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| Do you think there is a greater stigma surrounding mental illness today or in the past? |
| People are more understanding of mental illness today |
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20% |
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| People are less understanding of mental illness today |
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6% |
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| People are slightly more understanding, but still aren't accepting of mental illness affecting someone close to them |
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72% |
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 Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 4:42 pm
my parents and friends all know a little bit more about mental illness now, probably because i made them, but i still think they are all in denile about it.
no one really talks about it, and no one really seems to care. maybe thats just me!?
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Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2005 7:06 pm
They don't seem to care because they know they can't understand it.
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Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 11:21 am
Mental illness is still very misunderstood by most. A lot better than it was...but still misunderstood.
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:35 am
Well, here's the things I notice:
A. People who randomly assign themselves a diagnosis
B. People who claim to know *Everything* about mental illness and conditions
C. People who automatically assume you're crazy
D. People who are nice regardless of 'illness' (a lot of these have something themself.)
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Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:04 pm
There's a rather unique sense of stigma within my family.
My mother believes that there could never be anything wrong with her daughter (me). So, when I doctor says "Hey, get it through your head. She's a Schizophrenic." my mother goes to get a second opinion. And a third, fourth, etc.
Then, after I'd been to no less than 6 psychaitrists, a neurologist and a nutritionist, my mother turned to the Church. "She's possessed. She has to be, she can't be mentally ill." she said to many Catholic priests.
My father thinks that I should be locked up if I'm remotely abnormal, because I could be dangerous, which is why he doesn't know about my diagnosis.
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