Mental Health in the Peace Corps

As you can tell by the title of this blog, today
I want to chat about mental health. Specifically, mental health as a Peace
Corps Volunteer.
Statistically speaking, mental health disorders affect a shit ton of people each year (give or take a shit ton) and some of those people are Peace Corps Volunteers (yep, those are real stats).
I’ve wanted to talk about this issue for some time now, but until I’d been in Peace Corps over a year, I didn’t feel 'experienced' enough to address this topic. Now that I have lived the ins and outs of mental health in the Peace Corps, I feel able to talk about this issue with more authority (for lack of a better word).
Edit: I've since written an update to this post, which you can read here.
WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH?
According to MentalHealth.gov, “Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.” The Ma…
Statistically speaking, mental health disorders affect a shit ton of people each year (give or take a shit ton) and some of those people are Peace Corps Volunteers (yep, those are real stats).
I’ve wanted to talk about this issue for some time now, but until I’d been in Peace Corps over a year, I didn’t feel 'experienced' enough to address this topic. Now that I have lived the ins and outs of mental health in the Peace Corps, I feel able to talk about this issue with more authority (for lack of a better word).
Edit: I've since written an update to this post, which you can read here.
WHAT IS MENTAL HEALTH?
According to MentalHealth.gov, “Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act. It also helps determine how we handle stress, relate to others, and make choices.” The Ma…