Most people who are struggling with mental illness are not
ready to accept that they are suffering from a mental health condition. As they do not acknowledge the very existence of a
problem, they do not tend to readily seek treatment for their condition.
Even if some patients try to get treatment for their concerned issues, they are
unable to get the appropriate care required for the betterment of their
condition. Most people are naïve and always ready to pass judgment that such
people are not ready to be treated, but it is important to understand the
reason why they do not seek help. This gives rise to a question “Why don’t
people get help?” and answering it has become necessary. Let’s take a look at
most shared reasons among the patients for not seeking help form Mental Health Services Organization:
Patients are afraid and feel shame
The feeling of fear and shame is
considered one of the most common reasons
for not going to a treatment center. People are afraid of being labeled as
mentally retarded or crazy. This discrimination and negative association
prevents people suffering from mental health conditions from seeking treatment
for their illness. Being associated a mental person does have an adverse impact
on their personal, educational, and professional life.
Patients lack insight
Most of the patients that experience mental illness are unable to see that they are suffering from one. The
fact that they believe that there’s nothing wrong with them shows that they
lack insight. As a matter of fact, there has been studies conducted on this condition
and it is termed as Anosognosia. A patient suffering from Anosognosia may think
that they are all right this is why they don’t feel the need of visiting the Mental
Health Services Organization.
Patients have no awareness of mental illness
It’s not always necessary that patients are ignorant of their medical condition. Some people do
observe the change and are concerned. However, they may lack awareness of mental illness and assume the change in
condition as a consequences of overburden.
Patients don’t want to feel inadequate
Accepting the fact that that there is something wrong may actually
make some people feel that they are inadequate. They believe that they can
manage the condition on their own and consider it as part of their personality
rather than framing it as an illness. Some people also think that if they seek
help by going to a Mental Health Services
Organization, they would be considered as inferior or weak for seeking
help from others.
Patients are not ready to discuss their illness with their doctors
It is important for a patient to share their issues and how
they feel with their doctor in order to obtain treatment for their mental
illness. However, patients with serious mental illness have a feeling of distrust, where they are not ready
to share their personal information with the doctor of Mental
Health Services Organization as they fear that they might reveal about their mental condition to everyone.
For a third person, these reasons
may seem irrelevant or may sound as an excuse for not seeking treatment, but
for a patient who is suffering from
mental illness, these concerns are valid and important to a great extent, thus
prevent them from seeking the treatment for their mental health condition.