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If only that outrage and collective call for justice came earlier, emboldened with the courage to really see, to really understand, and to really talk about the debilitating, torturous depth of mental illness that exists./end

And when the unimaginable things happen, we scream our outrage and demand justice.

What we don’t talk about, what we are so scared to even acknowledge, is the type of mental illness that exists that can make people do unimaginable things. To themselves. To others.

Our mental health policies exist largely to support the mental illnesses we can stomach. The illnesses we can be comfortable existing in the same room with.

These are considered neat and tidy mental health conditions. They will donate money to help with that, they will wear a coloured shirt for that. They will celebrate the redemption arc.

It’s relatively easy for me to talk about my anxiety and obsessive compulsive disorder, my history of alcohol addiction. People can find a way to be ok with that, sympathize even.

The Let’s Talk campaigns, the mental health awareness days…they are futile if we don’t talk, and become more aware, about the full spectrum of mental illness