Sunday, 25 July 2010

The unknown heroes of mental health

The tomb of the unknown soldier is something seen in many cities. It
represents the men and women who were never found and are assumed to
have died fighting for whatever cause the war was purported to be about.

In mental health there are so many of those. I couldn't even begin to
namecheck (a term I think originates from grime music) every one of
them. The people who get recognised are the tip of the iceberg and under
the water there's a lot of people toiling in obscurity on their own
mental health, the mental health of others and the mental health of the
nation.

These heroes can be a person offering a smile or an attempt an
conversation with a stranger in need, it can be the person with a
diagnosis of schizophrenia that spends their spare time making sure
Wikipedia is up to date or the campaigner who works tirelessly for over
thirty years for those who are less fortunate.

I salute you!

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