Lebanese People Struggling Are Urged to Reach Out for Help!
If you feel in despair and darkness, talk to someone who can understand and help you through . Please CALL 1564 Embrace LifeLine Lebanon.
Today, Lebanon lives very unusual tough times where it is eventuating feelings of despair. But you are not alone, we are not alone, no one is. We are all in this together. Reach out, all the hands of the nation are extended to help . We are leaning on each other to make it through, we are supporting each other, we are lifting each other, and we are even feeding each other, and there are doctors helping for free. And you are one of us. Reach out to your loved ones, to your friend, to your neighbor, to the associations out there on stand by to help you. Call 1564 .
Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? It's called purpose. You're alive for a reason. ~Joyce Meyer
It is very common knowledge that physical illness, no matter how minor it may be, must be monitored, managed, and dealt with in various ways depending on its severity. Everyone knows that if you feel pain, you should address it early and seek professional medical help, especially if it persists.
If someone, especially a loved one, tells us that they're in pain, we are quick to address the issue directly and in detail as a first step in the process leading to the treatment of its cause. Paying a visit to the doctor's office, or the ER in more urgent cases is what we sensibly do when we or our loved ones are feeling unwell.
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Here's an unusual question: Why are we so swift in dealing with such situations? "What a silly question that is," you might rightfully be thinking. "Because pain is abnormal and it's basic common sense to address it as soon as it develops to properly treat it."
Very true. But pain itself is the natural call of our body telling us that something in us went abnormal and is not right; that something is threatening our health and therefore needs to be addressed and tended to.
But people sometimes seem to forget that not all pain is physical; sometimes the mind aches too and, it has been aching nowadays in Lebanon more than usual due to the severe crisis we are living.
When that happens with you or someone close to you, it is no less a priority than that of physical discomfort. It is a mental unwellness, whether temporary or chronic and it is not a taboo to be hidden from people. Just like heartache or a toothache, they are not things to be ashamed of.
Just like physical symptoms need to be addressed quickly in order to be resolved, so do the psychological ones. This is not a brand new study; it was discovered and shared by science over a century ago. If you see the signs as listed below on someone close to you, take immediate action. Call for help. Don't hesitate. Better safe than sorry. Call 1564.
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Many of those who suffer from mental breakdowns tend to keep to themselves and not openly discuss their hurt due to the very irrational stigma that still surrounds mental health in the world today, and more so in our region of the world, including Lebanon.
The ridiculous misconception that mental illness is insignificant, or doesn't exist at all, is utterly frivolous. It emerges from the ignorance that comes with some old-school paradigms still in existence today, which should have been discarded a long time ago.
If you know of someone feeling in despair and darkness, listen to them properly and Please r ing for them 1564 Embrace LifeLine Lebanon.
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It's stupifying that in 2019, we still need to work hard to spread awareness about, and convince people of, the value of mental health!
But for what it's worth, here, I'll say it once again for those who are still oblivious or unsure: Mental illness is real. Mental illness is as significant as physical illness; it deteriorates if untreated, and does develop and lead to severe consequences.
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Whoever saves one life saves the world entire
There is a responsibility on everyone's shoulders towards the unwell; to be well again they need all the support they can get. When someone opens up to you and tells you they're in pain, know that they probably had to push themselves to the limit to say it. Put all your priorities aside, sit down with them, and listen.
Your responsibility, as is mine, is to first recognize and understand that not every smile is an expression of happiness; that those who mentally suffer often do so in silence.
But that is only more harmful to them and counterproductive. It is our duty to identify the fake smiles, which we may very well discover in our own homes, and turn them into real ones. We owe that to our beloved more than we owe them anything else because that special connection we have with them is what distinguishes them from strangers.