Posted by Bubbaleh on January 5, 2004, at 6:14:22
In reply to Will somebody please tell me what normal is?(rant), posted by socialdeviantjeff on January 5, 2004, at 1:49:53
Jeff, I hear you. It does not seem fair that when just about everyone deviates from the norm, we are the ones who get labeled "abnormal." The best way I know of to address this problem is to join NAMI, National Association for the Mentally Ill, an organization that tries to fight stigma. For instance, they teach people to do presentations in schools about brain diseases, they organize marches, they lobby in Congress and in state legislatures for health insurance parity, etc.
On a personal level, though, I know that this suggestion does not address the slights we experience in everyday life. I fight hard to not absorb the anti-psychiatric patient prejudice I see in my everyday life. But it is so hard!!
Talk to you later. Take care!
Bubbaleh
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