Labels are meant for cans!

So as all of my readers now know that i was a self harmer and one with a crippling mental illness, you seem to either feel pity, inspired or totally shocked at what you have just learnt about me..but the fact is, you would be surprised that many go through this, that many are walking past you and you dont even notice them, you dont even see it in there eyes the hurt and confusion that is circling behind them!! Mental Illnesses and the people who go through them are a silent race, we do not speak of it and they do not speak of it, as fear of judgment and what the world may think of them, haunts them, therefore making the illness manifest...its like a snowball rolling down a mountain, as it keeps rolling down, its getting bigger and bigger, and as time passes and you are in the illnesses trap the same thing applies..But why must this be the case, that mental illness is something we degrade people for, something we dont encourage people to talk about and something we are more than happy to slide it under the rug than bring it out in the open...Why must this be so, shouldnt we be doing the opposite, shouldnt we be supporting our friends and being there for them?! shouldnt seeking help be envourage and not something looked at as weak and pathetic and shouldnt we stop labeling people for an illness they may or may not have?! why is our society so quick to judge and so quick to label when all it takes is getting to know the person?!