How to Conquer The Annoying Dating Stigma Brought Up By Family

The SOVA Project is happy to feature this blog post written by one in our team of fantastic SOVA Ambassadors—these are young people who help create meaningful blog posts from adolescents’ perspectives. We hope you can use their post to start a conversation with your adolescent. Maybe this is just my family, but I come … Continue reading How to Conquer The Annoying Dating Stigma Brought Up By Family

The Stigma of Talking About Your Mental Illness

The SOVA Project is happy to feature this blog post written by one in our team of fantastic SOVA Ambassadors—these are young people who help create meaningful blog posts from adolescents’ perspectives. We hope you can use their post to start a conversation with your adolescent. Growing up, my family always had a stigma over mental health. … Continue reading The Stigma of Talking About Your Mental Illness

Breaking the Stigma: What You Can Do

The SOVA Project is happy to feature this blog post written by one in our team of fantastic SOVA Ambassadors—these are young people who help create meaningful blog posts from adolescents’ perspectives. We hope you can use their post to start a conversation with your adolescent. One of my most well-kept secrets for a long time has … Continue reading Breaking the Stigma: What You Can Do

How to Reduce Stigma in the Workplace

The SOVA Project is happy to feature this blog post written by one in our team of fantastic SOVA Ambassadors—these are young people who help create meaningful blog posts from adolescents’ perspectives. 1 in 4 people aged 18 and older will experience a mental health concern per year. This statistic wavers above and below this number, but the message is … Continue reading How to Reduce Stigma in the Workplace

Can Schools Influence Stigma?

Our environments can have a powerful impact on how we view things, especially in how we view the things about ourselves. Because adolescents spent a lot of time in school, their teachers, their classmates, and the content that they learn can influence how they interpret information. This also includes mental health: conversations with peers and … Continue reading Can Schools Influence Stigma?

Do You Hold a Stigma on Mental Health?

The stigma that people can hold isn’t a new topic by any means when discussing mental health, but that doesn’t take away from the fact that the stigma is still harmful. Though the conversation about mental health has become more open, whether it be from celebrities opening up about their experiences or the variety of apps to … Continue reading Do You Hold a Stigma on Mental Health?

What is Stigma?

Recently, we were asked about stigma, specifically: “What is stigma?” Therefore, to help address this complicated topic, we thought we’d dedicate a blog post to it. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (or NAMI) refers to stigma as “when someone, or even yourself, views a person in a negative way because they have a mental health condition.” … Continue reading What is Stigma?

Self-Stigma

Stigma is often talked about with mental health. However, do you know there are different kinds of stigma such as self-stigma?  Self-stigma happens when an individual suffering from mental illness accepts the negative and inaccurate views of others about themselves and their mental health.  Self-stigma influences how people feel about themselves.  It also has a significant impact on their behavior … Continue reading Self-Stigma