tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1007080544826694540.post3492884686280440211..comments2022-12-11T07:46:41.327-08:00Comments on Ramblings of a Total Bipolar Mess: What if I'm wrong?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18003176801960652764noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1007080544826694540.post-33892981942476768652013-04-27T17:52:26.520-07:002013-04-27T17:52:26.520-07:00Thank you for your passionate reply. You're ab...Thank you for your passionate reply. You're absolutely right, once a person is diagnosed as 'mentally ill', they tend to distance themselves, and that's one reason I'm so vocal about my disorder and who I am. I am more than a mental illness, and so is any other person who has one. Thank you for your strong words of support, it means a lot!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18003176801960652764noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1007080544826694540.post-80621698473716018952013-04-27T09:05:42.239-07:002013-04-27T09:05:42.239-07:00Define "wrong." Wrong about what? A ch...Define "wrong." Wrong about what? A choice? An action? A decision? A comment? Surely every person out there has questions about something done every single day in his life. If not, then that person is definitely "crazy" and "abnormal". Simply being human makes those questions come out, whether voiced or not.<br />Your posts don't ramble. They should make people take note of what's going on in their lives, not only in the lives of those with "mental illnesses." Every person in society has some degree of mental illness, whether diagnosed or not. Stress, anxiety, depression, all of these surface at some point in a person's life. It's just how it is dealt with as to whether or not it becomes an "illness." Some people go through their entire lives dealing with things on their own, never admitting they need help, so their illness is never diagnosed. Are they mentally ill? You bet they are. Are they stigmatized? No way! They're accepted by society as different, or having "issues." Their community, or family, or church reaches out to help. Once diagnosed as mentally ill, no one wants to help. It's like measles or chicken pox, they might catch it and spread it rampantly through their family until it's an epidemic.<br />People need to educate themselves and the public at large. Resources are out there. Help is out there. Quit denying the obvious and offer assistance to yourself and those who suffer from these debilitating disease. It can only be through research and education that this stigma can be wiped out.mdbeckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08867148340740988210noreply@blogger.com