Mental Health First Aid Kit
Michael Johnson
- We
- can
- no
- longer
- ignore
- mental
- health
- care.
- In
- the
- United
- States
- and
- I‘m
- sure
- many
- places
- around
- the
- world,
- mental
- heath
- is
- ignored
- and
- stigmatized.
- This
- will
- no
- longer
- stand.
- We
- have
- neglected
- mental
- health
- prevention,
- care,
- and
- humane
- emergency
- services
- for
- far
- too
- long.
- Thankfully,
- this
- is
- slowly
- changing,
- but
- we
- are
- far
- from
- where
- we
- need
- to
- be.Mental
- health
- is
- holistic.
- It
- includes
- our
- thoughts,
- emotions,
- behavior,
- somatic
- experience,
- spirituality,
- and
- physical
- wellbeing.
- While
- creating
- this
- book
- I
- set
- out
- to
- touch
- on
- all
- of
- these
- aspects
- just
- a
- little.
- When
- you’re
- finished
- creating
- your
- Mental
- Health
- First
- Aid
- Kit
- you
- will
- be
- armed
- with
- a
- plethora
- of
- items,
- new
- skills,
- awareness,
- and
- a
- newfound
- respect
- for
- the
- importance
- of
- mental
- health.Life
- can
- be
- tough.
- We
- are
- faced
- with
- so
- many
- challenges,
- bombarded
- with
- so
- many
- rules,
- and
- are
- expected
- to
- know
- what
- to
- do
- with
- this
- thing
- we
- call
- life.
- Often
- we
- seem
- to
- know
- what
- to
- do
- and
- life
- floats
- along
- just
- like
- we
- believe
- it
- "should".
- Sometimes
- it
- doesn’t.
- These
- are
- the
- times
- when
- your
- Mental
- Health
- First
- Aid
- Kit
- will
- come
- in handy.
