What if I told you?...

[8317rob]

some of thesse ppl that suffer from a mental illness, are very smart not all but some of them have a power for lack of a better word.

[loveskating4eva]

Okay although i have mental health problems this video is good but is annoying that it is suppost to stop the stigma pf mental health and then there are other people on here stil dissing mental health WTF have a heart!

[Amarkcalledme]

Society makes people sick... plain and simple.

All these problems are simply a byproduct of material excess, elitist idol culture and the lack of an alternative.

Drugs ( pharmaceuticals ) are not the answer, readjustment is not the answer. These people will not function within society, but our answer is "put them on drugs, monitor their thoughts and actions, and tell them how "normal" people live their lives "

It makes me feel sick.

[pshakenbake]

@Amarkcalledme I hope a family member of yours is never diagnosed with a mental illness in that case. Medications can treat symptoms, just as insulin can treat diabetes - not a cure, but a treatment... Once you have worked with people suffering then in recovery you would change your thoughts... "These people" Pfft! What are you doing to fix society - nothing, you are making derogatory comments!

[Amarkcalledme]

@pshakenbake Two members of my family suffer from manic depression ( bipolar )

and my nephew has ADHD and a sensory deprevation disorder.

I have seen first hand how medication makes their sympooms disapear, along with their personality and everything that makes them who they are.

[mypinkheaven]

Vitamins Prayer diet People need to study. Drugs are not the answer. Books on natural healing.

[Scorp308]

@mypinkheaven Mental illness is real! Vitamins and diet are not the anwer! Take your scientology crap views on mental illness some where else.

[Ragnarok187]

@Scorp308 Actually mental 'illness' is not real. It is not a 'disease'. I'm a psychology student, NOT a scientologist. I've also experienced for over 10 years about a dozen of these so called 'illnesses'. I'm telling you from a personal first hand experience and from a scientific researched perspective, these are NOT real illnesses or diseases. The emotional distress, problems, and experiences are real yes, but they are NOT an 'illness'. Tell me just one 'mental illness' drugs have cured.

[Scorp308]

@Ragnarok187 I think you are taking up the wrong field of study. If it's not real then what is it? A fabrication? Please tell me. And as for a 'cure', there is no such cure! There hasn't been a medical cure since the polio vaccine! Medication helps aleiviate the symptoms of a mental illness, combined with therapy, to return an individual to an active life. I don't know where my life would've gone if I hadn't taken anit-depresants.

[Ragnarok187]

@Scorp308 Like I said, it is not a 'disease' or an 'illness'. The EXPERIENCES one has are real, but they are not, nor ever were an illness or disease. A person feels sad for half a day its normal, but if they feel sad for a week its a disease? They label BEHAVIOURS and EMOTIONS as symptoms of a disease. They call sadness depression. Happiness/excitement they call mania. Anger they call anti-social personality. Yes, calling them diseases is a complete fabrication. A lie. Who benefits?

[moonspider7]

@Ragnarok187

Beautiful. It's so difficult to make that point isn't it? People think you're criticising the sufferer. I also studied some Psychology at Uni, but have always been interested in people's thoughts/emotions so its been a lifelong study (40+ years). The 'expert' that truly made sense to me in all those years was R.D. Laing because he came to the conclusion that it is society that is sick. Not such a radical idea if you walk around with your eyes open! Society denies we have feelings.

[Ragnarok187]

@moonspider7 Agreed completely. It's not the 'mentally ill' that are ill. It's society. Wars, famine, violence, fear. Society is diseased and so few see that. They all walk around thinking everything is perfectly wonderful, then label the 'mentally ill' as being defective or diseased. Anyone that questions the problems that plague society are called 'crazy'. The people that accept the lies and corruption that plague Mankind are called 'normal'. Our society is completely backwards and upsidedown

[Ragnarok187]

@Scorp308 As for medications, a shot of morphine alleviates the symptoms (pain) of a broken leg, but does that fix it? No. It leaves the wound to fester and reappear later. What happens then? The patient must go back for another drug hit, then another, then another, all the while the wound remains while only the symptoms are treated. Who does this help? It sure as hell doesn't help the patient, but it does benefit those who diagnose the symptoms and those who make the drugs.

[Ragnarok187]

@Scorp308 You said medication helps "to return an individual to an active life." How about getting off your ass and doing some exercise? That's active. And it's just as effective, if not MORE effective than drugs are, AND there's less side-effects and less rate of withdrawal and relapse. Or has society gotten to such a lazy, fast food, pill popping point that exercise is too hard and a pill is considered the only treatment?

Also did you know antidepressants work no better than a placebo?

[JPSheezy]

@Ragnarok187 u are completely clueless- i feel sorry for you. Do some research on mental illness, then make a comment.

[Ragnarok187]

@JPSheezy rofl keep that thought in mind over the next few weeks. I HAVE done the research and that's why I can say what I've been saying. I'm not the one that's clueless, it's those people that buy into the DSM and psychiatry that are clueless, much like you are.

