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Have you tried not having a smashed hand? (www.akimbocomics.com)

submitted 4 days ago by samus12345@lemmy.world to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] towerful@programming.dev 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeh, mental health issues are just health issues.
It took me a while to realise that. A broken brain (whether Alzheimer's, chronic depression or whatever) is just like a broken leg (or broken arm, or chronic back pain or whatever).

You don't ask someone with a broken leg or chronic back pain to help you move house.
I guess it's easier to tell when someone has a physical injury, which probably removes some of the stigma around talking about it.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I guess it’s easier to tell when someone has a physical injury, which probably removes some of the stigma around talking about it.

Yup, pretty much the premise of the comic. When someone has a visible injury, (most) people will show empathy and acknowledge it's a problem. But an invisible ailment like depression? Meh, no big deal, get over it.