IMO this is much more complicated than "finding them a home" or providing medication. Many schizophrenics can get medication provided to them, but do not take it because of many reasons... one being the severe side effects, and another is because it is just a feature of the illness. I had a brother who was severely schizophrenic, and even with our support and his own apartment, it was still a huge daily struggle to keep him medicated and safe. Ultimately, he jumped off a bridge. RIP little bro.
i know all about there is to know about mental illness,am a severely depressed person and my daughter a schitzophernia at the age of 16yrs now 32 years.my god people who never known mental illness cannot understand a thing,but all we ask them is a place where one can feel safe, medecines and food is that so hard?.people abuse mental health patients in a such bad inhuman sometimes too.
Lithium, like every other medication, doesn't necessarily work in every case. "Lithium is helpful in 70 percent to 80 percent of people with bipolar disorder. Lithium has been most frequently and effectively used to control and prevent manic episodes in persons with bipolar disorder. Lithium has been successful in treating depression as well." toddlertime. com/med/lithium(dot)htm
This is the best video thus far Enoch video is a joke and doesn't solve the problem Make sandwishes an preach the gospel Yeah that will solve the problem for one day This is reality and it is not about Jesus or even god for that matter It is about a system that is seriously broken and needs to be repaired NOW
Good video, expressed the point without nonsense. I have to say, when I hear Ronald Reagan being praised, I remember he was the one who thought mental patients should be "intergrated into the community" and then said the homeless lived that way by choice. He was an uncaring moron and I think it is ironic that he died of alzheimers. They should have let him live on the street with the rest of the people he put there. That started our government stopping social programs to save money.
@jonesgerard Bi-polar is a very real problem and mental illness. Unless you are a neurosurgeon you cannot say that the disorder does not exist. As a project of the disorder, without my medication... my impulsive behaviors become out of control and wild, as much as I try to control them. You live with it and tell me, It's almost uncontrollable. Depends on how severe it is. I'm not an alchy, 19 year old kid here
The story of the genius schizophrenic John Nash (Movie, A beautiful mind) shows how he recovered without meds and now teaches at Princeton. He says he let God into his life.
I agree that life isnt all sunshine and constant happiness, my personal opinion is that anti-depressants for instance only deal with the symptoms and not the underlying cause of depression and here to i agree that simply prescribing medication isnt effective but everyone deserves to be happy and there needs to be more done to help those who are unable to help themselves.
I do have to disagree somewhat. In some cases, the underlying reason may in fact be physiological. I've had depression off an on for years, but the reason I became depressed is because it turned out I have OCD, but it was not known. Whether the stress induced by OCD caused it or both have a common physiological root cause is unknown, but the OCD started when I was 8 years old, so pure psychological issues are extremely unlikely.
To say pure psychological issues are extremely unlikely because of your individual circumstances is to say that the vast majority of cases are the same as yours and thats just not true, ive had OCD since i became a teenager and my mothers side of the family has a history of it, i find it annoying but otherwise cope with it ok but i wouldnt say that its the same for everyone else because thats just not true
I agree with you that undiagnosed issues makes treatment difficult...
I agree. Depending on the nature of the illness or the individual, it may very well be due to other problems. Depression by itself is a likely candidate given how widespread it is. Some people,thought, (not you) seem to want to write off all mental illness as a being the result character flaws or experience. Having been in and out of typical talk therapy for years and them having done nothing for me (and missed the OCD), I am somewhat soured on psychoanalysis.
none of these alleged mental ilnesses can actually be proven as they are all in the head. THe symptoms all contradict one another. SOme people just cannot accept being human and that. Alot of people don't understand that in order to be happy you have to be unhappy sometimes. It isnt normal to be always happy. Life on medication is not natural hapiness
Indeed you are correct-mental illness is "all in the head", but not as you suggest. There is in fact a biochemical process or dysfunction related to mental illness, and often physical symptoms manifest as well. With the advancements of MRIs and other imaging techniques, the "proof" required to legitiamize mental illness if finally available. Just as a diabetic requires insulin to properly metabolize glucose, some people require medication to modify neurotransmitters.
I can add to that, a lot of brain architecture is changed by belief.
I was very selfish as a kid, my brian didn't mature properly, my doc told me decades later I failed puberty. The fears grew in my twenties and I became alcoholic.
