Date: January 30, 2024

This recording talks about the significance and challenges of mental health labels. Valerie leads into the discussion on mental health labels and the impacts on people. She encourages members to share personal experiences with their own health labels. As the discussion continues, the complexities with diagnoses but also the changing terms in which the need for clear terminology to remove any discrimination was brought up. The discussion extends to challenges in accommodating students with different neuro divergent conditions like Asperger’s. This is also a challenge in the medical field that labels may affect the treatment received. The discussion takes a creative turn towards quilting, fabric crafting, and innovative ideas. Then the discussion focus shifts to decluttering, and personal struggles with finding items, reflecting on childhood feelings of not belonging.

Mental Health labels can play a significant role in your life and the impacts can have long term affects on how you perceive yourself. How has labels affected your life?