The False Prophets of Mental Health
Troubles and Misinformation
At no moment do I recall any person offering suggestions about mental health. I am mostly certain the word mental health was never uttered during all that time in school, to eighteen years of age.
Thinking back, I received no flyers or any handouts with helplines or instructions on them. Basically, there was no guidance counselor either.
I left high school lacking any resources or means to address those common or uncommon pains that afflict the thinking part of our bodies. This is no good at all. Now, many shortcomings have been addressed, but do I have faith that every rural area of America has been enlightened? No.