But I got free, my mind is still wanting to drag me down but I use a different part of my mind to dis-empower what my SELF will wants to do to me. Science has no answer because scientists don't even know the problem. There is no God pill.
Im not sure of your exact point but it seems that all it would take is for you to have a friend or family member to have a 'mental illness' for you to be more accepting, sympathetic, understanding, and therefore more well informed before making such a comment.
This is the most ignorant thing I've heard in a long time. There is a difference between being unhappy and having a mental illness. Yes, often the symptoms contradict each other, and that itself is part of the illness. Life on medication can prevent people from self harm, persistent fear, hallucinations of demonic voices, and a whole other host of symptoms. I agree it's not always the answer, but it's certainly part of it for some people. You could benefit from some education on the matter.
@AnotherAnonymousLady some people have never read or heard about mental illness, the part about chemical imbalance, the hallucinations, etc. and instead of trying to understand they try to tell the rest of the world it doesn't exist. I can't imagine NEVER meeting someone with a mental illness unless you lived in the middle of nowhere. I feel like telling them, "You remember your relatives that kept your cousin under the porch, that isn't normal." Some people actually tell themselves it's OK.
@fayik123 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research focused on the understanding of mental illness and they disagree with you. How do you figure that there isn't any proof of mental illness? It is part of life to suffer from selfish desire, that is basic Buddhism, not even close to the same thing.
I've digested so much bull shit during this election I'm beginning to doubt my sanity. I don't know what is true or lies. Apparently a trade deal/bill with Columbia is real and beneficial to some.
Please go to Yahoo and type in "Horrible Truth About Psychiatric Drugs" to see a research paper exposing these drugs. Also so the search "Documented Proof Psychiatric Drugs Shorten Lifespan". Be sure to include the quotes. You will learn information no psychiatrist will tell you. These drugs destroy fertility and libido and cause impotence and extream disphoria and obesity. The promote suicide and violence not prevent it.
This video is great, it hits true to what society is ignoring, we help countries all around the world that have people in poverty, and we are ignoring those that are here. can't tell you how moving this video is.
There is no such thing as mental illness and the only thing that causes homelees ness is the free market and lack of civil rights laws in relation to jobs and housing.
yes- very good to speak out on the plight of so called "mentally ill"- and right on that compassion and empathy lag way behind- I want to help, but dont know how- am bi-polar but a maverick and outspoken- keep up the good work!
OH GOD! I pray that you will be able to keep this video on youtube. It's excellent. It portrays our homeless, something ppl don't want to face or do much about. Yet...at xmas, ppl run into stores buying tvs and pcs.
Just a little less materialism and a little more love=giving could change it. Why are we giving to women who fornicate up "anchor baby" citizenship tickets when we should be giving to these homeless, suffering ill people? Don't vote for McCain. McCain=amnesties
I like your video, but as a bipolar patient, it is not true that we will all get better if we took lithium pills. In fact, most psyhiactric tx need constant supervision, because our bodies constantly change. Since mental illness isn't completely scientific, treating it is an art, lead first by the art of compassion. Thanks for showing yours.
"It (care in the community) didn't go exactly as planned"
It went exactly as planned. The politicians were warned about what would happen but they closed the asylums anyway knowing that many of these people would end up on the streets. It helped fund tax cuts for the rich.
good and insightful words about "The Rich" benifitting from emptying The Asylums- interesting word "asylum"- We must seek refuge from The General Public, many who even think "mental illness" is funny!
this is such a painful issue in my heart I am attempting to create a video of the social detachment which was lead by Ronald Reagan in the 60's in California.
Every legislator in every state should be required to see this video. Then we need to start addressing affordable and supportive housing options. This is a critical issue!
Great video (maybe with exception to the lithium reference) Good overall response in thread as well, with the exceptions of the first post(the presumed scientologist know it all) and the hiwea DOUBLE ZERO maggot!
@jonesgerard You must be talking about yourself. You are speaking only as someone who is disturbed could speak. Do you think your hatred of the most vulnerable is a sign of mental health?
@jonesgerard Your success and improvement is great. Good for you! Please do not refract others through your inner prism. Your pain is not theirs, your success is not theirs. You are projecting that because you are doing well, therefore there is no excuse for others. I had an alcholic mother, father, brother. They were all lost. I tried to help, change them......I was powerless. Most people are not evolved emotionally. You are too judgemental of others for my taste.
