Silent Crisis

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure - Benjamin Franklin. While the word mental health of the young generation has been thrown around for a long time, the mental health crisis of the young population has been the most critical yet most unaddressed issue so far. As per Global prevalence 2021 report, 13.9 % of the world’s population experienced a mental disorder. We need to stop just pulling people out of the river. It’s long overdue to go upstream and help prevent people from falling in. Problem of mental health hygiene lies among the stigma associated with it. Misconceptions around mental health creates a societal barrier to access the root cause. Youngsters often have smaller emotional support networks making it harder to find outlets for their feelings. There must be a moment in time when all of our feelings, memories and decisions lead us to the brink of a cliff. Asking questions repeatedly, searching for answers to questions of countless what ifs are all leads to the same path. What if is an important dilemma of our mind. We cannot stop thinking about different versions of a scenario. It can be the most trivial detail but the weight of the thought that the decision we made on that one hundredth of a second changed our lives forever.

Numerous significant organizations around the world are tirelessly making efforts to provide the best solutions for this problem. Many of them provide online solutions at an affordable cost for those who are ready to step up. Betterhelps, Talkspace, 7 cups are few among them. These online helplines creates an anonymity and space for opening up.

Always keep in mind Whenever we want to turn ourselves into the same abyss we created, think ’what if’ one more time !