Forgot to post this one from Park Run last week.

For people who have never experienced psychiatric or psychological disturbance it can be difficult to know how to react when a friend or family member is diagnosed with a mental illness. It is no longer considered fashionable to run away, respond with an exclamation of horror, attempt to cast out potentially problematic demons, or arrange to have the afflicted person permanently removed from society and the family tree. To be fair, people are now generally more informed and compassionate about mental health problems. Despite this, even the most well meaning person can make the most unhelpful comments when talking to a friend or family member who experiences mental illness. In Mental Health Week I thought it might be useful to reflect upon some of the less than helpful comments I have encountered in relation to mental illness. Here are 10 examples and some reflections that give a cutting insight into the the effect certain comments can have:

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I could not wait to write this blog post. It’s been a pretty exciting weekend:

One of the great perks of being a personal trainer is seeing people achieve something they never thought they could or would. This weekend I experienced that feeling no less than 3 times. Stavroola Anderson and Nigel Janson are two clients of mine who took part in the Sydney Morning Herald Half Marathon on Sunday Morning and Claire Moran has been working with me to improve her speed to increase her chances for selection in the NSW State Touch Football Team. Claire had her final trial on Friday and I received the first of my 3 excited text messages from her on Saturday: