I've been mentally ill in the past, after a breakdown in 1976. And it IS real. I was 360 degrees different than my normal self. All kinds of delusions, and attempted suicide. There is an intricate balance of chemicals and hormones in the brain. Once they are thrown out of whack, the mind simply does not function normally.
I live with the effects of mental illness and think you did a lovely job. While I agree with parts of many of the comments below, I think we can all add to the discussion. Sometimes I feel like owning the "label" as a means of self-empowerment, sometimes I want to cast it aside and not have any labels at all: I am a person. I change how I feel. Nonetheless, I live with this condition [these conditions, I should say] just as much as I live with epilepsy. Well done.
You stupid ass! If you seriously have hope for humanity and think people who single out others for being screwed in the head are simply gonna disappear, you must have a 2nd scrotum in the place of your brain!
I would caution against advocating that every extreme mental state a person experiences, should become a disease diagnosis, also because that kind of stigma on one's medical record could come back to haunt them, in a world where discrimination is real & our private records are in real danger of becoming someone else's comodity or a means for them to control us.
Consider also Big Pharma & the Big corporate medical insurance establishment & Co. who seeks to profit as much as possible by turning every single problem or adversity a human being experiences into a disease that can be 'cured' by the administration of some toxic experimental 'medicine'.
@transduality There are alternatives to the prescription drugs. My sister was cured of her mental illness with the aid of a naturopathic physician I found. But because she had already been on the drugs for ten years, the natural therapies, ( herbal hormones, other herbs and vitamins), had to be combined with the hard drugs. The side-effects disappeared, and she is still doing great. But for mental disabilities not caused by physical abormalities, these remedies may be ineffective.
A new vocabulary is needed, one that instead of stigmatizing someone from being different from the norm, has the ability to empower, & that helps overcome limitations with positive language. The energy would be better focused on enabling these folk to live their lives as fully as possible, by working to change prejudicial attitudes in general, rather than complain of not being properly labeled as sick by society.
I liked the video for bringing attention to the issues presented & intolerance, but if I may offer some constructive criticism, I would have to point out that the principal way in which society stigmatizes people who are faced with mental differences & challenges is first by the depreciative use of words such as illness, disease, disorder, dysfunction, disability, deficit, & other that imply deficiency or a lack of normalcy.
I'm 14 years old, and I have a problem, I sometimes see faintly and it goes to better after i keep watching at the same place, but that's becaouse of Mentallity i know, yes I've got an headache, sometimes i am much angry, Mentally Drain, and I still have the problem for 3 weeks now, And I sweat way too much, can anyone help me please?
we all are having it in one way of enother...because we are so in a absurd fearing state that w simply believ fiction etc etc , if you have a hoax in the media that tommorp the soul collector is comming only with words there are miljons in selfdestructmode
As a person with Aspergers, I agree that the stigma against autistic people and others with mental illness should be eliminated. These individuals should be able to get the treatment and help that they need without fear. Because you will never truly understand what goes on in a persons mind unless you have been there yourself.
Awesome!!! I have been dealing with stigma for 10yrs now...It is..terrible. I too am taking the fight against stigma. I started a cause 2 days ago on facebook.
You did such a great job, especially with the words, I love this and am going to post it on my FaceBook. I think the US may even be worse than Canada about stigma. I mince no words, I am not ashamed. God made me this way and I will deal with it the best I can (I am bipolar and have OCD) - the rest can watch and learn.
Unbelievably good!me and my dad's flatmate had bipolar and earlier this commited suicide, my dad found him. I wish that I had found this clip to show him that he wasn't alone and that I could have helped him more. Amazing.
I, Max Rafael Waller, with the help of a mental health professional will practice to forgive myself, others and especially to find gainful employment.
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'm so glad I watched this! I've been diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder for almost a year now, and I still have days when I believe the stigma that my illness is not real. But I've got a great support system (family) who help keep me in check... This video was very educational and helpful for understanding my own condition. THANK YOU!
I work with ppl with mental illnesses. I'm board president of a drop in center with ppl with mental illnesses go and hang out. They do arts and crafts, surf the internet, watch TV and just be around ppl like them that understand. I have depression, Anxiety disorder and panic disorder. May is what we call mental health month so I'm here getting more info 2 spread around 4 ppl like us so that they won't feel alone.
Everything is a 'mental illness.' Do you think too much or you get bored doing dull stuff, you have ADD or ADHD. Do you occasionally get worries about stuff, then you might have Anxiety disorder, do you feel depression, and then you do not, you have Bipolar Disorder. Present Psychiatry is a Pseudo-science, and many natural things are now an illness.
This is simply excellent, well done. I have suffered with depression, anxiety and panic attacks on and off for 6 years and am touched by this video. Many thanks.x
Whatever dude ive seen so many people overcome addictions the just dont want help my grandfather was an alcoholic and some of my family drink but not addicted so the theory of genes is false pal
Well i kinda like the video but there are a few things that are wrong alcohoics and druggies do not have an illness they choose to drink or do drugs the people who really have a mental disorder cant help it or choose
@MrShem73 I have to disagree, as they have identified genes that can cause a person to be more likely to become addicted to substances. It is true that a person can choose to use drugs, but once they become addicted, there is nothing they can do about it.
Remember stigmata also indicate the presence of god.
That aside, corporatized institutions, SCAMH especially, talk big about removing, while actually reinforcing stigmas and old stereotypes: madness is all bad, we can transform it, WE have the RIGHT, MAD PEOPLE want and need TRANSFORMATION, so LET'S!
Remember stigmata also indicate the presence of god.
That aside, corporatized institutions, SCAMH especially, talk big about removing, while actually reinforcing stigmas and old stereotypes: madness is all bad, we can transform it, WE have the RIGHT, MAD PEOPLE want and need TRANSFORMATION, so LET'S!
can I point out that munchausens is not a proven disorder , this label has been used to accuse thousands of parents wrongfully of abuse . There are rarely parents harming their children in circumstances in line with a profile of so called symptoms . However these cases are rare . The munchausens accusations or the modern witch hunts have destroyed thousands of loving , innocent families .
Although I believe that it is important to talk about mental illness to destigmatise it, at the same time, it shouldn't be put in the same box as cancer or diabetes because the treatment for those illnesses are so very different. Mental illness is challenging to treat in that patients cannot be forced to take treatment because it would violate their personal freedom, yet they may not be making rational decisions. Mental illness is very complicated and should be distinct from other diseases.
As much as I agree with addressing stigma associated with mental illness, it is very different from physcal illness. Perhaps the general public shouldn't consider it different from physical illnes (i.e. blaming the ill person is certainly not appropriate), but there are a lot of issues with treating mental illness that are due to the fact that it is VERY different from physical illness. For example, treatment is often rejected by patients because the illness prevents them from trusting doctors.
First of all I want to say thankyou for posting this! I've been sharing this video like crazy, and crying everytime I watch it because you've given me somthing my family couldn't ACCEPTANCE,and UNDERSTANDING...If not for stigma I would be treated like a person when I go to the hospital for a physical problem..but the minute they see you take medication... even the doctors don't look you in the eye. I meen these ppl are doctors and they aren't even educated enough to show respect to ppl like me
I suffer from Bipolar disorder, and struggle with it everyday of my life. On top of that, I deal with my own worries added to by stigma in society, in my own family, and by so-called 'friends'. I cried throughout this whole video.
Overall, I believe that this was well done and well presented. I'm also impressed that it has prompted a conversation, and a strong desire for further information.
Small constructive feedback: 'mentally ill people' should be changed to person first language. People aren't their illness(es). Also, Gender Identity Disorder should be taken off, as it will not be in the DSM-V, nor should it be.
