I have about half a degree’s worth of undergraduate psychology courses under my belt. I had to quit when I got sicker, and also I resumed graduate study of Russian.
“Mental illnesses are as serious as physical illnesses.”
That was the last thing my prof said to us at the end of term in our Abnormal Psychology summer session course at the University of Manitoba.
Remember it, peeps: it saves lives.
Pay attention. Yes, I mean you.
I’m going to say it again, to make sure it gets into your brains, that you see it in your sleep when you doze off tonight.
“Mental illnesses are as serious as physical illnesses.”
Got it? Good!
Now, the next time you see someone and ask them the standard sociologically-appropriate question we’ve all been programmed with: “How’s it going?”
