Students React: Mental Health

Griffin Scoggins, Junior Editor

 

As more and more people start glorifying mental illnesses on social media platforms and schools, teenagers nowadays are struggling more than ever. With the glorifying of having a mental illness skyrocketing on social media, the mental illness rates in teens is higher than in the last few years. People are failing to realize how serious mental illnesses are, causing for people who struggle with them to suffer silence. With this is mind, many students suffer with illnesses such as Anxiety, Depression, and much more. A few students were asked for their opinions on the stigma around mental health and here are their responses.