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The Theme Of Mental Illness In Our Society

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It is no secret there is a stigma about mental illness in our society. In Holmes article and in the video about Sabrina Benaim there is a theme that demonstrates the lack of awareness for people living with mental illnesses. The Holmes article discusses how our society doesn’t recognize mental illness like physical illness because it is something we can’t see. Sabrina Benaim explains how difficult it is to live with a mental illness and how hard it is for her mother to understand her struggles. The theme that I see in both prompts is how mental illness is swept under the rug and forgotten. There is a huge lack of knowledge on the subject which leads people to have misconceptions and create stigmas.
According to Chapter 1 in the text,
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