Relapse In Mental Health Is Hilarious Isn’t It

Demi Lovato overdosing in her $8mil home is the newest punchline for memes.

She joins the Bipolar relapse walk of fame in the company of 2007 Britney Spears and Amanda Bynes’ Twitter rampages.

Relapse is hilarious.

Hilarious until it’s Robin Williams spending his whole life making others happy – just to end his own with a rope around his neck.

It’s all SO funny until it’s tragic.

Until it’s your sister’s lifeless body on the floor, accompanied by an empty bottle of her medication. Until it’s your son alone in his room with a razor to his wrist. Or your Mum who hasn’t left her bed for a week.

Mental illness looks like so many things.

It’s Carrie Fisher on 7 different medications, 3 times per day. It’s Jim Carrey and Ben Stiller and Stephen Fry.

It might look like your mate who hasn’t been to school in 2 weeks and won’t answer your calls. Or the neighbour you haven’t seen leave the house this month, and you can see the dirty dishes as a mountain through the window. It might be the teen on drugs or the girl you know who’s always too shaky to speak. One day, it might even be your own reflection.

It’s 1 in 4 people you know. 25% of us have a problem with our mental health and too many more have a problem with that.

As Kevin Breel said,

“…unfortunately, we live in a world where if you break your arm, everyone runs over to sign your cast, but if you tell people you’re depressed, everyone runs the other way. That’s the stigma. We are so, so, so accepting of any body part breaking down, other than our brains. And that’s ignorance. That’s pure ignorance. And that ignorance has created a world that doesn’t understand depression, that doesn’t understand mental health.”

Demi, our love is with you. 🌻❤️

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