Happened to come across this singer by the name of Amy Winehouse and a song she wrote called "Rehab". It's a song about how people have been forcing her to go into rehabilitation because of her "dark" ways. (Sex, Drugs, Alcohol). I think it's quite interesting. Here's part of the lyrics:

They tried to make me go to rehab but I said 'no, no, no'
Yes I've been black but when I come back you'll know know know

I ain't got the time and if my daddy thinks I'm fine
He's tried to make me go to rehab but I won't go go go

I don't ever wanna drink again
I just ooh I just need a friend
I'm not gonna spend ten weeks
have everyone think I'm on the mend
It's not just my pride
It's just til these tears have dried

Sometimes people like to think there is nothing wrong with them when actually the fact is something is very wrong with them. You see, it's like when a friend tells you, "Do you want to see a doctor? I can get the contacts for a psychiatric doctor or you can get referral to see a mental health specialist?". One's first reaction will naturally be, "There is nothing with me! I don't need to see no specialist!" Well, the person gets defensive, and offended to a certain extend, yet this defensive stance reveals how this person IS in need of some kind of professional help and he/she knows it very well.

But we don't like the idea don't we? Didn't they say only sick people see doctors? "I am not sick. So why should I see a mental health specialist?" Then there are those who see seeing seeking psychiatric help as a form of weakness. "I need to see a psychiatrist/counsellor cuz there is something wrong with me, how will my friends/family view me when they come to know about it?"

Then again, the world is changing, Seeing a psychiatrist or a counsellor no longer is something to be ashamed of. Checking yourself into a rehabiliation centre recognises the fact that you need help and want to be helped. Yet, how does one open to a complete, total stranger and bare his/her heart out? I can't do it. That I know for sure.

Staring into the Abyss,