Thread by @Aldous_Ka_Ghost

#MentalHealth is not a personality issue. Like #Cancer and #Diabetes are not personality issues. Sure, mindstyle and lifestyle affect/interact with biological/neurological, but once the symptoms manifest and one starts losing one's health...
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....that's no time for debates on #psychosomatic, choice & personality! It is time to take recourse to cure/healing, some of which will definitely be pharmacological depending on how far advanced the disease is.

But it starts with acceptance & recognition. Denial kills.

This 4-tweet thread is especially aimed for the benefit of mental health quacks and charlatans [healers/counsellors/psychologists/therapists] who FAIL to and REFUSE to understand that there are specific bio-neuro markers for most mental disorders, which....

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...if they are at an advanced stage of neural/biological degradation,are not curable through all your talk/dream therapy & mystical psychobabble. Case in point, #Alzheimer's - would you play the fool with that?

#MentalHealth is a serious issue - don't fool around with it.

And from the perspective of those afflicted by it, or if you know someone close to you,do not try to rationalise it [on account of fear/stigma] as a personality issue - seek help pls.
Left unattended, the bio and neuro degradation will worsen, and rob you of your life and dreams

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Last point -left unattended, it will leave you very vulnerable to physical infections and diseases. Including but not limited to auto-immune, cardiovascular, respiratory, diabetes, hypertension etc. Plus self-harm.

Pay attention. Accept things. Seek help.