I'm also extremely impressed by how many views this has had. We all know someone, or are that one
@Angellicationify, you say for a true mental illness to be diagnosed one must be clean for two years for brain chemistry to "normalize" enough for a proper diagnosis. I find that very interesting. Please tell me where you've got your information because I want to research that source.
The Arizona shooter, Jared Loughner was a liberal pothead. In order for a true mental illness to be diagnosed one must be clean for two years for brain chemistry to normalize enough for a proper diagnosis. The left is trying to blame it entirely on mental illness now that it has been established that he was a liberal. (see my About Me for link)
At first the left not only blamed Palin & Beck for the shooting but campaigned to revoke Palin’s right to freedom of speech.
@Angellicationify yah, um "potheads" and his mental illness are deffinitely not related . Every pot smoker I know, which is ALOT, are pretty frickin mellow.
I have a few clinical diagnosis's and take a number of medications and so what I fear is the possible damages done to me from the medications them selves.The mind is a complex system including glands and chemical producing elements so I wonder some times if the medications may damage these elements.
Lovely pictures.. well presented and thankgod i;m not the average person after reading some of this. the problem .. is finding your own solutions .. lovely pictures and great music! half way there lol x
People with mental health problams are treated very bad in canada, I feel ashamed to be born in north america, the good thing of all this is that, people one day will have to give an account of their shameful and pathetic actions that hurt gods children before being condemed, in one way these actions that people take will catch up with in their lives.
really good video. several months ago i quit going to our county mental health agency because they treated me like dirt! i was part of that system for many years and now that i am out of there i feel SO much better. i am almost 54 years old i dont think we are treated any better now that we were years and years ago. there is just more information out there about mental illness and its talked about more but people are still treated horribly. thats my opinion after 54 years.
a good video likes i suffer form bi polar and ocd so i know what its like my only problem with it was how you said our disorders could be "managed" and "controlled" :/ x
@notafriendofbill this might tell and be your answer? x Lovely pictures.. well presented and thankgod i;m not the average person after reading some of this. the problem .. is finding your own solutions .. lovely pictures and great music! half way there lol x
I saw that movie, "Milk." Harvey Milk helped destroy discrimination with many actions, including encouragement of homosexuals to "come out" so that people would understand that gay people are part of everybody.
I think people will benefit when mentally ill people "come out" so that people understand that we are a part of everybody. I'LL COME OUT TO BENEFIT EVERONE. I, Elizabeth Gerrity, have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Multiple Personality DIsorder, and a Traumatic Brain Injury.
After withdrawl from 12 years Paxil, I'm taking 1200 mg. magnesium p.d and that helps me a lot. Farmaceutical "medicine's" don't help you at all. All they do, is taking you're money and lie about they're produkts. They will ruin you.
I've done a lot of research about anti-depressants and I asure you, that the're no positive results to find, exept from the people who are using AD and are convinced they use the right medicine, untill one day they'll wake up and realize how much damage these legalised drugs have done.
NO, the farmaceutical industry's decided to call it mental illnesses. We are human beiings and we have to face good times and bad times. You are not ill if you feel depressed, that's a part of live.
The farmaceutical industry, psychiatrits and MD's labels you as mental ill, so they can put you on anti-depressants. Drug's , like anti-depressants and many vaccine's will damage you're brain irreverseble.
@Annelies19532 It would be great if you would do some research before you post again. You obviously have no clue about the reality of bi-polar or schizophrenia.
@Annelies19532 Of course we are human beings, we have to face the good with the bad. BUT not all people are afflicted with actual DEPRESSION. The depression you think you know, that ALL human beings feel, is NOT DEPRESSION it's called "being in a rut" DEPRESSION is when you no longer feel the will to live. You feel BLANK, NOTHINGNESS, NUMB! I'd like to know your background since you've done so much research. U don't even know how 2 spell PHARMACEUTICAL. We don't "wake up" w/o our meds..WE DIE!!
I am going to be writing a term paper soon about the negative outcomes of individuals who have been identified by a mental health diagnosis. One aspect I will include is stigmatization but I was wondering if you could provide me with direct references to those statistics you added in your video (you should really cite that kind of stuff). Thanks.
once upon a time, there was a psychopath who genetically engineered a group of people to see things and experience things. If you don't survive, you won't live. That doesn't make sense, but I've had a variety of experiences that makes me think that. The whole point of them labeling me over and over is to control me because I'm a deviant. I won't live. I've bitten the apple. LoL lol
If your thoughts and behaviors interfere with your life you might have a mental illness. I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and agoraphobia. Its not about being different it is about the disorder of the mind. When you can no longer control your behavior, your emotions, your sense of reality, then you have major fuckin problems.
thank you thank you...Today i posted my own 2 minute video about me running for District Health Board here in New Zealand. I've lived and managed Bi Polar disorder for 25 years. I to campaign to eliminate stigma...
Utne Reader; "Your Brain is an Ecosystem, Not a Machine" This is not, as some people might suspect, merely a new form of political correctness (e.g., “serial killers are differently assertive”). Instead, research from brain science, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, sociology and the humanities demonstrates that these differences are real and deserve serious consideration.
This incident has happened to me 3 times in the past 15 years. While in a restaurant a "mental health center" bus pulled up. When the first person got his tray he looked around and his eyes met mine thru the corwd and he smiled @ me and sat at my table. When my table was full the "patients" started to pull up chairs. The supervisor noticed and rushed to save me! When I told her it was ok, she smiled and said bless you, and I said, they already have! They could sense my problems.
@kattiequeen *People act badly but quit using your so called "illness" as an excuse. *
WOW now what does that remind me of hmmmm.....OH THATS RIGHT, all the christians telling me I'm only an atheist so that I can do bad things. Funny how all you idiots seem to know us so well that you can actively make the claim that we use all these things as excuses to be bad people.
@YAttic You are a worthless piece of shit, no, thats an insult to shit, you don't even deserve to be compared to the worst scum on this planet. Hitler was a better person then you, you stupid cunt.
Once I was a vol. for special ed, I have always accepted others for who they were &where they came from.I never realized one day I would be someone who would be looking in their eyes. I thought everyone was created to be different, everyone has problems & I feel that the ones that express them in their own way are far more better than the ones that dont. I was abused in the hospital, mistreated out, lost custody of my oldest daughter, fired for the first time due to the forced meds, etc.
Once I was a vol. for special ed, I have always accepted others for who they were &where they came from.I never realized one day I would be someone who would be looking in their eyes. I thought everyone was created to be different, everyone has problems & I feel that the ones that express them in their own way are far more better than the ones that dont. I was abused in the hospital, mistreated out, lost custody of my oldest daughter, fired for the first time due to the forced meds, etc.
Once I was a vol. for special ed, I have always accepted others for who they were &where they came from.I never realized one day I would be someone who would be looking in their eyes. I thought everyone was created to be different, everyone has problems & I feel that the ones that express them in their own way are far more better than the ones that dont. I was abused in the hospital, mistreated out, lost custody of my oldest daughter, fired for the first time due to the forced meds, etc.
i think you are doing your best in trying to support people. i got the idea. My brother have schzophrenia. We are trying to support him our best. Let him free and be himself. What we've been through are very hard. Especially in a poor country like mine. No support from the state. No community care organization. Very lonely. We fail many times.
I LOVE MY BROTHER. I did hate what happened during his accute condition. But now he is better. He still nice, warm and funny person as before :-)
i think you are doing your best in trying to support people. i got the idea. My brother have schzophrenia. We are trying to support him our best. Let him free and be himself. What we've been through are very hard. Especially in a poor country like mine. No support from the state. No community care organization. Very lonely.
I LOVE MY BROTHER. I did hate what happened during his accute condition. But now he is better. He still nice, warm and funny person as before :-)
i think you are doing your best in trying to support people. i can understand your idea. My brother have schzophrenia. We are trying to support him our best. Let him free and be himself. What we've been through are very hard. Especially in a poor country like mine. No support from the state. No community care organization.
I LOVE MY BROTHER. I did hate what happened during his accute condition. But now he is better. He still nice, warm and funny person as before :-)
Yeah, I'm stigmatized. Mostly, it's from the so-called "professionals" who really don't have a clue, except to mask symptoms and make people "manageable" to medical personnel! I'm old enough to remember when the fact that I'm Queer was a "mental illness" to shrinks. I won't be put in chemical restraints, thank you. I take responsibility for my behavioral health challenges. I embrace my madness as a gift: I can see what many cannot. I don't WANT you to fix me! Civil Rights 4 all!
@rriverstone1 Oh and I guess those "so-called professionals" are wrong about epilepsy, tourets syndrome, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, depression and the myriad of other mental illnesses that people have. The fact that your gay is an inherent property, do your fucking research, their are actually genes that cause someone to be attracted to the opposite sex, same sex or both, like me. That is completely different to chemical imbalances and all other causes.
@vikeyev1 They're wrong about a lot, because the focus is on what is WRONG with, not different about, people. They do not look at the people, but the DSM. They Rx w/out knowing consequences. Maybe the society is toxic & making people sick, but they ignore human pollution, while feeding us drugs that shorten lifespans! It is a sick culture
@rriverstone1 Do you have any evidence or citations to state that the drugs they put the mentally ill on shorten their life spans? Wait, wait, wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. Tell me a short list of drugs that bi-polar and schizophrenics are on, and then tell me how these drugs shorten their life span and then show me citations for a peer reviewed paper that agreed with that notion.
@vikeyev1 BOOKS @ amazon: 1) Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent 2)The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug
Websites: psychrights, mindfreedom, theicarusproject, etc. google search much info online
@rriverstone1 Yeah, here's the thing, all of the above websites and books are not scientifically tested hypotheses, they are just the opinions of idiots. Check out these articles, all of which have been published in scientifically peer reviewed journals.
Genome wide linkage (about the genetic link in bipolar)
heterogeneity of treatment effects in schizophrenia (about the effects of medications)
@vikeyev1 "Idiot" is an epithet, a slur, against people with behavioral health challenges. I thought this was about ending stigma? Can you debate the subject without sloppy thinking, personal attacks & epithets?
@rriverstone1 There have been thousands of studies done on mental illness and the medications for them, and your going to discount all of them for a couple of books and websites written by people who have never actually done any scientific study into the fields which they are writing about. That my friend is plain stupid and very stigmatic, this is why mentally ill people get angry when people like you say the crap you do. We have a very rough life and need support, people like you dont help us.
@rriverstone1 Yet you still have done no scientific studies into what you claim, you have not submitted any evidence for peer review, so your argument carries no stock whatsoever.
@vikeyev1 "Stupid" is an epithet, a slur, against people with behavioral health challenges. I thought this was about ending stigma? Can you debate the subject without sloppy thinking, personal attacks & epithets?
@rriverstone1 Stupidity and mental illness are two very different things, DO NOT confuse the two. Secondly do not make yourself out to be a victim of stigma by being called stupid, you know as well as I that I wasn't in any way referring to mental illnesses.
@vikeyev1 We ex-inmates do not have the big PhRMA lobby funding the drug pushers have; it is difficult for us to fund research at their level, but go to PsychRights, where he has DOZENS of articles re: shortened lifespan.
@rriverstone1 As I said before thousands of scientific studies have been done on this subject, none of the articles your mentioning are peer reviewed. The "so-called experts" as you put it, have evidence, you do not.
@rriverstone1 * the focus is on what is WRONG with, not different about, people. *
Usually when someone either hallucinates, has delusions, has epileptic fits, wants to harm themselves, wants to harm others, obsesses fanatically over nothing, gets extremely paranoid over everything, makes involuntary body movements or sounds and a myriad of other things, professionals don't need to focus on what's different. What's different is quite apparent, what's wrong with them on the other hand isn't.
Thank you for this video. I stay in my room with my dog these days. I blame myself constantly for my illness and the "mess" that is me. This video helped me to feel not so alone. Thank you so.
I constantly blame myself for my illness, and find it so hard to leave my room anymore. I have a dog that is my best friend. Thank you for sharing this video, I will be watching it alot, thank you so much.
I agreee My parents are ignorant prejudice and hateful towards me I am a brain injury survivor as soon as I got out of the hospital my siblings moved out bc they didn't want to be a retard's brother. Now my family wants me dead, when I am depressed all they buy is soda and fatty deadly junkfood. Then they say things like before you used to make us so proud. = [ I hate my life.
Beyond the label should also be about not creating new diseases to push more pills..And when you glorify all your triumphs some of us can tell about your failures...
the stigma is partially to blame from the history of asylums and the practice still being used today. The left wingers that think they are heroes by trading in nut wards to live on the streets under rules that are worse than Nazi Germany are no better.
and a lot of selfish assholes get misdiagnosed and meds make them tamer and that contributes to the stigma and does nothing to help the ones that need it too. it is a variety of problems.
I deal with psychotic mania and I am high functioning and fine, it makes me different and is scary sometimes but the "big picture" is that this is supported by more than just the uneducated... the industry that is aimed at helping people is a big fat scam too and the ones that help tell you to get out of the system because they want to really help people not make a check.
Hi, check out my song i did about mental illness, its called Hectic mental illness. Leave feed back of where i can improve it, and what you think.cheers
I can understand why some people with neurological problems like autism are offended when labeled as having a mental illness.Why can't we just accept people for who they are instead of telling them how they should be? We're all human and we have our demons and limitations. I'm not saying that there is no room to improve and that we shouldn't try to thrive in the world but why pathologize people because they don't conform to some defined "norm"? The best place for the DSM is in the trashcan.
This was a beautiful video... it was very emotional and true- we must educate, and that is the only way that we can encourage those with mental illnesses to seek help. Just a wonderful video that gives people hope.
Best video seen so far on this subject,I was diagnosed with bipolar at age 17 now 50 yrs old.Have been down a long journey and heard alot of things along this path,some cruel things and others with true concern! I am a born again christian have been since my first break down in 1978.I know God is good and there for me in all things in this life so I give HIM Praise for all I have experienced! LOOKING for MORE TRUE CHRISTAINS with BIPOLAR to talkwith,hope 4 a response soon! LOVE u all!! Diamond
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So you want the stigma to stop?? How about not labeling people who are having problems as "brain diseased". Maybe if the professionals looked at people more like human beings instead of blaming it on the brain will this victim mentality stop. People act badly but quit using your so called "illness" as an excuse. You can't help how you feel but quit blaming your "disorder" on the negative consequences of your actions. Take responsibility for your actions and learn from them.
Thank you for demonstrating what stigma is first hand. Imagine what someone with a mental illness/disorder or brain injury must go through with people like this in their lives.
@lifestarmedic1 Thanks for the video, and yes, the stigma caused by ppls ignorance can be totally devestating and destroy people. If "some people" could only walk in the shoes of those they are judging, or live the life they have lived, they would finally understand. (I thought most ppl understood "chemicals" actually change in ppls brains, either inherited, or by being exposed to abuse or neglect) Thanks again for the video to try to help ppl understand :)
@lifestarmedic1 Thank you so much for everything your doing, I can't possibly express the gratitude I have for what your doing. I wish I could show you how much this means to me. I was wondering could I mirror this video and how do I mirror it on my channel? I hope you truly know how good what your doing is. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
@muse54 For your information I am educated. I've lived it. I still experience depression and do struggle with it every now and then. I don't wish anybody to experience what I did including yourself. I know you can't snap out of it. As long as you want to call yourself a victim with a disease you will stay stuck. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. I have gotten a little better without drugs but it wasn't a quick fix. It was hard work. I took responsibility and didn't call myself a victim.
