Amanda Knox
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Because sometimes people think that you could just take it
a pill and just, and sometimes those medicines may make it worse.
Or I'm not a doctor, so I never would give medical advice.
But, you know, seeing all the things that, you know, but I don't, I'm not a person that says don't take medicine because I think if you, I have lots of friends that have to take medicine and it's needed.
But I just think making sure, not really being ashamed of it.
I think that's the bigger thing.
is like destigmatizing mental health.
Like we have to destigmatize that
Sometimes you are not okay.
I believe everybody at some point is not okay.
So we have to destigmatize this notion that we're always okay.
Destigmatize going to therapy.
Destigmatize if you need to take medication.
And destigmatize this notion that having a mental health diagnosis is the end or that something is...
innately wrong with you because we are made by God and God does not make mistakes.
And we are all made perfectly imperfect.
And I think it's important for us to just accept.
And I think as a society, when we destigmatize
That we don't, we will not have, you know, this question of, you know, it's one thing to think about, do I want to put medicine in my body?
Yeah.