Will & Kate are in Birmingham for World Mental Health Day

[therearewords]

In Birmingham today to mark #WorldMentalHealthDay, bringing together 100 young people for the purpose of 'Exploring Our #EmotionalWorlds'

Hosted with @TheMixUK & @BBCR1, this event is about highlighting the importance of managing our emotions and building positive relationships. pic.twitter.com/U0Rp9rAg6A
- The Prince and Princess of Wales (@

Comments

[marywebgirl]

I started therapy when my kid was 1 1/2 because my anxiety that I could somewhat manage before was no longer manageable with PPD/PPA. It’s helped me so much and I just recently went down to every other week.

[kawaiiairbender]

I want to go off my ssri tbh but I probably shouldn't I just feel very disconnected from my emotions

I should use my EAP before the end of the year for therapy sessions 🤔

[yankeesarelove]

im so happy im in therapy but even with insurance and being financial able to pay for it, it was still such a hassle to find a therapist who was taking on new patients and who took insurance. there's such a cost barrier and it makes me so angry that there are so many people who really need it who can't afford it / find a therapist and just give up. make it more accessible/cost efficient!!

[distant_lines]

And then add on that your therapy can be used against you with health insurance. It's because of that I've only ever done therapy out of pocket because I'm scared of adding yet another thing to my record for insurance. This country is so fucked.

[anolinde]

Whaaat I didn't know that?!

[distant_lines]

If insurance is being used for therapy, they have to diagnose you, and insurance can and I'm assuming does request your records from your therapist. I don't really know how much information they get in those records, but just knowing that insurance can dictate anything about my therapy scares me far, far away from them. I'm realizing now I should also clarify my first comment that when I say "this country" I mean the US.

[leenerific]

Anything they do related to mental health feel especially performative to me now (after knowing how things went down with Harry and Meghan, including the fighting and Will throwing them under the bus in the media to save himself/his affair from going public etc) but they're still getting people talking about mental health so 🤷‍♀️

I've pretty much given up on my own mental health (and my life) cause everything is too much work to deal with and it's not like the world is heading in a direction that helps out with that "whatever" feeling so who gives a shit lol Most days I feel fine, I work and then I sit on my couch and watch whatever and yeah it's a shitty life but really what else is there? Not like I can afford to travel or do anything haha

[aristobrit]

How that yellow-toothed hypocrite and his mean girl wife have the nerve to open their lying mouths about mental health is massively offensive. William told the British press that Harry's therapist had "brainwashed" Harry--how can you advocate for mental health after you've said that about a therapist and about your own brother? Multiple reporters have confirmed that William is the one who planted the negative stories about Harry and Meghan in the press. He's a bully.

Kate allowed the lie that Meghan made HER cry to go on for years in the press, the whole time she knew it was a lie and said nothing in public. She privately apologized to Meghan, in front of witnesses in Meghan's home, but never corrected the record in the media. They both also allowed hideous, racist comments on their Kensington Royal IG, and have never asked people to stop leaving comments like that, nor have the deleted them, even after 6 years.

[xdecadentx]

I should consider therapy again. The woman I went to for like 6 months I thought didn't 'get me' and only realised later that I should have switched instead of sticking it out waiting for her to.

[lamppost1911]

This was me. It’s so hard finding anyone who is taking on new patients then if they specialize in certain things then when you finally find someone, there’s a chance they may not be right for you then you’re back to square one. The last therapist I saw made everything about her, it was so weird. I felt more like someone for her to vent to than a patient.

[distant_lines]

This happened with me and my last therapist. She let me get away with too much dodging in therapy, so progress was fairly minimal. I need a therapist who will pin me down, because I can talk myself out of anything and everything I'm feeling.

[xdecadentx]

I had an NHS counselor and she kept pushing CBT so I went private cos that wasn't helping, but then I thought the second one not working was on me because she specialised in what I needed to talk about, but honestly I just don't think she was the right person with a couple of years to think about it.