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Hello Chambers County,<\/p>\n
Mental health is part of the human If you have topics you wish to discuss, please feel free to Take good care, Catherine Hello Chambers County, I am grateful to be a part of your community and I am humbled by the welcome I\u2019ve received from all of you. My purpose for this column is to discuss mental health, address stigma surrounding access, and challenge your own prejudices, all in hopes to educate you, and hopefully encourage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":883,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adntesting.online\/chambersledger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nhumbled by the welcome I\u2019ve received from all of you.<\/p>\n
\naddress stigma surrounding access, and challenge your own prejudices, all in
\nhopes to educate you, and hopefully encourage you and your loved ones to get
\nthe help may need.<\/p>\n
\nprobably heard in the news or most likely as a hush in conversation between a
\nfew of your closest friends. It is a loaded term with a negative connotation,
\nand if suggested many will assume they are weak in character or in some other
\nway flawed. To need mental health support is heavily associated with shame and
\nprejudice both individual and societal.<\/p>\n
\nHealth Organization (WHO), is \u201ca state of well-being in which the individual
\nrealizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life,
\ncan work productively and fruitfully, and is able to make a contribution to his
\nor her community.\u201d (see: <\/span>https:\/\/www.paho.org\/en\/topics\/mental-health<\/span><\/a>) By this definition, surely we find similarities. For
\ninstance, we have all experienced stress about our physical health, our job,
\nbalancing finances, and caring for loved ones.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nexperience and no one is excluded – not even you. So let us learn much together
\nfrom our<\/span> discussions through this column and encourage equality between
\nphysical and mental health. Ignoring mental health and focusing on physical
\nhealth only is caring for part of ourselves, we deserve better.
\nlet us know. I will try my very best to help.