@kattiequeen Look, I am not going to argue with you. I am not a victim. I have never allowed myself to wallow in my illness nor hide it. I don't know what you are experiencing and you don't know what I am...Actually, I do wish that for one week everyone could have bipolar disorder and OCD and see how they handle it. I work on it everyday, Katie. When your brain chemicals get mixed up, you get sick. I am functioning now, I am fairly stable. I am thankful. God bless.
@muse54 You're right. I will never understand what you go through. We are all different and nobody can totally understand what another person goes through. I am sorry about what you go through with bipolar and OCD. I'm sure it can be hell. Nobody asks to be that way.I felt compelled to comment because of my experience and what has helped me and not helped me.I know that my opinions clash with most people's on this forum.I am glad you are doing better.Keep up the good work.
@kattiequeen yeah, because your choices are somehow separated from your brain? if your brain is malfunctioning, and you don't know what is real and what is not, what is right and what is wrong, then who the hell are you to say you'd be able to handle that just fine? do you possess some special powers the rest of humanity doesn't?
In other words: there would be no mental illness if people would give eachother space to express themselves. If you cannot express yourself honestly because you are limited by your direct relationship with your parents, teachers, "friends" do NOT blame the so-called mental ill one for adjusting his nature to one of grief.
@NoZenIsZen You are kidding, right? I have more than enough 'space,' it doesn't change my disease. Staying away from people helps, especially people like you.
@muse54 Please do stay away from, that is what i'm trying to say. But stay away too from so-called "experts" who tell YOU what you are. You truly believe you have a disorder because somebody told you so, the "expert" who isn't there to listen to you as a individual but just there to label people? Children nowadays get label'd if they revolt against ideas and teaching on school, WHO are the true sick? The thing is, it is a natural reaction to an unnatural and negative environment....
@NoZenIsZen Repression of your true nature does NOT work, and our insane society does everything it does to repress individual human beings, who, if they do not jump trough the hoops get repressed and in cases label'd. No wonder you think you got a disorder, if you get treated like one, you're gonna get estranged and even convinced that this is the case. So by your own insecurity you'll act in goolish ways away from who you REALLY are. I'm not biting on you, i'm sick of the world of lies!
@NoZenIsZen I really don't understand what you mean. No one has to tell me that I am sick for me to know that, I have always known that. It does not make me less of a person.
@NoZenIsZen Thank you. I'm so glad somebody feels the same way I do. The "experts" don't want to look at you as a person. They just want to pathologize you instead of empower you. No wonder so many people struggle with mental issues.
To show love to these people is the best medicine along with help, compassion and understanding. The golden law --love thy neighbor as thy self --THE CREATOR
Great video. I have some different views, though. I think that mental illness is just a myth in itself. Illness is a "deviation from a clearly defined norm." In other words, the symptom of hepatitis could be inflammation of the liver. A symptom of schizophrenia is delusions. Difference? Inflammation of liver is physical - we can touch it. Delusions are beliefs. Sure, there may be a "chemical" thing going on in the brain, however, did the delusions cause it or did it cause the delusions?
It takes one person to have a bodily disease. If your liver is inflamed, you can't deny it. It takes TWO people to have a mental disease (illness). It takes an "observer" to form an opinion of our beliefs to decide if it's true or not.
Mental illnesses are considered "abnormal" but who decides what normal is anyway? Society? If my liver doesn't function properly, I'll inevitably die w/o treatment. If I believe I'm being chased by the FBI, and you "know" I'm not - it's not hurting anyone!
@SwitchingTheTime Like what came first, the chicken or the egg? It is really a mental disorder and yes, the illness causes the symptoms just like a sick gall bladder. Check it out, the brain is an organ, the one that controls your whole body.
What an informative 10 minute video of something I could have read in 2 minutes or less.
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I've been mentally ill in the past, after a breakdown in 1976. And it IS real. I was 360 degrees different than my normal self. All kinds of delusions, and attempted suicide. There is an intricate balance of chemicals and hormones in the brain. Once they are thrown out of whack, the mind simply does not function normally.
london2z 1 month ago
I live with the effects of mental illness and think you did a lovely job. While I agree with parts of many of the comments below, I think we can all add to the discussion. Sometimes I feel like owning the "label" as a means of self-empowerment, sometimes I want to cast it aside and not have any labels at all: I am a person. I change how I feel. Nonetheless, I live with this condition [these conditions, I should say] just as much as I live with epilepsy. Well done.
ANarrowBridge 1 month ago
You stupid ass! If you seriously have hope for humanity and think people who single out others for being screwed in the head are simply gonna disappear, you must have a 2nd scrotum in the place of your brain!
TheLegendaryGeoff 2 months ago
I would caution against advocating that every extreme mental state a person experiences, should become a disease diagnosis, also because that kind of stigma on one's medical record could come back to haunt them, in a world where discrimination is real & our private records are in real danger of becoming someone else's comodity or a means for them to control us.
transduality 3 months ago
Consider also Big Pharma & the Big corporate medical insurance establishment & Co. who seeks to profit as much as possible by turning every single problem or adversity a human being experiences into a disease that can be 'cured' by the administration of some toxic experimental 'medicine'.
transduality 3 months ago
@transduality There are alternatives to the prescription drugs. My sister was cured of her mental illness with the aid of a naturopathic physician I found. But because she had already been on the drugs for ten years, the natural therapies, ( herbal hormones, other herbs and vitamins), had to be combined with the hard drugs. The side-effects disappeared, and she is still doing great. But for mental disabilities not caused by physical abormalities, these remedies may be ineffective.
london2z 1 month ago
A new vocabulary is needed, one that instead of stigmatizing someone from being different from the norm, has the ability to empower, & that helps overcome limitations with positive language. The energy would be better focused on enabling these folk to live their lives as fully as possible, by working to change prejudicial attitudes in general, rather than complain of not being properly labeled as sick by society.
transduality 3 months ago
I liked the video for bringing attention to the issues presented & intolerance, but if I may offer some constructive criticism, I would have to point out that the principal way in which society stigmatizes people who are faced with mental differences & challenges is first by the depreciative use of words such as illness, disease, disorder, dysfunction, disability, deficit, & other that imply deficiency or a lack of normalcy.
transduality 3 months ago
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I'm 14 years old, and I have a problem, I sometimes see faintly and it goes to better after i keep watching at the same place, but that's becaouse of Mentallity i know, yes I've got an headache, sometimes i am much angry, Mentally Drain, and I still have the problem for 3 weeks now, And I sweat way too much, can anyone help me please?
FTorresDdrogba 3 months ago
This is such a wonderful video, really well done. I had schizophrenia and I am also desperate to break down the stigma attached to it.
johnjusthuman 4 months ago
fantastic......having diagnosed with about 26 different forms of "mental illness", I'm really glad to see this. The music's great too!!!!!
elchoroad 5 months ago
look at 2012 how much alternative different armageddpons do we have ... that we are doing ourselfes in a vortex of fear on internet
dennisjo88 5 months ago
we all are having it in one way of enother...because we are so in a absurd fearing state that w simply believ fiction etc etc , if you have a hoax in the media that tommorp the soul collector is comming only with words there are miljons in selfdestructmode
dennisjo88 5 months ago
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Countneutral14 5 months ago
Well done! Excellent choice of music! Thank you for putting this together & bringing awareness.
jmsmiles7 6 months ago
As a person with Aspergers, I agree that the stigma against autistic people and others with mental illness should be eliminated. These individuals should be able to get the treatment and help that they need without fear. Because you will never truly understand what goes on in a persons mind unless you have been there yourself.
mondenkindqueen 6 months ago
Awesome video!! Well done!!
