{"id":2319,"date":"2021-07-29T09:41:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/29\/mental-health-memes-are-everywhere-can-they-offer-more-than-comic-relief\/"},"modified":"2021-07-29T09:41:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:41:57","slug":"mental-health-memes-are-everywhere-can-they-offer-more-than-comic-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/29\/mental-health-memes-are-everywhere-can-they-offer-more-than-comic-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health memes are everywhere \u2013 can they offer more than comic relief?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Relatable jokes about trauma can help people feel less alone, but questions remain over how therapeutic they can truly be<\/p>\n<p>When, more than a decade ago, I was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2018\/oct\/20\/feel-might-die-post-traumatic-stress-disorder-ptsd\">diagnosed<\/a> with post-traumatic stress disorder, I turned to the internet to learn more about my condition.<\/p>\n<p>Back then, the effects of trauma weren\u2019t exactly unknown, but they weren\u2019t making headlines, either. Most of the information I found was on psychology websites, but it wasn\u2019t until I went to the doctor and received my diagnosis that I fully understood what was happening to me. Public awareness of the condition was low \u2013 or at least, it wasn\u2019t something that people spoke openly about. I felt very alone.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2021\/jul\/29\/mental-health-memes-can-they-offer-more-than-comic-relief\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/7add83ee0f5313db5394c3c15d4b23e6472500a3\/0_0_1600_960\/master\/1600.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=ebb2c948e92b735455c1fee16928a5b7\" title=\"Mental health memes are everywhere \u2013 can they offer more than comic relief?\" \/>Relatable jokes about trauma can help people feel less alone, but questions remain over how therapeutic they can truly be<br \/>\nWhen, more than a decade ago, I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, I turned to the internet to learn more about my condition.<br \/>\nBack then, the effects of trauma weren\u2019t exactly unknown, but they weren\u2019t making headlines, either. Most of the information I found was on psychology websites, but it wasn\u2019t until I went to the doctor and received my diagnosis that I fully understood what was happening to me. Public awareness of the condition was low \u2013 or at least, it wasn\u2019t something that people spoke openly about. I felt very alone. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Relatable jokes about trauma can help people feel less alone, but questions remain over how therapeutic they can truly be When, more than a decade ago, I was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, I turned to the internet to learn more about my condition. Back then, the effects of trauma weren\u2019t exactly unknown, but they &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/29\/mental-health-memes-are-everywhere-can-they-offer-more-than-comic-relief\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mental health memes are everywhere \u2013 can they offer more than comic relief?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2320,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2319\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2320"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}