1. I think that there is a stigma associated with mental illness because for many people they still see it as some negative thing that shouldn’t be talked about. While I do think that this stigma is changing greatly and very rapidly I still think that there is a negative stigma related to mental illness because this stigma has been around it for so long. Both our grandparents and parents lived during a time that having a mental illness or talking about mental illness was a bad thing. While the more younger generation is more open to talking about mental illnesses and how difficult they can be for a person to deal with and that there shouldn’t be such a negative stigma surrounding the topic.
2. I think that a person’s culture plays a significant impact on the way that a person may view or respond to mental illness. While this may not be considered one’s culture or not but, I think that men typically have a different response to mental illness. For many men they see mental illness as a weakness that they can’t control, potentially making them less likely to respond positively to mental illness. Being tough is often a characteristic that many men find to be important to have. A part of the reason that many men may have a negative response because in many things like movies or other forms of media have depicted men to be these strong and brave beings that don’t have anything wrong with them. I feel this makes men more likely to have a negative response towards metal health or talking about mental health.