Jason69B 6 months ago
Awesome!!! I have been dealing with stigma for 10yrs now...It is..terrible. I too am taking the fight against stigma. I started a cause 2 days ago on facebook.
alice69ification 7 months ago
@alice69ification what is the name of your facebook cause? I would love to support it!
CCSMama31 2 months ago
@GW445 You are an idiot.
muse54 7 months ago
@muse54 And..You are ignorant.
alice69ification 7 months ago
@alice69ification Why do you say I am ignorant?
muse54 7 months ago
@muse54 You must be ignorant to the fact that we are all human no matter what illness we have.
alice69ification 7 months ago
You did such a great job, especially with the words, I love this and am going to post it on my FaceBook. I think the US may even be worse than Canada about stigma. I mince no words, I am not ashamed. God made me this way and I will deal with it the best I can (I am bipolar and have OCD) - the rest can watch and learn.
muse54 7 months ago
I actually have a mental disorder, I just joke around about it. It makes me feel more accepted. But yeah it sucks. I almost teared watching this.
gamerbiatch911 7 months ago
Unbelievably good!me and my dad's flatmate had bipolar and earlier this commited suicide, my dad found him. I wish that I had found this clip to show him that he wasn't alone and that I could have helped him more. Amazing.
kiikiilouise 7 months ago
darn, i have social anxiety disorder, having this while being in high school sucks, most people think i have a mental retardation
jshullaw 7 months ago
I, Max Rafael Waller, with the help of a mental health professional will practice to forgive myself, others and especially to find gainful employment.
airforcemax 8 months ago
Great job on the video! We support you on your campaign to bring awareness to the world on mental illness :)
bhsolutions 9 months ago
I wouldn't list GID as a mental illness, since it's a physical disorder.
But nevertheless, fantastic work.
TheEscapedBalloon 9 months ago
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! I'm so glad I watched this! I've been diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder for almost a year now, and I still have days when I believe the stigma that my illness is not real. But I've got a great support system (family) who help keep me in check... This video was very educational and helpful for understanding my own condition. THANK YOU!
jeremyfrancis 9 months ago
I work with ppl with mental illnesses. I'm board president of a drop in center with ppl with mental illnesses go and hang out. They do arts and crafts, surf the internet, watch TV and just be around ppl like them that understand. I have depression, Anxiety disorder and panic disorder. May is what we call mental health month so I'm here getting more info 2 spread around 4 ppl like us so that they won't feel alone.
Wincest1011 9 months ago
Have shared this....it is an awesome video....thank you.
MirrorAlter 9 months ago
Everything is a 'mental illness.' Do you think too much or you get bored doing dull stuff, you have ADD or ADHD. Do you occasionally get worries about stuff, then you might have Anxiety disorder, do you feel depression, and then you do not, you have Bipolar Disorder. Present Psychiatry is a Pseudo-science, and many natural things are now an illness.
KevZen2000 10 months ago
This is simply excellent, well done. I have suffered with depression, anxiety and panic attacks on and off for 6 years and am touched by this video. Many thanks.x
msminx71 10 months ago
Whatever dude ive seen so many people overcome addictions the just dont want help my grandfather was an alcoholic and some of my family drink but not addicted so the theory of genes is false pal
MrShem73 10 months ago
Well i kinda like the video but there are a few things that are wrong alcohoics and druggies do not have an illness they choose to drink or do drugs the people who really have a mental disorder cant help it or choose
MrShem73 10 months ago
@MrShem73 I have to disagree, as they have identified genes that can cause a person to be more likely to become addicted to substances. It is true that a person can choose to use drugs, but once they become addicted, there is nothing they can do about it.
nickelpest 10 months ago
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Remember stigmata also indicate the presence of god.
That aside, corporatized institutions, SCAMH especially, talk big about removing, while actually reinforcing stigmas and old stereotypes: madness is all bad, we can transform it, WE have the RIGHT, MAD PEOPLE want and need TRANSFORMATION, so LET'S!
NOT so fast, MAITRES!
socialconscience100 10 months ago
Remember stigmata also indicate the presence of god.
That aside, corporatized institutions, SCAMH especially, talk big about removing, while actually reinforcing stigmas and old stereotypes: madness is all bad, we can transform it, WE have the RIGHT, MAD PEOPLE want and need TRANSFORMATION, so LET'S!
NOT so fast, MAITRES!
socialconscience100 10 months ago
can I point out that munchausens is not a proven disorder , this label has been used to accuse thousands of parents wrongfully of abuse . There are rarely parents harming their children in circumstances in line with a profile of so called symptoms . However these cases are rare . The munchausens accusations or the modern witch hunts have destroyed thousands of loving , innocent families .
ktmstiggy 10 months ago
Mental illness affects 1 in 4 and the ignorence and bias surrounding it can be deadly
GRIMSBONIAN13 10 months ago
Although I believe that it is important to talk about mental illness to destigmatise it, at the same time, it shouldn't be put in the same box as cancer or diabetes because the treatment for those illnesses are so very different. Mental illness is challenging to treat in that patients cannot be forced to take treatment because it would violate their personal freedom, yet they may not be making rational decisions. Mental illness is very complicated and should be distinct from other diseases.
HappyColouredMarbles 10 months ago
As much as I agree with addressing stigma associated with mental illness, it is very different from physcal illness. Perhaps the general public shouldn't consider it different from physical illnes (i.e. blaming the ill person is certainly not appropriate), but there are a lot of issues with treating mental illness that are due to the fact that it is VERY different from physical illness. For example, treatment is often rejected by patients because the illness prevents them from trusting doctors.
HappyColouredMarbles 10 months ago
Artaud said authentic madmen go mad out of a superior sense of honour.
I emphatically agree.
socialconscience100 10 months ago
There are only three true reasons for mental illness.
(1) the fear of losing a loved one
(2) the fear of not being able to earn money
(3) the fear of having to earn money while a loved one is dying
EMOTIONALLOGICABLE 11 months ago
@EMOTIONALLOGICABLE Uh.....that doesnt make any sense. Only three reasons. Do you know anyone with a mental illness. Because it sounds like you dont.
mpcolorado1421 8 months ago
@mpcolorado1421 I see people with mental illnesses every day
EMOTIONALLOGICABLE 7 months ago
what I heard from the doctor at emerge the other night as I was walking out was-we shouldn't have to deal wth ppl like that.
me-ppl like what???
doctor-no answer
she was shocked that I heard her
So I made a complaint, this was during mental health awareness week
Sorry for the rant! Just had to get it out there
WE ARE ALL HUMAN RIGHT
think746 11 months ago
First of all I want to say thankyou for posting this! I've been sharing this video like crazy, and crying everytime I watch it because you've given me somthing my family couldn't ACCEPTANCE,and UNDERSTANDING...If not for stigma I would be treated like a person when I go to the hospital for a physical problem..but the minute they see you take medication... even the doctors don't look you in the eye. I meen these ppl are doctors and they aren't even educated enough to show respect to ppl like me
think746 11 months ago
I suffer from Bipolar disorder, and struggle with it everyday of my life. On top of that, I deal with my own worries added to by stigma in society, in my own family, and by so-called 'friends'. I cried throughout this whole video.
