Posted by Angielala on January 20, 2004, at 8:32:03
In reply to Would cancer be taken so lightly?, posted by jay on January 20, 2004, at 3:41:40
Jay-
What you just said is what I chant in my head and work myself into a panic attack so often... it's one of those things that makes me the most angry about the STIGMA. I usually ask "Would you tell someone in a wheelchair that they are just asking for pity?" Maybe "normal" people don't want to see it... i just don't know...
> Not meant to offend anyone who has/had cancer, but it really irritates me that doctors, especially many psychiatrists, take mental illness so lightly. Do they not realize the global weight of mental illness, how many human-hours it takes, and the horrific toll on quality of life? This is an illness that can kill just *like* any other, and brings just as much suffering as any.
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> Ughhh..
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> /rant
> Jay
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