Why should people get help with mental health things like depression or stuff?

Question

How does society benefit from people getting mental health care? If you need help dealing with day-to-day life, doesn't that mean you're just weak and pathetic, and not that someone should help you? I mean, what about the person who's doing the helping? Why do people deserve to have someone pay someone to take care of them? I'm not sure how much that says what I mean it to, but hopefully you'll get the point anyway.

Just to clarify for those who say I don't understand what it's like or whatever, look at my previous questions - I cut myself, and people tell me to get help or whatever, and what I'm really asking is why *I* should get help, but I didn't want to say that because then it just sounds like I'm fishing for compliments or something, so I asked it generically, which I guess could easily be taken the wrong way.

Answer 1

A good question. I don't know the answer, but its an interesting question.

Answer 2

I have mental health issues like the ones you mentioned and it's hard to get medical insurance for that stuff because it's considered to be a "high risk," which I think is bull because Type II Diabetes is worse than depression.

Anyhoo, just because someone has depression doesn't mean that they're pathetic. They feel that way, though. And these are well-meaning, able-bodied individuals like you and me. The cause of depression is unknown but doctors and specialists believe it's genetic and it's linked to a chemical imbalance in the brain that makes people feel happy and content.

The reason why people seek psychiatric help is just that. They need help; they need someone to talk to and talk out their problems. It's nothing that they brought upon themselves unlike Type II Diabetes which is brought upon by poor diet and exercise.

Psychiatrists do take care of their patients but it's not exactly 24/7 nursing care. They dispense medications such as Prozac, Celexa, or Lexapro. I've benefitted a lot from mental health care. The medication does a lot for me and I don't care what kind of crap spews from Tom Cruise's lips.

President Abraham Lincoln suffered from severe depression; it was so bad that his friends had to hide the kitchen knives in his home for fear that he may take his life....and this was WAY before Zoloft and Paxil. And he managed to deal with it which puzzles me because if I were in his situation, I wouldn't have lasted very long.

Depression can be serious in the sense that people feel that life isn't worth living and, unfortunately, some people act on their suicidal tendencies.

Just because someone is suffering from a mental illness such as depression, panic attacks, or even an anxiety disorder doesn't make them weak or pathetic. They just need some extra help in dealing with their everday problems.

Answer 3

Mental health care can help people learn adaptive coping skills or find healthier ways of relieving stress. While it is simple to say, "Just get over it," it is much more complicated. Those who are depressed are suffering from either a chemical imbalance in the brain, difficult life events, or both. Often, depression results as a combination of a biological make-up that is set off by a significant environmental trigger. Sometimes medication is necessary. Don't be afraid of medication. They have a bad rep, but studies show that SSRIs do in fact increase serotonin levels--a primary issue in the case of depression. Also, it is not uncommon for the problems run deeper than just "day-to-day" life. It could be a result of years of emotional baggage, and would take a professional who is familiar with counseling techniques to help.

People suffering from mental health problems deserve help, just like someone from a physical problem. For example, your self-injury: you are in pain and deserve help. It may be affecting your life in many ways, and you do not deserve to suffer. Depression can lead to suicide, and it's scary and I would advise seeking out a professional. It is just as real as cancer of a physical condition. You are not weak or pathetic. It is human to have emotions. But don't let these emotions control your life. Get your life under control again.

Answer 4

Why should you get help? Good question. Maybe because you still can remember times when it felt good to be alive and would like to experience that again. Maybe because sometimes life is so messed up that just about anyone else in the same place also would need help getting a handle on it. Maybe because you don't feel like the real you but very much want to know yourself. Maybe because you're mixing up stuff that you didn't get or was done to you with who you think you are. Maybe because you have a whole lot of worth to others and maybe there are ppl that recognize that you are having a hard time seeing it. Maybe because you would like to have some control over the angry/painful/inexplicable feelings instead of them controlling your life. Maybe because you deserve as much from life as everyone else. Maybe lots of reasons.

