Mental Health

Recently I've had to deal with a lot of anxiety issues, my own and those of others as well. A lot of people have come to me when they go through anxiety attacks or just feel overwhelmed because they know I get it. While I'm an understanding person there are many people out there who don't understand, and those who will never understand. Most of those people have never had an anxiety attack or they're from an older generation. Whatever the reason for not understanding it, those who don't understand often make dealing with anxiety a lot harder.
I, myself, have been called crazy, stupid, overly sensitive and melodramatic for having anxiety attacks. Every time I would hear this it would make me feel like those other people were right and maybe I was just crazy for having an anxiety attack. Maybe I was overly sensitive and I needed to get myself under control before I made them feel more uncomfortable. The fact is that isn't the case. While everyone that has anxiety problems or another mental health problem needs to find a way to deal with it you should never feel bad or apologize for it. There are so many people in the world that face this issue (it's actually very common) and they shouldn't feel crazy for it. Of course the lack of sensitivity to mental health issues relates back to a lack of education.
Most people who just write off others as crazy because they have a mental health disorder are not educated enough on the issue. Most of them are ignorant to mental health issues and the way to handle people that have one. Sometimes this is just a failure of the education system and other times it is because they refuse to learn about it. Whatever the reason, this needs to change, and fast. Society needs to learn how to react, care for and understand mental illness and various disorders. Why should they have to learn about other people's problem? Simply because millions of people suffer from these issues and as a society we cannot continue to ostracize and discriminate against others because of ignorance. Those suffering from any type of disorder shouldn't be made to feel ashamed or lose a job because there isn't proper education on mental health.