As someone who struggles with mental health, I always appreciate more accurately portrayed mental health stories on the app. It was one of the biggest reasons I wrote my first story… the way mental health is so incorrectly portrayed in so many stories. Unfortunately, for that reason, I think it would be a bad idea for a contest theme. There was a big backlash during the Queer contest over concerns with an inaccurate representation of the LGBTQ community. I fear that a mental health contest would result in a LOT of stories that romanticize and further stigmatize mental health problems.
There are quite a few good mental health stories on the app. You just have to know how to find them.
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