If you shake a soda bottle and open it, it gushes out a highly pressurized stream, the same thing applies to emotions. When you bottle up your emotions and hide them away from people, if you try to open up, you bombard the individual with your emotions in an outburst. Society looks down on these eruptions of mental distress. As a consequence countless Americans suffer from a mental health disorder at a point in their lives, and having no outlet for their feelings, they cannot open up and reveal who they really are on the inside. Therefore society's views of mental health issues prevent people from seeking help, because people with mental disorders feel uncomfortable sharing with others due to the fear of others' scrutinizing them, and are pushed by social media to create a perfect image of themselves. 

According to mental health professional, Ken Thakkar “More so than any other illness disease, mental health disorders are subject to intense scrutiny and even discrimination” (1). This shows that even though people have resources and people to express their mental distress they fear that they will be scrutinized and shunned by the people they trust. Of 45 million Americans battling mental health conditions less than half seek help. Studies show that “56% of individuals report discomfort talking to even friends and family about mental health-related issues. That number skyrockets to 84% when talking to an employer, according to MentalHelp” (Thakkar 2). When people feel that there is pressure from others like friends, family, and employers, to make themselves better, they feel unsure if they can trust a person with personal information like mental health. 

In short, society's views of mental health issues prevent people from seeking help.

In modern times there is no emphasis on helping people who have mental health issues and if left unkempt it will grow into a problem larger than we can handle, at that point there is no turning back on the mistakes we have made and the pain we could have eased. The past is not something to look on with regret or shame, it is something we all have to accept and learn from.