It is important to teach people about mental health illnesses so that it can prevent people from believing stigmas and creating an uncomfortable situation for people with mental illnesses. We rarely talk about mental illnesses because we think of mental illnesses as like a taboo and don’t know the truth behind it. Teaching people at a young age will not only help with lessening stigma, it will create an environment for people to be able to feel like their health isn’t the first thing people judge them for.



