Posted by rainbowbrite on May 11, 2005, at 21:53:01
In reply to Re: mental illness stigma » rainbowbrite, posted by JenStar on May 11, 2005, at 19:31:10
How many people have you told?
-- possibly the entire world wide web LOL but I hope not hehe.
Seriouly though I am just as bad as everyone else when I think about it. In a differnet way. I detach myself from mental illness and pretend to be oblivious to it, yet at the same time defend it. A select number of friends know and my immediate family knows about me, but I dont think they understand it at all. Its like I was 'sick' and now Im cured. God forbid i ever get 'sick' again! that is part of what angers me so much. But less know I take medication.
I must admit i have seen improvement over time and I do hear about more and more distant people having illnesses. And I have also heard people try to understand someones' behavior as a mental illness as opposed to being 'strange' so that is improvement, but still it has a long way to go.
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