Paul Gilbartin has been operating his blog since 2011 and it’s a very frank and honest discussion about the challenges of mental health as told directly by people in the health care profession, celebrities who have struggled with it and other noteworthy personalities.
Got a chance to listen to a few of the back-archive podcast and it was very sobering. Speaking about mental health is slowly becoming something that people are getting used to. The tops are wide and varied but I appreciate the degree of openness from Paul and his guests. It’s a reminder that mental illness hits folks from all walks of life, from all strata.
There’s still a lot of stigma, there’s tons of different view points and certainly it can be gut wrenching. Any time I bring up divorce I’ll admit I worry about repercussions or judgement. I’ve tried to keep my tone civil and never attributed blame to any one person or thing. Despite that though, every post, every word is sometimes a labor.
If you are not quite there in terms of a diagnosis or haven’t engaged your physician or a therapist I urge you to try. A consult and assessment doesn’t mean you’ll be locked into something forever, it doesn’t have to mean being on meds. It’s just a starting point. There’s a lot of resources out there, some free, some not but you have to start on a path in order to make progress. It sounds like a trite platitude, I get that but I do hope folks process it at least a little.