Thank you. It was good to see.
MsLydzy 11 months ago
Overall, I believe that this was well done and well presented. I'm also impressed that it has prompted a conversation, and a strong desire for further information.
Small constructive feedback: 'mentally ill people' should be changed to person first language. People aren't their illness(es). Also, Gender Identity Disorder should be taken off, as it will not be in the DSM-V, nor should it be.
I'm also extremely impressed by how many views this has had. We all know someone, or are that one
entropycompton 1 year ago 9
@Angellicationify, you say for a true mental illness to be diagnosed one must be clean for two years for brain chemistry to "normalize" enough for a proper diagnosis. I find that very interesting. Please tell me where you've got your information because I want to research that source.
DenoJoe2Def 1 year ago
It would be good to know the long term effects of psychotropic medication. Specificly Resprodal, Cogentin, Welbutrin, ect.
DenoJoe2Def 1 year ago
The Arizona shooter, Jared Loughner was a liberal pothead. In order for a true mental illness to be diagnosed one must be clean for two years for brain chemistry to normalize enough for a proper diagnosis. The left is trying to blame it entirely on mental illness now that it has been established that he was a liberal. (see my About Me for link)
At first the left not only blamed Palin & Beck for the shooting but campaigned to revoke Palin’s right to freedom of speech.
Angellicationify 1 year ago
@Angellicationify yah, um "potheads" and his mental illness are deffinitely not related . Every pot smoker I know, which is ALOT, are pretty frickin mellow.
mpcolorado1421 8 months ago
I have a few clinical diagnosis's and take a number of medications and so what I fear is the possible damages done to me from the medications them selves.The mind is a complex system including glands and chemical producing elements so I wonder some times if the medications may damage these elements.
teed60 1 year ago
Great words, images and songs.
ivan2riches 1 year ago
Lovely pictures.. well presented and thankgod i;m not the average person after reading some of this. the problem .. is finding your own solutions .. lovely pictures and great music! half way there lol x
karensheraton 1 year ago
People with mental health problams are treated very bad in canada, I feel ashamed to be born in north america, the good thing of all this is that, people one day will have to give an account of their shameful and pathetic actions that hurt gods children before being condemed, in one way these actions that people take will catch up with in their lives.
TheEman29 1 year ago
really good video. several months ago i quit going to our county mental health agency because they treated me like dirt! i was part of that system for many years and now that i am out of there i feel SO much better. i am almost 54 years old i dont think we are treated any better now that we were years and years ago. there is just more information out there about mental illness and its talked about more but people are still treated horribly. thats my opinion after 54 years.
corgi4me 1 year ago
a good video likes i suffer form bi polar and ocd so i know what its like my only problem with it was how you said our disorders could be "managed" and "controlled" :/ x
XxAmyAlchemyxX 1 year ago
This is an excellent video; my only problem with it is that there are a number of misspellings. For me, this distracts from the impact of the video.
notafriendofbill 1 year ago
@notafriendofbill this might tell and be your answer? x
karensheraton 1 year ago
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@notafriendofbill this might tell and be your answer? x Lovely pictures.. well presented and thankgod i;m not the average person after reading some of this. the problem .. is finding your own solutions .. lovely pictures and great music! half way there lol x
karensheraton 1 year ago
This is a wonderful video and it should be shown all over
hopefulmodel 1 year ago 6
I appreciate this video and it makes me feel hope.
sonya837 1 year ago
I saw that movie, "Milk." Harvey Milk helped destroy discrimination with many actions, including encouragement of homosexuals to "come out" so that people would understand that gay people are part of everybody.
I think people will benefit when mentally ill people "come out" so that people understand that we are a part of everybody. I'LL COME OUT TO BENEFIT EVERONE. I, Elizabeth Gerrity, have Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Multiple Personality DIsorder, and a Traumatic Brain Injury.
anutuk 1 year ago
Thanks for doing this, very clear and well thought out!!!
starcoat 1 year ago
After withdrawl from 12 years Paxil, I'm taking 1200 mg. magnesium p.d and that helps me a lot. Farmaceutical "medicine's" don't help you at all. All they do, is taking you're money and lie about they're produkts. They will ruin you.
Annelies19532 1 year ago
wendysan,
I've done a lot of research about anti-depressants and I asure you, that the're no positive results to find, exept from the people who are using AD and are convinced they use the right medicine, untill one day they'll wake up and realize how much damage these legalised drugs have done.
Annelies19532 1 year ago
NO, the farmaceutical industry's decided to call it mental illnesses. We are human beiings and we have to face good times and bad times. You are not ill if you feel depressed, that's a part of live.
The farmaceutical industry, psychiatrits and MD's labels you as mental ill, so they can put you on anti-depressants. Drug's , like anti-depressants and many vaccine's will damage you're brain irreverseble.
Annelies19532 1 year ago
@Annelies19532 It would be great if you would do some research before you post again. You obviously have no clue about the reality of bi-polar or schizophrenia.
wendysanfilippo 1 year ago 2
@Annelies19532 Of course we are human beings, we have to face the good with the bad. BUT not all people are afflicted with actual DEPRESSION. The depression you think you know, that ALL human beings feel, is NOT DEPRESSION it's called "being in a rut" DEPRESSION is when you no longer feel the will to live. You feel BLANK, NOTHINGNESS, NUMB! I'd like to know your background since you've done so much research. U don't even know how 2 spell PHARMACEUTICAL. We don't "wake up" w/o our meds..WE DIE!!
MSPolleewog 1 year ago
@Annelies19532 you are right.
veryfuck 1 year ago
I am going to be writing a term paper soon about the negative outcomes of individuals who have been identified by a mental health diagnosis. One aspect I will include is stigmatization but I was wondering if you could provide me with direct references to those statistics you added in your video (you should really cite that kind of stuff). Thanks.
Vavzryn 1 year ago
Thank you for this
Ismokehis 1 year ago
I love this and will be linking to an article. Thank you!
msfieldinterviewer 1 year ago
Great video! Very informative!
lydg123 1 year ago
once upon a time, there was a psychopath who genetically engineered a group of people to see things and experience things. If you don't survive, you won't live. That doesn't make sense, but I've had a variety of experiences that makes me think that. The whole point of them labeling me over and over is to control me because I'm a deviant. I won't live. I've bitten the apple. LoL lol
returnoftheramble3 1 year ago
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Stop stigma ! Tell everyone what you are suffering from.
username310758 1 year ago
What is this song called
SkyBuster3000 1 year ago
If your thoughts and behaviors interfere with your life you might have a mental illness. I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and agoraphobia. Its not about being different it is about the disorder of the mind. When you can no longer control your behavior, your emotions, your sense of reality, then you have major fuckin problems.
MSMETALBABY 1 year ago
I am mentally ill and I can't stand people who put labels on others, it is very infuriating.
BorntoPerish1 1 year ago 2
@BorntoPerish1 hey me too, i totally agree and support you! :)
idinarockswicked2 1 year ago
@BorntoPerish1 I agree, I can't stand it when people judge others for mental health issues just becaue they don't understand...
If you ever need to talk, or just someone to listen, message me anytime. I've had some mental health issues, so I know what it's like.
