Mental health affects us all, whether we are the ones grappling with inner turmoil or witnessing a loved one's unraveling world. We may not realize it, but we are all just one degree away from someone enduring an invisible battle.
According to the World Health Organization, anxiety and depression surged by 25% globally in the pandemic's first year. Isolation, an unnatural state for humans, proved catastrophic. Loneliness doesn't just harm - it kills.
Privilege often determines whether individuals can access a competent medical team, stable support network or even essential resources to treat an illness that cannot be cured, only managed.
Can we truly call someone's condition stable if they lack permanent housing, health insurance or a livable wage? Releasing someone from care into an abyss of poverty and insecurity is not stabilization - it's abandonment.
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