“Stigma” Isn’t the Problem: Being Mentally Ill in America

Gabriel Nathan
8 min readDec 6, 2021
Shots Fired. Aiming at stigma in America. Image credit: Sandra Svoboda

It’s very hashtageriffic, if you’re a mental health advocate in America, to lash out against “stigma” in your battle royale in which you are engaged against… well, against what?

Stigma?

So you post and you use #fuckstigma or #stigmasucks or #suckitstigma or #stigmasucksbigfatsalamititties in your vitriolic mental health de-stigmatization…

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Gabriel Nathan

Gabe is Editor in Chief of OC87 Recovery Diaries, a mental health publication. He is a suicide awareness advocate and is attracted to toxic car relationships.