IMO this is much more complicated than "finding them a home" or providing medication. Many schizophrenics can get medication provided to them, but do not take it because of many reasons... one being the severe side effects, and another is because it is just a feature of the illness. I had a brother who was severely schizophrenic, and even with our support and his own apartment, it was still a huge daily struggle to keep him medicated and safe. Ultimately, he jumped off a bridge. RIP little bro.
lindalu22291 3 months ago
Unless antidepressent bottles has a million dollars in them?
They don't help!
Anyone ever see a depressed person that just won the lottery?
Godzie1 5 months ago
council and h/a rent is going up by 80% wakeup you going to lose your home
videos are on my page please please please watch and act now
AbortedBabysInMakeUp 10 months ago
i know all about there is to know about mental illness,am a severely depressed person and my daughter a schitzophernia at the age of 16yrs now 32 years.my god people who never known mental illness cannot understand a thing,but all we ask them is a place where one can feel safe, medecines and food is that so hard?.people abuse mental health patients in a such bad inhuman sometimes too.
janethec1 1 year ago
Lithium, like every other medication, doesn't necessarily work in every case. "Lithium is helpful in 70 percent to 80 percent of people with bipolar disorder. Lithium has been most frequently and effectively used to control and prevent manic episodes in persons with bipolar disorder. Lithium has been successful in treating depression as well." toddlertime. com/med/lithium(dot)htm
workstrength 1 year ago
How tragic and so heartbreaking.
TashaRichardsonFan 1 year ago
This is the best video thus far Enoch video is a joke and doesn't solve the problem Make sandwishes an preach the gospel Yeah that will solve the problem for one day This is reality and it is not about Jesus or even god for that matter It is about a system that is seriously broken and needs to be repaired NOW
TheTiger5150 1 year ago
we spend billions on wars and we can't help our own people..thats some weak shit
aaronamccoy 1 year ago
why cant they put these people in some sort of camp? but who would pay for it?
WonderWomanFan4life 1 year ago
Bi-polar, aka the polite medical term for self centered selfish alcoholics.
Its the new enabler alkies use to deflect attention from their real malady.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
Good video, expressed the point without nonsense. I have to say, when I hear Ronald Reagan being praised, I remember he was the one who thought mental patients should be "intergrated into the community" and then said the homeless lived that way by choice. He was an uncaring moron and I think it is ironic that he died of alzheimers. They should have let him live on the street with the rest of the people he put there. That started our government stopping social programs to save money.
azmildman 1 year ago
@azmildman
As a recovered alcoholic I can say Reagan was 100% correct, I lived homeless as a choice I made to live selfishly ignorant of societies needs.
I visit rehabs to carry the message, the latest scam ( and we drunks love scams) is to diagnose alcoholics as bi-polar.
Bipolar is honestly just a polite term for self centered alkies when its used by alcoholics and their enablers.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
@jonesgerard Bi-polar is a very real problem and mental illness. Unless you are a neurosurgeon you cannot say that the disorder does not exist. As a project of the disorder, without my medication... my impulsive behaviors become out of control and wild, as much as I try to control them. You live with it and tell me, It's almost uncontrollable. Depends on how severe it is. I'm not an alchy, 19 year old kid here
Devonpinky09 1 year ago
Actually people labeled with 'schizophrenia' do better in countries that don't have these wonderful psychiatric miracle drugs.
I trust the World Health Organization more than the drug companies pushing these drugs.
running877 2 years ago
@running877
Correct !
The story of the genius schizophrenic John Nash (Movie, A beautiful mind) shows how he recovered without meds and now teaches at Princeton. He says he let God into his life.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
These people need housing,protection and humanity not neuroleptic drugs and electroshock.
If you were poor,homeless or were abused early in life you might end up labeled mentally ill as well.
Would you want to be drugged until you had Tardive dyskenesia in the name of 'proper care'. Try getting a job or making a friend with that.
nice song though
running877 2 years ago
@running877
If I assume I know someone else's needs, I'd be playing God.
They have to arrive at a point where THEY know what they need.
Until I beat myself reasonable I was a waste of time.
I was on anti-depressents for yrs myself, it doesn't work over the long run.
