I get to be angry during Mental Health Awareness Week

I know the main reasons behind Mental Health Awareness Week are good ones.

Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation (links to MHF website), it’s an opportunity to highlight mental health issues and reach out to those who may be struggling in silence.

But in the age of social media, for many it is just another hashtag to hijack in the aim of raising their online profiles.

(People are using #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek, #MHAW and #MHAW18 on Twitter. Some of the posts using them are embarrassing in...