The importance of mental health

[tommy yama]

I do not know you and your past but guess destigmatization of mental
illnesses is an important agenda to people,


On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 8:34 AM Mirko via Python-list <
python-list at python.org> wrote:

> Am 10.05.2021 um 15:16 schrieb Kyle Stanley:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > In these last few months, I have been in the process of healing from some
> > pretty heavy past trauma. And now that I am on the road to recovery, I
> want
> > to share my journey with the Python community in hopes that it may reach
> > those that are struggling with their own mental health battles, as many
> of
> > us are during these dark and difficult times.
> >
> > Trigger warning that it includes a decent amount of highly personal
> > content, so only check it out if you are okay with that:
> > https://discuss.python.org/t/break-from-open-source/6372/7?u=aeros.
> >
> > To anyone that would limit my employment opportunities as a result of
> > having had these struggles, *that's perfectly okay*. I kept the post in
> the
> > private section because I was originally in fear of discriminate.
> However,
> > I have reached an important conclusion: *I would not want to work for
> your
> > company if you discriminate against people who have overcome past
> struggles*
> > .
> >
>
>
> Thank you for your courage! This is what we need. True, genuine and
> honest stories from people with mental health issues. To demystify
> and destigmatize the entire topic. Everybody happily runs to the
> doctors to get antibiotics/antivirals for their simple cold and
> everybody literally "loves* to complain about how bad they feel when
> having a cold. But even today in the year 2021, very few people dare
> to go public with their "mental cold" or their "mental cancer". The
> danger of mockery or discrimination is still far to high.
>
>
> All the best, Kyle and good luck! :-)
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