For Andrea, feelings of judgement regarding medication use for mental health issues is not uncommon.

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There is tons of judgement about taking pills for your mental health despite there being research and science. People are very reluctant. You know, they’ll pop a Tylenol no problem but when it comes to being told that perhaps they should be on an antidepressant or an anti-anxiety, there is a lot of resistance because there’s a lot of judgement. Most people don’t feel comfortable saying they’re on antidepressants. For some reason I do – I always have felt a certain sense of confidence when it comes to talking about this. But in terms of judgement I mean, I think judgement comes from a place of insecurity. I think that when you judge another person it comes from a place deep down of feeling frightened or ignorant about something, or perhaps it’s even happened to you and you express it through judgement of others.

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