A year ago, I wrote an article about how controversial mental or psychological disorders can be. These types of afflictions have always been surrounded by myths and prejudices that, in the end, can prevent people from seeking help.
In my opinion, the most harmful myth regarding mental health is the following:
“Mental disorder is just a fancy name for a weak-willed person.”
When we refer to mental disorders, we are talking about psychological or cognitive conditions that cause symptoms genuine. Therefore, it does not depend on our willpower or our morality whether we suffer from a psychological disorder or not.
For a quick read on why this belief can be so harmful and how we can combat it, click here. here.
To complement this information, you can read This article about what online psychological counseling is and what its benefits are. And finally, this other one about when is the right time to start a psychological counseling process.