I'm praying for you :)
sdclub100 1 year ago
thank you thank you...Today i posted my own 2 minute video about me running for District Health Board here in New Zealand. I've lived and managed Bi Polar disorder for 25 years. I to campaign to eliminate stigma...
lynleenz 1 year ago
Huffington Post
September 2, 2010
Dr. Ronald Ricker and Dr. Venus Nicolino
Posted: September 1, 2010 07:00 AM
The Over-Prescribing of Psychoactive Drugs to Children: A Scourge of Our Times
"Furthermore, it is now clear that often we are diagnosing ordinary childhood and adolescent behavior as mental disorders"
rriverstone1 1 year ago
Utne Reader; "Your Brain is an Ecosystem, Not a Machine" This is not, as some people might suspect, merely a new form of political correctness (e.g., “serial killers are differently assertive”). Instead, research from brain science, evolutionary psychology, anthropology, sociology and the humanities demonstrates that these differences are real and deserve serious consideration.
rriverstone1 1 year ago
Oh, the second song... well, now I feel like a fool. xD
Fatcatnevercameback 1 year ago
All of those are considered mental illnesses? If that's the case, a lot of people have.
The song is "Fix You" by Coldplay, not "Our Lives" by The Calling. Or am I mistaken?
Fatcatnevercameback 1 year ago
This incident has happened to me 3 times in the past 15 years. While in a restaurant a "mental health center" bus pulled up. When the first person got his tray he looked around and his eyes met mine thru the corwd and he smiled @ me and sat at my table. When my table was full the "patients" started to pull up chairs. The supervisor noticed and rushed to save me! When I told her it was ok, she smiled and said bless you, and I said, they already have! They could sense my problems.
rongenman 1 year ago
@kattiequeen *People act badly but quit using your so called "illness" as an excuse. *
WOW now what does that remind me of hmmmm.....OH THATS RIGHT, all the christians telling me I'm only an atheist so that I can do bad things. Funny how all you idiots seem to know us so well that you can actively make the claim that we use all these things as excuses to be bad people.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
this is great but i am surprised at the number of spelling errors.
lifegardgrll2 1 year ago
this is retarded. like a baby with down syndrome
YAttic 1 year ago
@YAttic You are a worthless piece of shit, no, thats an insult to shit, you don't even deserve to be compared to the worst scum on this planet. Hitler was a better person then you, you stupid cunt.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
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Once I was a vol. for special ed, I have always accepted others for who they were &where they came from.I never realized one day I would be someone who would be looking in their eyes. I thought everyone was created to be different, everyone has problems & I feel that the ones that express them in their own way are far more better than the ones that dont. I was abused in the hospital, mistreated out, lost custody of my oldest daughter, fired for the first time due to the forced meds, etc.
dedre77 1 year ago
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Once I was a vol. for special ed, I have always accepted others for who they were &where they came from.I never realized one day I would be someone who would be looking in their eyes. I thought everyone was created to be different, everyone has problems & I feel that the ones that express them in their own way are far more better than the ones that dont. I was abused in the hospital, mistreated out, lost custody of my oldest daughter, fired for the first time due to the forced meds, etc.
dedre77 1 year ago
Once I was a vol. for special ed, I have always accepted others for who they were &where they came from.I never realized one day I would be someone who would be looking in their eyes. I thought everyone was created to be different, everyone has problems & I feel that the ones that express them in their own way are far more better than the ones that dont. I was abused in the hospital, mistreated out, lost custody of my oldest daughter, fired for the first time due to the forced meds, etc.
dedre77 1 year ago
i think you are doing your best in trying to support people. i got the idea. My brother have schzophrenia. We are trying to support him our best. Let him free and be himself. What we've been through are very hard. Especially in a poor country like mine. No support from the state. No community care organization. Very lonely. We fail many times.
I LOVE MY BROTHER. I did hate what happened during his accute condition. But now he is better. He still nice, warm and funny person as before :-)
bagush 1 year ago
i think you are doing your best in trying to support people. i got the idea. My brother have schzophrenia. We are trying to support him our best. Let him free and be himself. What we've been through are very hard. Especially in a poor country like mine. No support from the state. No community care organization. Very lonely.
I LOVE MY BROTHER. I did hate what happened during his accute condition. But now he is better. He still nice, warm and funny person as before :-)
bagush 1 year ago
@bagush There's online support. Start with theicarusproject google search
rriverstone1 1 year ago
i think you are doing your best in trying to support people. i can understand your idea. My brother have schzophrenia. We are trying to support him our best. Let him free and be himself. What we've been through are very hard. Especially in a poor country like mine. No support from the state. No community care organization.
I LOVE MY BROTHER. I did hate what happened during his accute condition. But now he is better. He still nice, warm and funny person as before :-)
bagush 1 year ago
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rriverstone1 1 year ago
Yeah, I'm stigmatized. Mostly, it's from the so-called "professionals" who really don't have a clue, except to mask symptoms and make people "manageable" to medical personnel! I'm old enough to remember when the fact that I'm Queer was a "mental illness" to shrinks. I won't be put in chemical restraints, thank you. I take responsibility for my behavioral health challenges. I embrace my madness as a gift: I can see what many cannot. I don't WANT you to fix me! Civil Rights 4 all!
rriverstone1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 Oh and I guess those "so-called professionals" are wrong about epilepsy, tourets syndrome, schizophrenia, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, depression and the myriad of other mental illnesses that people have. The fact that your gay is an inherent property, do your fucking research, their are actually genes that cause someone to be attracted to the opposite sex, same sex or both, like me. That is completely different to chemical imbalances and all other causes.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@vikeyev1 They're wrong about a lot, because the focus is on what is WRONG with, not different about, people. They do not look at the people, but the DSM. They Rx w/out knowing consequences. Maybe the society is toxic & making people sick, but they ignore human pollution, while feeding us drugs that shorten lifespans! It is a sick culture
rriverstone1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 Do you have any evidence or citations to state that the drugs they put the mentally ill on shorten their life spans? Wait, wait, wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. Tell me a short list of drugs that bi-polar and schizophrenics are on, and then tell me how these drugs shorten their life span and then show me citations for a peer reviewed paper that agreed with that notion.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@vikeyev1 BOOKS @ amazon: 1) Rethinking Psychiatric Drugs: A Guide for Informed Consent 2)The Myth of the Chemical Cure: A Critique of Psychiatric Drug
Websites: psychrights, mindfreedom, theicarusproject, etc. google search much info online
rriverstone1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 Yeah, here's the thing, all of the above websites and books are not scientifically tested hypotheses, they are just the opinions of idiots. Check out these articles, all of which have been published in scientifically peer reviewed journals.
Genome wide linkage (about the genetic link in bipolar)
heterogeneity of treatment effects in schizophrenia (about the effects of medications)
CONTINUED...
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@vikeyev1 "Idiot" is an epithet, a slur, against people with behavioral health challenges. I thought this was about ending stigma? Can you debate the subject without sloppy thinking, personal attacks & epithets?
rriverstone1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 CONTINUED...
