I Believe People Misunderstand Mental Illness

As a a person who struggles with depression I have encountered ridiculous comments about mental illness. My sister has said I dont look l öl e im depressed. Then, she's also said that people should stop exaggerating and even mentioned...

I have some mental illness...no psychiatrist can agree on WHAT I have...for awhile I was bipolar, either type II or type I, have your pick...for some reason bipolar disorder has become very trendy...lots of celebrities have it. People...

How many of you have ever dealt with depression before? I remember when I was 19 and very depressed about life.  I felt like it had no meaning, and I did not know who I truly was.  I was at a carwash one day talking to a female friend...

I get so frustrated by people who say they don't believe in mental illness. Just because you don't understand something or you haven't personally experienced it doesn't mean it is made up. It's like saying "I don't believe South...

My dear sister opened my eyes to the fact that I was defining myself very negatively.I had been "mad" or "crazy".

She pointed out I was overwhelmed with grief when my Dad died,I reacted as you would expect,couldn't sleep,mood swings...

I know that mental illness exists because I'm living with it and have always lived with it. I was abused as a child. I suffer from severe PTSD , panic attacks, and Diassociative Disorder. It exists!

I was diagnosed with psychosis last year. I often would hear and feel things that were not there. Like spirits speaking to me and feeling of someone touching me or hitting me in the back of the head. I had visions and thought I was...

Growing up, I was surrounded by many family members with a colorful palette of mental illnesses. I have mentioned that my mom has MBP and she has a few other disorders that are sort of rare (so I won't mention those as to keep some...

When I try to tell people that I'm "sick" and they go like ... "what? cancer? hiv?" and I say "no... no, it's more like mental sickness" they shy away a little and always think of me like a paranoid...

After not having a job for around a year & a half or so...and I've never held down a job--due to social anxieties, if you want a deeper side to my story, keep reading my other blogs that I've posted. Anyway, it's like I do not wish to...

I have a beautiful, stunning, and brilliant young little sister, who has turrets, it seems people find it so hard to understand that it is indeed an actual disease, and she truly can not control what she does or says, the poor little...

We are always told to accept ourselves for who we are. And to be comfortable with ourselves. But I suffer from OCD and this gets me bullied a lot. So I know I'm irrational about things but I can't help it, and it's hard to be...

It really angers me that people like to make derrogotary remarks about people who seek help for depression and/or other mental disorders. EVERYONE has some type of mental disorder.  Some are just worse than others.  No one asked to...

I found this out when I was in my mid twenties...so many went running away from me, or wouldn't empathise if I was having a bad day.
My Dad still doen't understand why I don't work full time (my meds wear me out, plus I get stressed...

I've been struggling with my mental illness for years. From suffering from deep depression to listening to instrusive thoughts, I've been dealing with this issue on my own and hiding it from the world. Ever since I could remember, I...

i just listened to a one hour lecture by robert sapolsky which made me feel less isolated and misunderstood with the depression that i deal with. i still believe a lot is not understood,but i like how he emphasizes that when you have a...

People use the term crazy to define mental illness.  I don't believe that is an accurate term to use.  Mental illness is a true illness.  It has many different forms and the symptoms vary from person to person.  It is not something...

I once had a patient with schizophrenia approach me at the hospital where I worked who insisted that I was his father. His own father had left the family when he was a small child and he never knew him. In his mind for a time, I was...

 three things can really help a person who is 'diagnosed' with any form of mental illness.
the first and foremost and most important things is LOVE, UNCONDITIONAL AND ETERNAL.
never underestimate how much LOVE can help a person...