I Can't Breathe - Mental Health Is Health Campaign | CAMH

Not all illnesses are treated equally. At CAMH, we believe in a world where every illness should be treated like an illness. Because illness is illness, and mental health is health. #MentalHealthIsHealth

[ZayGzz]

who else is doing an assignment in school and chose this video?

[ricoplotz]

I feel like ending it everyday, my bros made me think otherwise and I'm so thankful that i have them. They literally saved my life <3

[missv]

My body is trying to survive but my mind wants to die. Please help me i cant bear it anymore

[CelticVictory]

Out of all the mental health awareness campaigns, this is the most accurate. Mental health can't be treated like other forms of health care.

[waynemasters]

My husband and I were in a work related car accident, developed panic/anxiety disorder with agoraphobia... this has been horrific. We wouldn't wish this on anybody.

[aimeelove]

I remember feeling like i couldn't breathe at times in my life like I was drowning scared and nervous all alone  because nobody cared  but I've learned sometimes  you just gotta do it anyways and put your trust in god that everything will be ok

[stefyguereschi]

BRAVO FOR HEALTH MENTAL CAMPAIGN"

[Jukithesuzuki]

God loves you very much forever and always AMEN spread he light!!!🙏

[ciekaikai]

It can be an everyday struggle for people, every single day. #MentalHealthisHealth

[CanadianPhinsFan]

I am 36.
BPD, Clinical Depression, ADHD, and Generalized Anxiety.
Symptomatic since age 8 or 9.
I am a husband.
I am a father of 4.
I own a home.
I am the main income earner for my family.
I struggle with staying on task.
I'm very self aware of my ADHD shortcomings.
I judge myself harshly for being how I am.
I hate myself regularly for not being able to overcome everything with ease.
I am confident that my life will end by my own hand someday, and I'm rather "okay" with this.

It doesn't go away.
It takes constant effort.
I get tired of the effort.
People get frustrated with me because I process information differently, and this helps fuel my self hate.
I am fully aware of the pain my own self hatred gives to me, and I justify doing this as "I deserve it", and if I reach a point where I can't handle it anymore (just can't stand up to myself anymore and justify my continued existence) then I must be all done here.

[yresonirba]

Everyday I struggled to breath and fight the feeling of suffocation, panicked, shaking, dizzy. Most times I just burst into tears and want out.

[waangun]

I understand how you are feeling right now. I’ve been there before. I want to tell you that you are going to be fine.

Trust me, even though right now you might be on the edge of your being, feeling nervous and in a state of confusion, know that this will all pass over time.

You are not going to lose your mind, you are not going insane, you are not going to die, you are not going to harm yourself or others. That is just your mind talking. This is what I wanted to hear when I was in the middle of the DP/DR storm, and I hope it brings comfort to you when you read it.

When you are in a state of extreme stress and panic, your cognition (the process of thinking) changes. Once the stress levels are back to normal, your thoughts will be too. You will have your personality back.

In fact, you will emerge from this stronger than you were before.

Accept these feelings without trying to resist them. You don’t have to do anything special to accept something: you just have to do nothing. That probably goes against the grain of what you are thinking right now. You may feel the need to battle this DP/DR demon, or put up a fight to get rid of your anxiety, but those efforts are always in vain. You need to understand that you are having a normal reaction to the high level of stress that you are experiencing in your life. DP/DR is serving as a protective layer against the incredible stress you are feeling, some of which can arise out of the depersonalization itself. It is not a perfect mechanism, but it is how our brains are wired… …these words are from a guy who recovered from DP/DR

[patrykkaluta]

I lived like this 24/7 for few years, shreds of live remained

[frommarkham]

more then 2 years later...
the title has come to mean something

[aswdar]

I went to camh the other day as I'd been seriously anxious and coming off of using drugs I went to get help because I hadn't been able to leave my bed for months after they took me off my medications I went there to get help because I was suicidal and have had many attempts they kept saying they think I'm high when I was sober wouldn't even check my blood or let me finish talking to the doctor they then had to escort me out of the hospital claiming I'm a drug seeker and that my issues aren't big enough for them yet I have medical documents of 45 overdoses trying to kill myself including needing CPR and they read the files and said we dont have time for this and your attention seeking it was extremely retraumitizing

[Sanskriti]

I wish to use this video in my website on mental health with your due permission.

[ThomasMurphyCosplay]

My Mental Illness came from me suffering a Broken Heart

[DiamondPro-mcol]

Plz stop hurting me camh I can't take it any longer

[pregerzoreo]

Omg so true, I have bpd and therefore am disabled. Yet I am belittled for my struggles not helped. They are doing the same as kicking someone who has fallen out of the wheelchair. Fuck life

[nutlover]

I have social anxiety. And it’s a big gey