But there is a way out. I did it, anyone can.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
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running877 2 years ago
I agree that life isnt all sunshine and constant happiness, my personal opinion is that anti-depressants for instance only deal with the symptoms and not the underlying cause of depression and here to i agree that simply prescribing medication isnt effective but everyone deserves to be happy and there needs to be more done to help those who are unable to help themselves.
bluesirsanchez 2 years ago 6
@bluesirsanchez
100% correct , on the money.
symptoms are only surface indicators of an underlying malady.
angst is a part of life, what if beethoven had taken anti-depressents, he wouldn't have composed the music he did. Today everything is pathologized.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
@bluesirsanchez
I do have to disagree somewhat. In some cases, the underlying reason may in fact be physiological. I've had depression off an on for years, but the reason I became depressed is because it turned out I have OCD, but it was not known. Whether the stress induced by OCD caused it or both have a common physiological root cause is unknown, but the OCD started when I was 8 years old, so pure psychological issues are extremely unlikely.
VigilanteNighthawk 1 year ago
@VigilanteNighthawk
To say pure psychological issues are extremely unlikely because of your individual circumstances is to say that the vast majority of cases are the same as yours and thats just not true, ive had OCD since i became a teenager and my mothers side of the family has a history of it, i find it annoying but otherwise cope with it ok but i wouldnt say that its the same for everyone else because thats just not true
I agree with you that undiagnosed issues makes treatment difficult...
bluesirsanchez 1 year ago
@bluesirsanchez
I agree. Depending on the nature of the illness or the individual, it may very well be due to other problems. Depression by itself is a likely candidate given how widespread it is. Some people,thought, (not you) seem to want to write off all mental illness as a being the result character flaws or experience. Having been in and out of typical talk therapy for years and them having done nothing for me (and missed the OCD), I am somewhat soured on psychoanalysis.
VigilanteNighthawk 1 year ago
none of these alleged mental ilnesses can actually be proven as they are all in the head. THe symptoms all contradict one another. SOme people just cannot accept being human and that. Alot of people don't understand that in order to be happy you have to be unhappy sometimes. It isnt normal to be always happy. Life on medication is not natural hapiness
fayik123 2 years ago
Indeed you are correct-mental illness is "all in the head", but not as you suggest. There is in fact a biochemical process or dysfunction related to mental illness, and often physical symptoms manifest as well. With the advancements of MRIs and other imaging techniques, the "proof" required to legitiamize mental illness if finally available. Just as a diabetic requires insulin to properly metabolize glucose, some people require medication to modify neurotransmitters.
almostseethru 2 years ago
@almostseethru
I can add to that, a lot of brain architecture is changed by belief.
I was very selfish as a kid, my brian didn't mature properly, my doc told me decades later I failed puberty. The fears grew in my twenties and I became alcoholic.
But I got free, my mind is still wanting to drag me down but I use a different part of my mind to dis-empower what my SELF will wants to do to me. Science has no answer because scientists don't even know the problem. There is no God pill.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
Im not sure of your exact point but it seems that all it would take is for you to have a friend or family member to have a 'mental illness' for you to be more accepting, sympathetic, understanding, and therefore more well informed before making such a comment.
bluesirsanchez 2 years ago
This is the most ignorant thing I've heard in a long time. There is a difference between being unhappy and having a mental illness. Yes, often the symptoms contradict each other, and that itself is part of the illness. Life on medication can prevent people from self harm, persistent fear, hallucinations of demonic voices, and a whole other host of symptoms. I agree it's not always the answer, but it's certainly part of it for some people. You could benefit from some education on the matter.
AnotherAnonymousLady 2 years ago
@AnotherAnonymousLady some people have never read or heard about mental illness, the part about chemical imbalance, the hallucinations, etc. and instead of trying to understand they try to tell the rest of the world it doesn't exist. I can't imagine NEVER meeting someone with a mental illness unless you lived in the middle of nowhere. I feel like telling them, "You remember your relatives that kept your cousin under the porch, that isn't normal." Some people actually tell themselves it's OK.
azmildman 1 year ago
@fayik123 The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is the largest scientific organization in the world dedicated to research focused on the understanding of mental illness and they disagree with you. How do you figure that there isn't any proof of mental illness? It is part of life to suffer from selfish desire, that is basic Buddhism, not even close to the same thing.
azmildman 1 year ago
@azmildman
" It is part of life to suffer from selfish desire"
and if that selfishness takes hold it destroys the mind and then the body.
it is at the root of all addictions, it even kills people who don't have it. Buddism knows the problem but has never had an answer.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
Thank you for taking the time to make this film. i have bipolar and it scares me to death that i will end up on the streets.
