My country has approved the regulation of mental health law

Karol Valencia

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Published Mar 9, 2020

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How to be a Borderline Legal Service Designer in a newly born Empathetic world

By Karol Andrea Valencia Jaén (Canela_whotriestobehappy)

INTRODUCTION

Yesterday, the regulation of Law No. 30947 on Mental Health was adopted, which regulates a number of mechanisms for the protection, promotion and prevention of good mental health; (I leave the link at the end for reading)[1][2]

MY EXPERIENCE

Beyond the guidelines that have been regulated through this law and regulation, I would like to place particular emphasis on the importance that this issue has, because it shows that as a society we are being more aware and above all we begin to understand empathy and therefore to be empathetic, many acquaintances and friends told me not to say what I am going to say but encouraged by others I do #LibreDeEstigmas because it is time to normalize crucial issues such as depression, mental disorders, bullying or others to be able through dialogue and good ideas to carry out ideas, laws are only mere mechanisms if they are not made sense, to stop the present problems that we fear; taking up the yarn and in line with the humanizing impact that the #Diseño has had and being an active member of #Comunidades in my personal and professional #Transformación to become #LegalServiceDesigner... I want to tell you that for 5 years I have a diagnosis of #TLP, #Borderline and #Depresión, if I and I did follow a treatment (psychological-psychiatric) and I had a very bad time a year, but as always are more my desire to live.

It has been a complex and difficult process of self-discovery or rediscovery where I was asked what you really have, it hurts you, I don't think it's worse than such or such a disease... the fact that you don't "literally have visible wounds" doesn't mean that you didn't have internal wounds that hurt a lot and hurt something sometimes as well as wounds of the past that to this day I try to heal.

When my parents and my close environment of friends knew I received some signs of support and others of indifference or bad reactions but my best friends and my parents always supported me, the same thing did not happen at work where there were zero empathy reactions (even I lost a position I loved for my diagnosis, which I was forced to admit) except for Fernando a true leader who trained me and understood what was wrong with me, needless to say about my current leader Ivan (who detests me to call him boss) a wonderful person who the day I told him about this he told me i already knew you were special and we all are, I don't hire you because of your diagnosis but because your work is very good and your DNA fits with that of the team. (Hopefully more bosses give that confidence and response)

Many people say that it is not possible the cure Carolina Cox therapist, psychology student and endearing friend just as I believe that it is possible the cure or as I prefer to call it an attitude of constant healing (I leave the link of your youtube channel below).[3]

PEQUEÑA ANÉCDOTA:

Yesterday, Someone in my job asked to me why am I smiling all the time & I answered him...well U know everything is about attitude & make funny faces to smile of us & face any situation better.

#HakunaMatata

Anyway, I just wanted to share a little bit of my story, this is my first installment with great enthusiasm (this is in Spanish but I will also write in English and other languages) and hopefully the institutions, companies, and in general all as agents of change and responsible for the transformation of our society, let us assume the role and be more empathetic to embrace our differences as d-MENTES PERU teaches us through its[4] great content, who I follow long ago and who have invited me to collaborate with them Also.