Why is there still such a stigma in reguards to Mental Illness? Why?
I agree. Much of it comes from the stereotyping of these conditions as well I find, two of my second cousins suffer from types of severe mental illness, one can be maintained and the other is too severe, but they are on one end of the spectrum. I find most people see that someone is suffering a mental condition and automatically think these people are dangerous which couldn't be further from the truth.Mostly because people don't understand that it is an illness, not unlike any other illness, and because many people seem to think that it is a sign of weakness and someone should be able to "snap out of it", which is not accurate.
The social stigma of mental illness and the fact that it is often not taken seriously is probably my number one pet peeve.
For me, it's because it can be an easy scapegoat. I've seen people get on disability because of "depression". What a f'n joke. People often use the guise of mental illness as a blanket to cover irrationality and a lack of logic. As much of a kook Tom Cruise is, he's absolutely right in many ways. America is WAY overmedicated. Go across the pond to Europe sometime and see what portion of their population is on anti-depressants. America has become a lazy bastion of "quick-fixers" who think a magical little pill is going to give them something to take the edge off.
Now if we're talking autism or conditions that can easily be proven, that's one thing. When we start getting into all these other psychological grey areas, including the two most idiotic words in the English language - "clinical depression" - I'm less apt to believe these matchbook professors who want to simply compartmentalize people based on manipulated emotions.
I'm not giving someone a band aid for self-inflicted pain.
Maybe it's just me but I don't think of 'depression' when I think of 'mental illness"
Maybe it's just me but I don't think of 'depression' when I think of 'mental illness"
Because dealing with the mentally ill is friggin' creepy, frustrating, and potentially dangerous to both parties if one is not a licensed mental health professional, which the vast majority of us aren't.
I don't consider manic-depression to be on par with what I've talked about. I'm talking about situations where chemistry is similar to what an average person is. Clearly with manic-depression, there's a lack of insulin being produced, which is a chemical imbalance.
Having said that, I still stand by my claim. I've looked at numbers elsewhere, and they're not close. The only country I've seen with even close to the same percentages of people on the meds is Australia, and that's really just a recent phenomenon.
I need more concrete proof. As of right now, there is absolutely NO blood test that can diagnose depression, which automatically makes it sketchy in my book.
Wanna feel better about yourself? Do a sit-up. Endorphins work better than a placebo you swallow with water.
Why is there still such a stigma in reguards to Mental Illness? Why?
My cousin, who died about a year or two ago, was schizophrenic.
All her late teenage and adult life people have been trying to help her with institutionalization, counseling, medication and group home care.
The thing is that she didn't stick to any of it and was prone to jet off, leaving unheard from for weeks.
It got frustrating as hell, so everyone stopped caring.
There is only so much you can do for some of these people.
She died in a house fire, can't remember where she was living.
For me, it's because it can be an easy scapegoat. I've seen people get on disability because of "depression". What a f'n joke. People often use the guise of mental illness as a blanket to cover irrationality and a lack of logic. As much of a kook Tom Cruise is, he's absolutely right in many ways. America is WAY overmedicated. Go across the pond to Europe sometime and see what portion of their population is on anti-depressants. America has become a lazy bastion of "quick-fixers" who think a magical little pill is going to give them something to take the edge off.
Now if we're talking autism or conditions that can easily be proven, that's one thing. When we start getting into all these other psychological grey areas, including the two most idiotic words in the English language - "clinical depression" - I'm less apt to believe these matchbook professors who want to simply compartmentalize people based on manipulated emotions.
I'm not giving someone a band aid for self-inflicted pain.
Your assumption that clinical depression is caused by a lack of insulin couldn't be any more wrong.
OMG. I am so sorry for your family. I hope her parents came to terms with her death. I also know someone who's daughter is schizophrenic. It is heartbreaking, honestly. She is in a halfway house now. Has been in them before. And, then, for some quite predictable, but unknown reason, she goes off her meds. They will invariably find her in the streets somewhere hunkered down behind a dumpster hiding from her imaginary demons. One of the hardest of allll mental illnesses to treat.
Not to be a callous jerk but it was expected to happen, from her own behavior, a long time ago.
Her choices have put a great burden my aunt and being so erratic made everyone closed hearted to her situation.
One days she's in Illinois living with a man she called her husband, next week she was gay living with a woman somewhere else.
She lived a transient lifestyle, literally living all over the country.
Had 3 kids, 1 was given up for adoption, the other 2 were raised by my aunt.
For me, it's because it can be an easy scapegoat. I've seen people get on disability because of "depression". What a f'n joke.
People often use the guise of mental illness as a blanket to cover irrationality and a lack of logic. ....
America is WAY overmedicated. Go across the pond to Europe sometime and see what portion of their population is on anti-depressants. America has become a lazy bastion of "quick-fixers" who think a magical little pill is going to give them something to take the edge off.
That's what makes that disorder soooo awful. After a while, we just can't FIND any more compassion for a person who appears to be making their own hell. If I'm not mistaken, it's generally diagnosed late teens/early twenties. A perfectly normal, happy young person just goes off. Very sad. I always figure, "We go around once," ya' know? Very sad that so many of those 'trips around' are nightmares.
I'm not saying every diagnosis is bunk. However I will say that out of every 10 diagnoses of depression, at least 7 are bunk - or at least situations that can be fixed with an overhaul of diet and exercise.
From what I've seen, nations with the highest reported per-capita numbers of depression are also the ones with the highest per-capita numbers of overweight/obese people. Now you can call it a coincidence, but I call it pretty damning evidence.
I'm not saying every diagnosis is bunk. However I will say that out of every 10 diagnoses of depression, at least 7 are bunk - or at least situations that can be fixed with an overhaul of diet and exercise.
From what I've seen, nations with the highest reported per-capita numbers of depression are also the ones with the highest per-capita numbers of overweight/obese people. Now you can call it a coincidence, but I call it pretty damning evidence.