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🌟 Men's Mental Health: Overcoming Obstacles 🌟

Hello Tumblr! Dive into our latest article that sheds light on the often overlooked topic of men's mental health. We explore the cultural and societal barriers that prevent many men from seeking help and share practical tips for overcoming these obstacles.

📚 What’s Inside: • The stigma around men’s mental health in various cultures • Cultural barriers to seeking support • The impact of these barriers on men’s well-being • How education and awareness can make a difference • Support systems and personal stories from those who’ve faced these challenges • Tips for breaking down barriers and seeking help

🔗 Read the full article here: Men's Mental Health: Overcoming Obstacles

💬 Share Your Thoughts: Have you faced challenges in addressing your mental health? What has helped you? Let’s support each other by sharing our stories and strategies.

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Sneak Peek #135 | Former Escort Reveals The Key To Sex Worker Rights The secret to real social change! Former high-end escort Amy Taylor delivers this powerful insight about how rights for marginalized communities actually advance—and it's not the way most activists approach it. In this compelling clip from Sex Reimagined Podcast, Amy articulates the essential truth that cultural shifts must precede legal ones: "It has to become more shameful to believe that sex workers are throwaway people who deserve everything awful than to believe they have rights. And once you change the culture, then you can change the laws." This wisdom comes from Amy's two decades in the sex industry and her subsequent advocacy work after surviving a digital pimp's devastating revenge campaign. Her perspective mirrors successful social movements throughout history—from civil rights to LGBTQ+ equality—where cultural acceptance preceded meaningful legal protections. Hosts Leah Piper and Dr. Willow Brown guide this important conversation about reducing stigma, promoting bodily autonomy, and creating safer conditions for sex workers. Watch the FULL EPISODE here: https://youtu.be/mnnyuZYwvdg The Sex Reimagined Podcast explores sexuality with depth, nuance, and zero judgment. Subscribe for more conversations that challenge stigmas with hosts Leah Piper and Dr. Willow Brown. #SexWorkersRights #CulturalChange #SocialJustice #Decriminalization #AmyTaylor #SexWorkAdvocacy #StigmaReduction #LegalReform #BodyAutonomy #SexReimaginedPodcast #HumanRights #MeaningfulChange _________________________________ 🖥️ SxR Youtube Channel | https://www.youtube.com/sexreimagined | Subscribe, Like, Comment 🌐Website: https://ift.tt/G2UebhZ 🌐Leah Piper: https://ift.tt/yZEKcqM 🌐 Dr. Willow: https://ift.tt/TGtn1YS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4WU56YpfU4 via Sex Reimagined https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxlndEltmjcpHqQB5SB1hSg April 20, 2025 at 03:00AM

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Mental Health Policy and Advocacy: Shaping the Future of Mental Well-Being

https://supedium.com/psychology/mental-health-policy-and-advocacy-shaping-the-future-of-mental-well-being/ #accesstocare #globalhealth #mentalhealthadvocacy #mentalhealthintegration #Mentalhealthpolicy #stigmareduction Mental Health Policy and Advocacy: Shaping the Future of Mental Well-Being https://supedium.com/psychology/mental-health-policy-and-advocacy-shaping-the-future-of-mental-well-being/

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Participants needed for online survey! Topic: "Society's stigma on mental health" https://t.co/rWGoHluSLx via @SurveyCircle#factors #influence #MentalHealth #StigmaReduction #stigma #survey #surveycircle pic.twitter.com/sKW8SyCj3C

— Daily Research @SurveyCircle (@daily_research) July 22, 2020

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Do You Know What Mental Illness Feels Like?

May is Mental Health Month. SCY is working to reduce stigma around mental health with this blog post adapted from Mental Health America.

We often hear the clinical terms used by doctors and other professionals to identify the symptoms of mental illnesses…but if someone hasn’t gone through it, would they know how to recognize it?

So often, clinical terms don’t do justice to what life with a mental illness feels like. We know that two people with the same diagnosis can experience the same symptom and describe it in very different ways. Understanding the signs of a mental illness and identifying how it can feel can be confusing—and sometimes can contribute to ongoing silence or hesitation to get help.

It’s important for people to talk about how it feels to live with a mental illness. We know that mental illnesses are common and treatable, and help is available. But not everyone knows what to look for when they are going through those early stages, and many simply experience symptoms differently. We all need to speak up early—Before Stage 4—and in real, relatable terms so that people do not feel isolated and alone.

This May is Mental Health Month; SCY is raising awareness of the importance of speaking up about mental health, and asking individuals to share what life with a mental illness feels like by tagging social media posts with #mentalillnessfeelslike. Posting with our hashtag is a way to speak up, to share your point of view with people who may be struggling to explain what they are going through—and to help others figure out if they too are showing signs of a mental illness.

Life with a Mental Illness is meant to help remove the shame and stigma of speaking out, so that more people can be comfortable coming out of the shadows and seeking the help they need. Whether you are in Stage 1 and just learning about those early symptoms, or are dealing with what it means to be in Stage 4, sharing how it feels can be part of your recovery.

SCY wants everyone to know that mental illnesses are real, that recovery is always the goal, and that the best prospects for recovery come when we act Before Stage 4 (B4Stage4).

Addressing mental illnesses B4Stage4 means more than burying feelings and refusing to talk about them, and waiting for symptoms to clear up on their own. B4Stage4 means more than wishing that mental health problems aren’t real, and hoping that they will never get worse. B4Stage4 means more than thinking that someone on the edge of a crisis will always pull himself or herself back without our help, and praying that someone else will intervene before a crisis occurs.

B4Stage4 means, in part, talking about what mental illnesses feel like, and then acting on that information. It means giving voice to feelings and fears, and to hopes and dreams. It means empowering people as agents of their own recovery. And it means changing the trajectories of our own lives for the better, and helping those we love change theirs. So let’s talk about what life with a mental illness feels like, to voice what we are feeling, and so others can know they are not alone.