Fighting back the stigma that “People with mental illness are just lazy”
Recently I published a blog for the Huffington Post’s Young Voices, and the response was overwhelmingly positive – in fact I’m still in awe of the lovely comments, pledges to fight stigma and speak out. However, some were not so lovely. Unfortunately in this world there is always someone who will disagree with you, or have opposing, yet strong opinions, but this time I’m not going to stand by and let them shout about something when, in my opinion, they are completely wrong.
Huffington Post UK shared my blog – ‘Mental Illness doesn’t make you any less human – don’t be afraid to speak up’ – via their social media streams, which I am incredibly thankful for! But, this was one of the comments the post received:
“Depression!!…Didn’t have time to get depressed when i was young,to busy fighting a war and working 60 hours a week to raise…
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Ella Robson 