Answer 5

I have been diagnosed as bipolar with generalized anxiety disorder, depression and agoraphobia. If I did not have my dog I would be dead. I do not want to be living, but I also love my dog so much, I could not kill myself and leave her alone. I know no one who would take her and care for her like I have. And she is a senior dog with some chronic health problems, and who would take a dog like that. I have considered killing us both at the same time, but I have feared I would kill her and I would not die and then what would happen, I would need to be hospitalized. And, too, if I died and she did not, it would be back to the same situation of where could she go. When I am having a hard time she just will come over and sit next to me. And my agoraphobia gives me about a 2-block radius that I can walk her. But if I did not have her, I would NOT leave my home ever. I order in EVERYTHING. When I am depressed, she keeps me company, when I am anxious, she calms me down. When I cry, she just sits pressed next to me. When she does these things it makes me focus on her and not what I am currently feeling which can be helpful in some situations. Sometimes I feel stressed when I know she wants to walk further but I walk to a local park that is a block away and let her play and sniff about. I know for a fact that if I did not have a dog, I would not be alive. Even in the worst of my illnesses I have appreciated having a dog and what she does for me in the way of support.

Answer 6

Not all people, but some have not had an easy upbringing which have even traumatized them at a very young age, because their natural parents were not nurturing, but neglectful and abusive. This has scarred them emotionally and perhaps crippled their sense of well being. Therefore entering into adolescence they are lost somewhat, and don't understand a lot of their anger/s, frustration/s, emotional pain, etc...but act out impulsively. They are also not aware they need help, and are most often too embarrassed to seek help. That's my opinion, hopefully you'll get the point, back at ya! Good question though, thanks for asking.

Answer 7

I work with mentally ill people everyday and I struggle with my own bi polar disorder. I got help and yes it is frustrating when you feel like you are not hearing what you want to hear but guess what, that's what you may need to hear. I tried to kill myself at the age of 16 and 16 years later I'm still here. Get some frigging help! I still have some rough days but I make it, my son needs me. I'm not weak and I'm damn sure not pathetic. I want to live, be loved and be happy. So my advice to you is get a life and some help whether it's professional or a good support system.

Answer 8

Have you never met anyone that had severe mental problems? I have. I have friends that have severe mental problems that if they were not medicated would either commit suicide or would self medicate with drugs and alcohol to escape from their problems. People with mental problems so severe that they need to be medicated can not figure out their problems on their own, it is an imbalance in the brain. Sure there are some people who have some depression, usually it is over something minor in their lives or the seasons have alot to do with mild depression. But someone with bi-polar, or sever major depression with delusions is a chemical imbalance in the brain and only medication can help then deal with their problems and lead their lives.

Answer 9

If you need help, it doesn't mean you're weak or pathetic. If you get help, you become a helpful member of society. You'll put into society, help others, all sorts of stuff like that. The people that help you want to help. If they didn't, they wouldn't be helping. It makes them happy to know that someone will be happy because of their help. Getting help is better than wallowing in self pity and committing suicide, hurting those around you. I knew someone that needed help, and he didn't get it. He died and my life went into a spin for years. Some things haven't gotten better, they still suck and it's because of him not be able to have help.

If you need help, go for it! It doesn't mean anything to ask for help, afterall, you can't do everything by yourself. You're not weak. You're not pathetic. It doesn't mean anything like that. It's just a stigma, and stigma's are false anyhow.

Peace & Best

Answer 10

Depression is a mental illness. There are other illnesses both physical and emotional that cause people problems. If you had bronchitis you'd go to a doctor to get medicine to feel better. Same thing with depression. Clinical depression is not just feeling sad, it is not just a mood, it's being unable to enjoy your life in spite of your best efforts. Physical problems can casue depression as well. Everyone deserves to be healthy and cared for.

Answer 11

because people (normal people not bush) dont like to see people suffering. That is why u had demonstrations for the war in Iraq and so many people are calling for peae in lebanon. Simply people have a heart so they like to help others because they know they would want help if they were in that situation. Also that mentality was applied to us thjrough the various religions on this world.