#by coworkers and friends/family and healthcare professionals if i'm stressed

[erasedcitizen2]

I feel like we as a society have not actually come that far in terms of it being accepted to talk about mental health openly. In online spaces it has but not in real life and especially not in work places. What has become more accepted to talk about is stress specifically. To the point where I feel it has almost become a catch all for 'mental health'. I feel like stress is the only acceptable mental health issue because then at least you were a good worker, you worked so hard it broke your mental health so that's ok you deserve rest and treatment now. But try talking about depression, anxiety, ptsd, bipolar etc etc etc and it's still pretty much something people judge you for, out there in the real world.