Why I think it’s important for mental health conversations to be a part of the curriculum.
Isn’t it ironic how every fourth person faces mental health issues, yet each one of them feels as if they are in this alone?. If you are one of them, I hope you know that you are not in this alone, you are not flawed for how you feel, perfection doesn’t exist, and, you will get through this. Here’s trying to break the notion of “mental disorders”, for it is not a disorder, for it is okay to feel the way you do. Here’s trying to talk about mental health, here’s trying to normalize it.
- [x] drowning into its depths,
we are all becoming
prisoners of
depression, anxiety, insecurities,
and stress.
what is becoming,
of this generation?
more people are
surviving,
than living.
more people are
pretending,
than being.
and yet no school,
cares enough
to teach us,
how to be happy.
and yet no school,
cares enough
to teach us,
mental health.
simply expecting us to,
taking care of the country,
and taking care of the world.
simply expecting us to,
becoming something,
and becoming the future.
as if,
we can carry
the weight of the world,
when we can’t even carry
the weight of our thoughts.
as if,
we can understand
history,
when we can’t even understand ourselves.
as if,
we can read
English,
when we can’t even read our own emotions,
as if,
we can take care
of the world,
when we can’t even take care of ourselves.
And as if,
we can become something,
become the future,
when we can’t even become ourselves.
they say,
school teaches you a lot.
but what is the point of that education,
if it doesn’t teach you,
the one thing,
which is the most important?
but what is the point of that education,
if it doesn’t teach you,
the one thing,
you need the most?
but what is the point of that education,
if it doesn’t teach you,
to be yourself?
- Mental Health should be a part of the curriculum.
Written by Nandika Khosla @rawriterr, you can check out her writing blog, https://instagram.com/rawriterr?igshid=hx0ogvs89rht
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