03/05/2026
โ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฃ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ, ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐ช๐จ๐ค ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐๐ฃ๐ โ๐๐๐ฅ๐ง๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ค๐ฃโโฆ ๐ผ๐ฃ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฃ๐๐๐ฎ๐ค๐ฃโ๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐จ๐๐ฎโ๐ฎ๐ค๐ช ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ .โ
But mental health is not a measure of strength or weaknessโ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ด๐น๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป.
According to the ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต ๐ข๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, over 1 ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐๐ฐ๐ข๐๐ are living with mental health conditions, affecting around 13% ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
Among young people, 1 ๐ข๐ง 7 ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ ๐๐ 10โ19 experience mental health disorders, with anxiety and depression being the most common. More alarmingly, self-inflicted deaths remain one of the leading causes of death among those aged 15โ29.
Despite these numbers, many continue to suffer in silenceโ1 ๐ข๐ง 3 ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ ๐ง๐๐๐, while global investment in mental health remains ๐๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ 2% ๐จ๐ ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฌ.
This Mental Health Awareness Month, let us move beyond stigma and misinformation.
๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ.
๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฌ.
๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.