you are, be confident and get the help that you truly deserve. Talk about it within support groups, with your friends, family, and church. If you have that person who doesn’t accept a part of who you are, YoU DON’T need them! Thats discriminating and ignorant on their part. Learn new coping skills, learn new habits, accept the things you can change, your outlook, your attitude and of course take your meds ;-) BE an example of good, make good choices, and always laugh.

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Summary

Pulling Down Strong Holds Transitional Housing Inc. is Charlotte based place and this enity listed in Non-Profit Organization category. Located at PO BOX 220481 NC 28222. Contact phone number of Pulling Down Strong Holds Transitional Housing Inc.: (704) 605-3382