Mental health in many cultures is considered made up and often dismissed. This often leads to a gap of communication between an individual with mental illness and someone without. (see image to the left ) Only five percent of people are very comfortable talking about their mental health. Can you imagine not being able to speak with your family about a topic as important as your mental health? If physical health had all the negative stigmas attached to it as mental health does, there would not be such a big gap. It is hard for people that do not believe in mental health to see that there is a connection between physical health and mental health. 

Physical and mental health are interconnected, possibly even interchangeable. People that have a problem with their physical appearance often develop a mental illness. For example, an individual who has been diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder starts to hate their physical appearance and begins to stop caring for their health. But it can also happen the other way around: an individual who has just been diagnosed with a physical illness because of depression. The loop becomes never-ending at one point. It is important to care for your body and mind to reach a truly healthy self.