'The View' Panel Discusses World Mental Health Day And The Importance Of Checking In | The View

DIDN’T GET TO THAT SO WE TOOK CARE OF IT. IT IS ALSO — >> Alyssa: IT IS WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, WHICH RAISES AWARENESS OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AROUND THE WORLD AND I’VE BEEN OPEN ABOUT IT AND IT’S IMPORTANT TO GET HELP. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW NEEDS HELP WITH MENTAL HEALTH, CONTACT THE NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS HELP LINE AT 1-800-950-6262. OOPS, THAT’S 6264. >> Whoopi: GLENN CLOSE — >> Sara: WHAT’S THE NAME? >> Whoopi: BRING CHANGE TO MIND. SHE PUT IT TOGETHER 11 YEARS AGO SO I’VE BEEN GOING EVERY YEAR AND LAST

NIGHT WAS THE BRING CHANGE TO MIND FUND-RAISER AND RYAN REYNOLDS GOT THE ROBIN WILLIAMS LEGACY OF LAUGHTER AWARD WHICH IS THE AWARD I GOT FROM THEM A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THANK YOU. THERE’S LOTS. >> Sunny: IN PARTICULAR? >> Whoopi: TEENS, FOR EVERYBODY. BECAUSE GLENN’S NEPHEW AND SISTER HAD BEEN SUFFERING REALLY FOR YEARS AND, YOU KNOW, WE’RE ALL GOING THROUGH IT, YOU KNOW. YOU CAN PRETEND THAT YOU’RE NOT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT EASY. THESE DAYS ARE NOT EASY THAT WE’RE GOING THROUGH, AND CHECKING ON YOUR MENTAL HEALTH IS REALLY IMPORTANT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE SITTING

BEHIND ME. >> Alyssa: I THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN THE CONTEXT OF WHETHER WE SAY ISRAEL OR UKRAINE, IF YOU’RE WATCHING HORRIFIC

ATROCITIES TAKE PLACE, I THINK IT WEARS ON ANY OF US. >> Joy: IT DOES. >> Alyssa: I FOUND MYSELF HAVING NIGHTMARES. WE CAN’T TURN A BLIND EYE BUT WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR INSIDES. >> Whoopi: YES, BECAUSE THEY — THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GO AWAY. THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE. >> Sunny: THEY JUST CAME OUT OF A PANDEMIC, HAVING JUST COME OUT OF TWO YEARS OF THEIR LOVED ONES DYING AND NOW THEY’RE SEEING

THIS. IT’S — >> Joy: IT’S A BAD TIME BUT I’VE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO SEE OTHER BAD TIMES. >> Whoopi: YES. >> Joy: I WAS JUST TALKING TO MY HUSBAND ABOUT WE LIVED THROUGH THE VIETNAM WAR AND HE WENT INTO THE NATIONAL GUARD. MY EX-HUSBAND WAS ABOUT TO BE DRAFTED. FRIENDS OF OURS WERE BEING DRAFTED TO GO TO A WAR THAT WAS ILLEGAL, WE FOUND OUT LATER WAS COMPLETELY ILLEGAL AND UNCALLED FOR. WE HATED LYNDON JOHNSON AT THAT TIME. AND IT WAS VERY SCARY FOR FAMILIES BECAUSE EVERY — BOYS IN THIS AUDIENCE WOULD BE CALLED

UP TO FIGHT IN THE JUNGLE. IT WAS BAD THEN TOO. WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS. >> Whoopi: EVERY 25 YEARS, IT GETS NUTTY, AND WE — IT’S EVERY 25 YEARS, AND WE GET THROUGH IT. WE FIGHT OUR WAY THROUGH. WE KEEP DOING WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO COME TOGETHER, BECAUSE IT’S BEEN BAD FOR SO MANY FOR SO LONG, SO THE ONLY WAY IT’S GOING TO GET BETTER