 There's no shame in your medication for your mental health. Hey, what's it you guys? Welcome out to my channel. I'm new here. Hi, hello. I'm Lydia. And today we're talking about med-shaming. So I received a lot of comments recently saying that I'm over-medicated and that I shouldn't promote medication use the word in, but I don't promote medication. I just say what I've been on and share my experience. People always get funny whenever I talk about medication. I don't know why it's such a taboo thing or why it matters as much as it does to some people. Taking medication for your mental health doesn't make you weak, it doesn't make you any guess. It's someone who doesn't need it. The medications I take, I take because I need it. I'm just to give a bit of context with the medication I take is clonazopam, lithium, haloperadol, and zopyglone, vortioxatean, promethazine. They're the psych meds that I take. I take medication for my physical health as well, but that's not really what I'm talking about today. To me, taking medication is like someone using a crotch. They've got a broken leg. Are you going to tell that person not to use a crotch and just deal with them? No, you're not. So why is it that it's okay to say to someone that they shouldn't be on all the medication they're taking, which they take for a valid reason? Why is it that people have such a backwards way of thinking about medication? If someone needs medication for their mental health, we should try and support that person, not put them down for it. I see it a lot on TikTok as well, where people say, I take such and such medication, and they comment to all, you shouldn't take that. It's dangerous, it's a bad medication. Speaks to your doctor about coming off it. What people don't realise is these medications save lives. I know for me that the medication I take has been a big help with things. Having an open conversation about medication is something that should be done more. People shouldn't have to be afraid to talk about medication, because it's not a shameful thing to need. Anyway, that's all I've got for this video. If you have any thoughts or things you'd like to say regarding this subject, leave it in the comments down below. If you haven't seen yesterday's video, I'll leave you a link up there. Yeah, thanks for watching, and thank you for supporting me. Peace.