Mental Illness is over 4000 years old. The shame, guilt & stigma that was first yoked around it then is still tightly attached to it today. Enough is enough.
Mental illness is 1 of the easiest illnesses to put into remission if not cure with early intervention.
There are 80 million Americans who live with 1 (most of us 2 or more) diagnosis of mental illness. Most don't seek any form of professional help because of its' stigma. Many will not even share their feelings with their closest family member. Even that simple act of sharing the truth with someone will be of help.
What better way to let Americans know that it is okay to talk about mental illness than by having The White House start a Positive Public Dialog by being illuminating Lime Green (the color for mental illness). Let's talk!
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