So tell me, what part of what I said earlier is clueless hrmm? That psych drugs only treat the symptoms? That drugs are no more effective than placebo? Do you want the references? Everything I've said I can back up with sources.

[Sillilesshells]

@Ragnarok187 they're behavioural disorders i've heard..that right?

[Ragnarok187]

@Sillilesshells Yep you heard right. The DSM calls them behavioural disorders. Psychiatry calls them illnesses or diseases. They aren't. The psyche is a little more complex than the 'experts' say it, and a little simpler. There aren't 374 categorically different 'illnesses'.

Different events or experiences people face can have different effects on the psyche. Society is pretty skrewed up so is there any wonder more people have bad experiences which results in these psyche imbalances?

[Sillilesshells]

@Ragnarok187 yes, i wasn't a very asertive child growing up and topics like beuaty and i donno race issues really got to me over the years, i never fitted in to any group of friends and i didn't understand why and i think thats part of the eason i now have the "bahavioural disorder" generalised anxiety disorder and now i swear i have like 1% confidence You'll be gald to know it was my psychaiatrist who told me it was a behavioural disorder.

[Ragnarok187]

@Sillilesshells I'm not glad you're listening to your psychiatrist at all. They want to use labels and drugs to control people. They label behaviours and emotions as symptoms of a physical 'mental disease'. No such thing exists. If you don't fit in that's not cause you have a 'disorder'. Why weren't you very assertive as a kid? What happened? What did you experience? The events we go through shape who we are. Psychiatry labels and drugs the symptoms yet they completely ignore the real cause.

[Sillilesshells]

@Ragnarok187 no no. you got my point wrong. i didn't even have the disorder when i was a kid and i know thats notwhy i don't fit in (though now it makes it hard) all i'm saying is that society contrebutes to low self confidence which might be a factor of developing some type of disorder. nothing happend i just didn't fit in. i wasn't interested in playing with ther kids. .in my therapy there wasn't enough work done on figuring out why i actually felt those things so i agree with you there

[BuonaSera95]

@Ragnarok187 What do you call "mental illness" then ?

[Ragnarok187]

@BuonaSera95 The experiences are real, I'm not saying they aren't, but I am saying it's not an illness or disease. The DSM symptoms mostly describe differences in behaviour, emotion, or personality, none of which can be a disease. They may also be simple differences in perception or how we interact with reality, or may be a psyche immune system response to damage/trauma.

[BuonaSera95]

@Ragnarok187 Thanks for the info :)

[pshakenbake]

@mypinkheaven I encrouage vitamins, healthy lifestyle, prayer (if the person wishes) first but as a mental health nurse I see very few people recover on that alone... Is that what you tell a diabetic?!?!

[PositivePrintsPS]

Mental health workers have quite a bit to deal with. This piece does a good job bringing attention to another area society should seek to improve.

[aoisuki85]

Loved it! Short and straight to the point ^^

[WickedWitchElphaba]

Oh my god, u ignorant blockhead!

[Clubdancer14]

I WATCHED THIS IN HEALTH CLASS!!!!!!!!!!! and i love health

[VIPPersonTM]

remote mind control technology cause 50 percentage damages

[SnarkLicker]

Please don't take any chemical remedy for mental illness, whether herbal or prescription, without consulting a physician.

[BabkinsGoat]

Please consult a hell of a lot more people than a physician for craps sake.

-You can stand outside of ANY doctors office in America & see medication salesmen enter the office with a suitecase to sell his products.

Do the Doctors get "kickbacks"? for medications prescribed?

What are the long lasting effects of the drug?

Sad part is you really are on your own to monitor your own care.

[rooneyville101]

be careful with st johns wort it is a monamine oxidase inhibitor and so affects that neurotransmitter but can cause tyramine toxicity if things like strong cheese, red wine, and even marmite. do your research before taking herbal remedies

[Vikkie7]

Yeh, take valerian for the anxiety and st johns wort for the depression.

[Octophobia]

You forgot to add that most of the time herbal 'solutions' tend to have the same effectiveness as a placebo (sugar pill).

Coming from personal experience, St. John's Wort only made my bipolar symptoms worse. Greater anxiety, anger, and insomnia.

[Vikkie7]

That's where the valerian would help. Herbal 'solutions' are effective my friend, look at digitalis or cannabis. Where do you think they copied aspirin from? But if a placebo works for you, even better!

[Vikkie7]

Oh I forgot, Melissa Officinalis would be better for bi-polar than St Johns Wort as it's a mood stabiliser not an anti depressant.

[unsognoperdomani]

grazie per queste campagne. Da chi è passato, col pensiero di chi, sfortunatamente, ci passera'.

[puffyxyq]

is a video very clean, so easy also a people of different land. Thank you... good luck at every man and woman :)

[koalabbstephanie]

Very good video.