Mental health advocacy group lauds Liza Soberano for using platform to send message about 'Tililing' poster

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'Ending the stigma starts with us,' group mentalhealthph said.

Soberano, a psychology student, began taking up her Bachelor of Science in Psychology in Southville International School and Colleges in 2018.

“This is my most recent selfie. This is what a person with mental illness looks like. I don’t have my tongue sticking out. I don’t have a crazed look in my eyes. I am a regular person who happens to be suffering from depression, anxiety, panic attacks, and suicidal thoughts,” Judd Anthony Labarda wrote.

“Now, here you come in, oversimplifying mental health issues as ’tililing,’ describing people with mental illnesses as ‘baliw,’ generalizing us as ‘may saltik,’ when so many people advocate for those of us suffering with mental illnesses to be viewed as regular people who may have a chemical imbalance or have gone through traumatic experiences,” Labarda said.

 

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mentalhealthph Movie posters like these are stereotypical and only worsen the stigma on people with mental health problems.

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