I Despise People Who Mock Mental Illness

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Posted: Mar 27, 2013 6:03 PM MT

Last Updated: Mar 27, 2013 8:06 PM MT

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There's a significant number of people who may start at a young age like I did. It always frustrated me that at 13 I couldn't have a mental disorder because I was too young. My parents used to say I just wanted some attention because I...

I was watching THE SOLOIST, a movie about mental illness, and my ex asked me what the voices in my head said to me. Hmm he doesn't have a clue. Yeah I do have mental illness but not everyone that has mental illness hears voices and...

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( She was verbally giving me shit on a question that I had posted.So when I tried to use my disability to clear things up and come to an understanding,this is what I get instead...

You know, I have more than one person in my family with a mental illness. Three that are friends and family, one autistic, one schizophrenic and the other autistic and severe bipolar. Are they different? At times, yes. But they are the...

When a person mock mental illness, it goes to proove what kind of person they really are...blue blood all the way!

Now, it doesn't bug me when people say "She's crazy/wacky/loopy" but when people say the "r" word...that gets to me.

I don't claim to be innocent, either, because I've said it a few times before in the past. Then I realized that making...

I grew up around it. My Meme took care of older people with an array of different mental illnesses. They lived with her and she would take care of them. I hope one day to do the exact same thing as her. There is nothing wrong with...

i don,t understand how ppl canmock ppl with mental illness no human being wants tobe ill,ppl do not chose to be mentally ill. in many situations ppl are ill because of their brain chemistry,now how can you blame a person who is...

I think that people who laugh at mental illness are truely thoughtless and ignorant. Having a mental disorder is no laughing matter and the person who has it is in no way to blame for the condition. It is a common misconception that...

I don't know how anyone could make fun of mental illness rather it would be bi-polar disorder, severe schizophrenia, or even depression, phobias, or Post Traumatic Stress disorder, to name a few. There are many others, but they have all...

Mental illness is not a joke. People who have this illness needs to be understand, supported.

I have severe anxiety disorder. I'm not paranoid on a normal basis , but I have paranoia tendancies when I have panic attack.  As any Dr. would tell you everyone's attacks vary depending on the person. I'd say that's true. I openly...

   First of all, let's focus on the world "illness:" it's been a long time since medicine did away with the delusion (no pun intended) that mental disorder is something a person can control. It is not a sign of demonic possession...

i just wish a lot of people would have a bit more understanding when it comes to mental illnesses!!

I've never meet anyone that suffering because of mental illness before (at least not that I know). I live in a society that believe that there are no such thing as mental illness: it's either your faith just not strong enough or you are...

It makes me so damn angry when people mock someone who has a mental illness. The people who have a mental illness, are suffering enough, and going through enough hell, but to have people mock them, and make fun of them, it makes me so...

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It isn't right.movies like "Jason the psycho" perpetuate the image that mentally ill people are all just losers, waiting in dark corners to do mayhem.It needs to stop.I know from long years of experience that today mental...