Nine out of 10 adults said ​they believed that there’s a mental health crisis in the US today and were asked to rate the severity of six specific mental health concerns, Americans put the opioid epidemic near the top. More than half identified mental health issues among children and teenagers as a crisis, as well as severe mental illness in adults. It also has potential to help Hispanic people and those who are uninsured, who are more likely than average to say they don’t know who to call if there is a mental health crisis and would not know where to find services. “Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate” – Carl Jung

According to the CNN and KFF poll, about half of adults say they have had a severe mental health crisis in their family, including in-person treatment for family members who were a threat to themselves or others, or family members who engaged in self-harming behaviors. More than 1 in 5 adults describe their own mental health as only “fair” or “poor,” including extra-large shares of adults under the age of 30, and those with an annual income of less than $40,000. “You don’t have to struggle in silence, you can be UN-silent. You can live well with a mental condition, as long as you open up to somebody about it.” – Demi Lovato

According to CNN and KFF survey, nearly 6 out of 10 adults who say their mental health is only fair or poor say they have not been able to get needed care, as well as about half of adults younger than 30 and LGBT adults. And for those who have gone without help, the most common reasons cited were being too busy or unable to take time off work, being unable to afford the cost, and being afraid or embarrassed to seek care, according to the CNN and KFF survey. “It is okay to have depression, it is okay to have anxiety and it is okay to have an adjustment disorder. We need to improve the conversation. We all have mental health in the same way we all have physical health.” – Prince Harry

Overall many people in today’s world struggle with mental health because of specific factors in their life that make up that sum. Some may have less than others, but we all have some stress in our lives. “I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability.” – Caitlyn Jenner