How to Get Involved
By: Vasudeve Gowda
Tags: Mental Health Awareness, Mental Illness, Mental Health

Yes, there are mental health issues that go away on their own and run their course with time. However, ignoring your mental health concerns can have a variety of effects, it can either make your mental health condition worse or you might feel good for a short while. But even when you feel better, there’s no saying that your mental health condition will get better any time soon. It’s a fact that over half the population suffers from some form of mental health problem.

It’s therefore important to have some form of mental health awareness so as to help curb the condition’s increase in severity. You can start by spreading the word about mental health awareness. It’s actually an effective way of getting the desired effect because most people don’t know they have mental health issues until it is too late. The best way of spreading the word about mental health awareness is to make public speeches about it. Public speaking is quite effective in spreading awareness, but it requires a lot of courage and determination to do it.

You can start by making speeches on World Mental Health Day. This can be a great platform to spread the word and also raise awareness. What’s nice about this occasion is that the disease is taken very seriously worldwide and there is much agreement to fight the cause. Mental disorders are seen as a public health concern and that’s why there’s much unity behind the endeavor. Since many people have been affected by mental disorders around the world, it is only fitting to have something like World Mental Health Day to fight the stigma attached to the issue.

There are several ways in which you can go about making a speech. You can read out a speech from a book or watch one yourself on YouTube. You can write articles that talk about mental health disorders, share stories about people that have suffered from similar disorders, or even talk about alternative solutions to the problem. Writing articles is a good way of spreading information, especially since there are so many diseases out there that affect thousands of people. Many times, these articles are used as content in websites, helping to spread the word about mental health.

Another way of getting involved in World Mental Health Day is to attend a fundraiser. Fundraisers help raise money for mental health by raising awareness about mental disorders around the world. With this extra publicity, your organization will get the benefit of more donations and customers. It’s a very effective way of reaching out to the world and staying in contact with the global mental health community.

If you are planning on holding a fundraiser or participating in World Mental Health Day, then make sure to use some of the ideas above. You can also talk to other organizations in the area to see if they are planning on doing something like this. If not, then consider joining forces with other local groups to raise awareness about mental health. You’ll be surprised how much support can be generated just from small groups of people. Your local primary care doctor may be able to provide you with other ideas or contact organizations that are doing fundraisers on their own.