Recently, our esteemed Health Ministry tweeted this guide to coping with depression.
#Depression is a state of low mood that affects a person’s thought, behaviour, feeling & sense of well-being. One must take up activities that keep him or her boosted in order to cope with depression. #SwasthaBharat #MentalHealth #LetsTalk pic.twitter.com/UJR3X7GwL2
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) June 26, 2018
While their hearts might have been in the right place, their minds certainly weren’t. A lot of folks were up in arms about the frankly idiotic suggestions they’d provided, which treated depression less as a disease and more as a passing mood swing. We imagined what it would be like if the Ministry provided ‘How To’s’ for other ailments as well.
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Stay healthy, folks!