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Mind your mental health, the road to ‘insanity’ is very short

Depressed woman

Fighting a mental illness? These five young people want you to know that you are not alone.  

Photo credit: Pool | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Stress and depression have also hit millions of lowly peasants and slum dwellers.
  • All it takes to maintain a healthy inner environment is to let stress out.

Whenever people hear of a mentally ill person, many get this mental picture of a man or a woman in tattered clothes, carrying dirty sacks and roaming aimlessly.

All these are stereotypical misconceptions. Mental disorders manifest in various forms — including anxiety, depression, eating disorders, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder and psychotic disorders, including schizophrenia.