The Importance Of Mental Illness Awareness

Today’s podcast is an important discussion on the importance of mental illness awareness.

Mental illness is a condition that affects most people at some point in our lives. Unfortunately it’s also a topic that often gets overlooked, ignored or mis-diagnosed.

Depression is one of the most common forms of mental illness and if not taken care of either in the form of therapy, medication or reaching out, it can lead to more long term issues affecting not just the mind but the body as well.

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In This Episode You Will Learn:

1). Why it’s so important to dedicate a week or a month to mental illness awareness and how this affects so many people every year.

2). Some of the reasons why mental illness has a bad stigma attached to it and why it is so easily mis-understood when it comes to be taken seriously.

3). How mental illness affects more seniors than we might have missed and how it can easily be overlooked within this generation.

4). The correlation between mental illness and how that also affects the body physically.

5). Why it’s hard to realize that you may be suffering from depression or mental illness and why self diagnosing the issue can be easily unrecognized.

6). How and where you can go to get help if you or someone you know is currently suffering from a form of mental illness.

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Keep an eye out for future Senior Fitness with Meredith podcasts, and don’t forget to check out Motivation with Meredith every Monday!

Senior Fitness with Meredith is a podcast covering a wide range of health topics for seniors with enriching episodes dedicated to physical and mental wellness, nutrition, positive spirits, and motivation for leading a healthy and active lifestyle.

Meredith Chen

Meredith Chen is an AFAA-certified personal and group fitness trainer and the host of the popular YouTube channel, Senior Fitness with Meredith. She has been training for over 15 years, has been endorsed by healthcare professionals and physical therapists, and has shadowed top industry experts to continuously create the best and safest content for her viewers and participants.