#wegotgoals

[Content warning: on this week’s episode, we’re going to talk about mental illness and there will be brief mentions of other potentially triggering things like sexual violence and the end of life. If you’re not ready to listen to that, skip ahead to the next one.]It’s 2022, and therapy is trending. We’re living in a time when people are putting things like, “therapy is sexy on sweatshirts.” And still, Forbes reported in February of 2021 that 47% of Americans believe that seeking therapy is a sign of weakness. How can that possibly be?If you’ve ever been the first person you know to deal with something, you get it. It’s hard to talk about something before you have the language to do it. And add the fear of sharing the thing you’re going through and being met with silence. That’s what living in stigma feels like, but what does being stigmatized do to you?According to Psychiatry.org, stigma is the idea that a person with a mental illness is dangerous, incompetent, to blame for their mental illness. And if you’re