Ginia Carissa Langstieh, Psychologist
“Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us.” — David Richo
Stigma, prejudice and discrimination against people with mental illness can be subtle or it can be obvious—but no matter the magnitude, it can lead to harm. People with mental illnesses are marginalised and discriminated against in various ways, but understanding what that looks like and how to address and eradicate it can help.
Under the strangulating grip of mental health issues and the resultant mayhem across global economies, the world has been spinning out of balance. These are perilous, gyrating times, where anarchy reigns, and disasters are exploding around us! We must aim to convert harm into harmony.
Nations are at loggerheads with one another, economies are collapsing, and nature is unleashing her fury on humankind. We are stuck in the rut of unprecedented times.
This eruptive cataclysm has diverted us from our previously normal lives. We are guilty of an oversight in having overlooked another battle taking place behind closed doors: the battleground of the mind. The combatants are a plethora of cognitive and psychological issues at play: twisting, turning, churning frenziedly, disrupting human sensations and sensibilities, perceptions, and modes and manners of behaviour. This cascade of knockdown-to-lockdown social havoc has unleashed mayhem. Any crucial prescription must comprise us having to pay heed to the need for a spirit of diversity, inclusion, equity, and belongingness.
The world needs psychologically robust citizens to help contribute towards peace, harmony, stability, and security. The best practitioners of mental health care are imbued with the following qualities:
- A sense of purpose and deep empathy
- Social competence aligned with problem-solving skills
- A high level of self-efficacy, and an ability to look after oneself, with a well-structured psychology
In a quest to align ourselves with what is best within us, we must aim to win against all odds, to focus with absolute dedication to our birthright: success! NEVER SURRENDER to any moment of bereavement! Defeat is not death, so
FIGHT for who you are, with your indwelling values;
FIGHT with pride, from the source of your virtues;
FIGHT fearlessly, from your essence, your sovereign qualities of brilliance;
FIGHT with honour, with the radiant certainty and unabridged rectitude that YOU were born to win!
It is your heritage, your birthright, to live a life of goodness and greatness, and thus shall you make your mark in your quest for the best!
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