thy for bringing this to everyones attention x
pinkassexy 3 years ago
I've digested so much bull shit during this election I'm beginning to doubt my sanity. I don't know what is true or lies. Apparently a trade deal/bill with Columbia is real and beneficial to some.
irinasdude 3 years ago
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Please go to Yahoo and type in "Horrible Truth About Psychiatric Drugs" to see a research paper exposing these drugs. Also so the search "Documented Proof Psychiatric Drugs Shorten Lifespan". Be sure to include the quotes. You will learn information no psychiatrist will tell you. These drugs destroy fertility and libido and cause impotence and extream disphoria and obesity. The promote suicide and violence not prevent it.
medmatic 3 years ago
Thank you for making this... 5 stars! Perfect song choice.
DROCK51 3 years ago
This video is great, it hits true to what society is ignoring, we help countries all around the world that have people in poverty, and we are ignoring those that are here. can't tell you how moving this video is.
rgarza1772 3 years ago
why i don,t vote
silvercityblue 3 years ago
One of My Favorites, Well Done~
RLF777 3 years ago
Watch a documentary about the life of an abandoned nine-year-old Gypsy boy in the streets of Belgrade.
Just search:
Žika - Zika
obyektiv81 3 years ago
There is no such thing as mental illness and the only thing that causes homelees ness is the free market and lack of civil rights laws in relation to jobs and housing.
ChristopherClem 4 years ago
yes- very good to speak out on the plight of so called "mentally ill"- and right on that compassion and empathy lag way behind- I want to help, but dont know how- am bi-polar but a maverick and outspoken- keep up the good work!
flatted5th 4 years ago 2
OH GOD! I pray that you will be able to keep this video on youtube. It's excellent. It portrays our homeless, something ppl don't want to face or do much about. Yet...at xmas, ppl run into stores buying tvs and pcs.
Just a little less materialism and a little more love=giving could change it. Why are we giving to women who fornicate up "anchor baby" citizenship tickets when we should be giving to these homeless, suffering ill people? Don't vote for McCain. McCain=amnesties
pierrelily 4 years ago
I like your video, but as a bipolar patient, it is not true that we will all get better if we took lithium pills. In fact, most psyhiactric tx need constant supervision, because our bodies constantly change. Since mental illness isn't completely scientific, treating it is an art, lead first by the art of compassion. Thanks for showing yours.
...Sylvester
subwaysleuth 4 years ago 2
"It (care in the community) didn't go exactly as planned"
It went exactly as planned. The politicians were warned about what would happen but they closed the asylums anyway knowing that many of these people would end up on the streets. It helped fund tax cuts for the rich.
Tatlock 4 years ago
good and insightful words about "The Rich" benifitting from emptying The Asylums- interesting word "asylum"- We must seek refuge from The General Public, many who even think "mental illness" is funny!
flatted5th 4 years ago
this is such a painful issue in my heart I am attempting to create a video of the social detachment which was lead by Ronald Reagan in the 60's in California.
quotelawrence 4 years ago
Every legislator in every state should be required to see this video. Then we need to start addressing affordable and supportive housing options. This is a critical issue!
act59now 4 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
I wanna se them acting funny.
syddws 4 years ago
HOW COULD U BE SUCH A JERK UR TURD
hiwea00 3 years ago
Great video (maybe with exception to the lithium reference) Good overall response in thread as well, with the exceptions of the first post(the presumed scientologist know it all) and the hiwea DOUBLE ZERO maggot!
doninsj 3 years ago
Heartbreaking and a real disgrace on this nation.
marinello6 4 years ago 10
@marinello6
The pathologizing of selfishness is the problem.
Spoiled brats are now diagnosed as bi-polar, poor things, take a pill.
They are enabled until their behavior ruins them.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
@jonesgerard You must be talking about yourself. You are speaking only as someone who is disturbed could speak. Do you think your hatred of the most vulnerable is a sign of mental health?
marinello6 1 year ago
@marinello6
You are projecting.
jonesgerard 1 year ago
@jonesgerard Your success and improvement is great. Good for you! Please do not refract others through your inner prism. Your pain is not theirs, your success is not theirs. You are projecting that because you are doing well, therefore there is no excuse for others. I had an alcholic mother, father, brother. They were all lost. I tried to help, change them......I was powerless. Most people are not evolved emotionally. You are too judgemental of others for my taste.
marinello6 1 year ago