YES.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Can't tell if trolling or just aggressively agreeing...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Lol im " aggressively agreeing"

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Awesome alliteration, I assume you acknowledged?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes. Derpity dur dur?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

:)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

THANK YOU.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes, it's quite sad too because most people don't even realize they have problems. Like my old step mom had schizophrenia and bipolar disease really bad and wouldn't accept help because she said she wasn't crazy.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's sad how people treat mental illness differently than regular illness. If your child has diabetes, you get upset, and worried, but you don't judge your child or debate whether your child is "faking it" or "needs medication", but if your child is depressed suddenly it's a completely different story.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's exactly it, Staci. I, personally, was diagnosed with a mood disorder a couple of years ago. When people say I need to "Get over it," it just infuriates me. It can happen to anyone, much like any other disease. Also, I'd just like to thank everybody for getting this on the home page.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

People say "get over it" the most with depression. It pisses me off SO MUCH. It's not that you're just "sad" that's not the way depression is being used in this context, there is an imbalance in your brain that you need to take medication for. Or when they say anorexics should "just eat" or people who cut are "just looking for attention" like ok, maybe they are, but you don't see how someone cutting themselves just for a bit of attention should be taken seriously?? This is slightly off topic: but it pisses me off when people with medications don't use them right. I had a friend who wouldn't take his pills (I think for anger?) when he was getting fucked up off another kind of pill (percs, oxys, zanis) and he would not freaking listen to me when I told them those kind of medications don't work by popping a pill then poof all better, you need to take them every day all the time for them to work, and skipping half the days of the week doesn't cut it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I completely agree. Another thing is when people overuse "depressed". They claim to be depressed over a trivial thing such as losing their phone, only to suddenly be magically cured 15 minutes later. And I also am prescribed medicine - there's LOTS of stigma there. Oh, they're taking pills for their arthritis? Fine, no problem. But if they take pills for a chemical imbalance, they're automatically classified as "insane" or whatnot.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My school has "Best buddies" which is where you have lunch with the special ed kids. It's a really nice program, but it really isn't enough.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

As does mine..unfortunately, I couldn't agree more. It's definitely a good start, but that's all it is. A start.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

There was a discussion in one of my classes today about this. People with mental illnesses are seen as 'different' and are convinced by society to be ashamed of needing therapy, and that they are weak for not just 'getting over it.' it's a serious issue, and the way society looks at mental illness/disability causes people to literally kill themselves or other people in extreme cases.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes yes. A girl became afraid of me at a mental hospital because I had schizophrenia. And well I said I was seriously homicidal. Maybe I am insane but I certainly don't mind it because it provides the world with unimaginable differences that make society fascinating.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yes yes. A girl became afraid of me at a mental hospital because I had schizophrenia. And well I said I was seriously homicidal. Maybe I am insane but I certainly don't mind it because it provides the world with unimaginable differences that make society fascinating.

by Anonymous 12 years ago