Psychosis Endophenotypes in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder (about the link between bipolar and schizophrenia)
The Neuropharmacology of Psychosis (about how medications are therapeutic and helpful in psychotic disorders)
Neuropsychological status of bipolar I disorder:
impact of psychosis (about the impact of a history of DSM–IV-defined psychosis
on the neuropsychological status of participants)
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 There have been thousands of studies done on mental illness and the medications for them, and your going to discount all of them for a couple of books and websites written by people who have never actually done any scientific study into the fields which they are writing about. That my friend is plain stupid and very stigmatic, this is why mentally ill people get angry when people like you say the crap you do. We have a very rough life and need support, people like you dont help us.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@vikeyev1 Except the fact that "people like me" are living proof of my statement
rriverstone1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 Yet you still have done no scientific studies into what you claim, you have not submitted any evidence for peer review, so your argument carries no stock whatsoever.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@vikeyev1 "Stupid" is an epithet, a slur, against people with behavioral health challenges. I thought this was about ending stigma? Can you debate the subject without sloppy thinking, personal attacks & epithets?
rriverstone1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 Stupidity and mental illness are two very different things, DO NOT confuse the two. Secondly do not make yourself out to be a victim of stigma by being called stupid, you know as well as I that I wasn't in any way referring to mental illnesses.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@vikeyev1 We ex-inmates do not have the big PhRMA lobby funding the drug pushers have; it is difficult for us to fund research at their level, but go to PsychRights, where he has DOZENS of articles re: shortened lifespan.
rriverstone1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 As I said before thousands of scientific studies have been done on this subject, none of the articles your mentioning are peer reviewed. The "so-called experts" as you put it, have evidence, you do not.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 * the focus is on what is WRONG with, not different about, people. *
Usually when someone either hallucinates, has delusions, has epileptic fits, wants to harm themselves, wants to harm others, obsesses fanatically over nothing, gets extremely paranoid over everything, makes involuntary body movements or sounds and a myriad of other things, professionals don't need to focus on what's different. What's different is quite apparent, what's wrong with them on the other hand isn't.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@vikeyev1 didn't stop the shrinks from electroshocking, torturing, medicating us for centuries, did it?
rriverstone1 1 year ago
@rriverstone1 shut up and get educated
M111771 1 year ago
@M111771 is obviously a psychiatrist
rriverstone1 1 year ago
Thank you for this video. I stay in my room with my dog these days. I blame myself constantly for my illness and the "mess" that is me. This video helped me to feel not so alone. Thank you so.
lovstormyweather 1 year ago
I constantly blame myself for my illness, and find it so hard to leave my room anymore. I have a dog that is my best friend. Thank you for sharing this video, I will be watching it alot, thank you so much.
lovstormyweather 1 year ago
I agreee My parents are ignorant prejudice and hateful towards me I am a brain injury survivor as soon as I got out of the hospital my siblings moved out bc they didn't want to be a retard's brother. Now my family wants me dead, when I am depressed all they buy is soda and fatty deadly junkfood. Then they say things like before you used to make us so proud. = [ I hate my life.
Guitarisma 1 year ago
Great presentation, with some irony I find that those with visual dyslexia would find this very hard to read due to the colours used like I did
senseialansun 1 year ago
Shout out to people with Social Anxiety Disorder! My Youtube Channel is about Social Anxiety or Shyness and overcoming it
NoSocialAnxiety 1 year ago
Beyond the label should also be about not creating new diseases to push more pills..And when you glorify all your triumphs some of us can tell about your failures...
vnvfan666 1 year ago
@vnvfan666 This is a brilliant statement! They DO create new "disorders" constantly, to push Rxs
rriverstone1 1 year ago
the stigma is partially to blame from the history of asylums and the practice still being used today. The left wingers that think they are heroes by trading in nut wards to live on the streets under rules that are worse than Nazi Germany are no better.
and a lot of selfish assholes get misdiagnosed and meds make them tamer and that contributes to the stigma and does nothing to help the ones that need it too. it is a variety of problems.
MrSpieldose 1 year ago
I deal with psychotic mania and I am high functioning and fine, it makes me different and is scary sometimes but the "big picture" is that this is supported by more than just the uneducated... the industry that is aimed at helping people is a big fat scam too and the ones that help tell you to get out of the system because they want to really help people not make a check.
MrSpieldose 1 year ago
Hi, check out my song i did about mental illness, its called Hectic mental illness. Leave feed back of where i can improve it, and what you think.cheers
ukweightlifters 1 year ago
Good work!
d12bro 1 year ago
Simply fabulous. It's about time someone spoke up! Very well done!
Spamclub 1 year ago
I can understand why some people with neurological problems like autism are offended when labeled as having a mental illness.Why can't we just accept people for who they are instead of telling them how they should be? We're all human and we have our demons and limitations. I'm not saying that there is no room to improve and that we shouldn't try to thrive in the world but why pathologize people because they don't conform to some defined "norm"? The best place for the DSM is in the trashcan.
kattiequeen 1 year ago
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muse54 1 year ago
This was a beautiful video... it was very emotional and true- we must educate, and that is the only way that we can encourage those with mental illnesses to seek help. Just a wonderful video that gives people hope.
melsy2007 1 year ago 3
Excellent, excellent video!!
RinoaBri 1 year ago 2
Best video seen so far on this subject,I was diagnosed with bipolar at age 17 now 50 yrs old.Have been down a long journey and heard alot of things along this path,some cruel things and others with true concern! I am a born again christian have been since my first break down in 1978.I know God is good and there for me in all things in this life so I give HIM Praise for all I have experienced! LOOKING for MORE TRUE CHRISTAINS with BIPOLAR to talkwith,hope 4 a response soon! LOVE u all!! Diamond
diamondsat50 1 year ago
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So you want the stigma to stop?? How about not labeling people who are having problems as "brain diseased". Maybe if the professionals looked at people more like human beings instead of blaming it on the brain will this victim mentality stop. People act badly but quit using your so called "illness" as an excuse. You can't help how you feel but quit blaming your "disorder" on the negative consequences of your actions. Take responsibility for your actions and learn from them.
kattiequeen 1 year ago
Thank you for demonstrating what stigma is first hand. Imagine what someone with a mental illness/disorder or brain injury must go through with people like this in their lives.
lifestarmedic1 1 year ago 9
@lifestarmedic1 Thanks for the video, and yes, the stigma caused by ppls ignorance can be totally devestating and destroy people. If "some people" could only walk in the shoes of those they are judging, or live the life they have lived, they would finally understand. (I thought most ppl understood "chemicals" actually change in ppls brains, either inherited, or by being exposed to abuse or neglect) Thanks again for the video to try to help ppl understand :)
MsBunnyLove4Ever 1 year ago
@lifestarmedic1 Thank you so much for everything your doing, I can't possibly express the gratitude I have for what your doing. I wish I could show you how much this means to me. I was wondering could I mirror this video and how do I mirror it on my channel? I hope you truly know how good what your doing is. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
vikeyev1 1 year ago
@lifestarmedic1
Thanks for this movie, best wank I've had all week.
HUmarNick 1 year ago
@kattiequeen They are brain disorders and obviously you know nothing about Mental Illness. Get educated.
muse54 1 year ago
@muse54 For your information I am educated. I've lived it. I still experience depression and do struggle with it every now and then. I don't wish anybody to experience what I did including yourself. I know you can't snap out of it. As long as you want to call yourself a victim with a disease you will stay stuck. It is a self-fulfilling prophecy. I have gotten a little better without drugs but it wasn't a quick fix. It was hard work. I took responsibility and didn't call myself a victim.
kattiequeen 1 year ago
@kattiequeen Look, I am not going to argue with you. I am not a victim. I have never allowed myself to wallow in my illness nor hide it. I don't know what you are experiencing and you don't know what I am...Actually, I do wish that for one week everyone could have bipolar disorder and OCD and see how they handle it. I work on it everyday, Katie. When your brain chemicals get mixed up, you get sick. I am functioning now, I am fairly stable. I am thankful. God bless.
muse54 1 year ago
@muse54 You're right. I will never understand what you go through. We are all different and nobody can totally understand what another person goes through. I am sorry about what you go through with bipolar and OCD. I'm sure it can be hell. Nobody asks to be that way.I felt compelled to comment because of my experience and what has helped me and not helped me.I know that my opinions clash with most people's on this forum.I am glad you are doing better.Keep up the good work.
kattiequeen 1 year ago
@kattiequeen yeah, because your choices are somehow separated from your brain? if your brain is malfunctioning, and you don't know what is real and what is not, what is right and what is wrong, then who the hell are you to say you'd be able to handle that just fine? do you possess some special powers the rest of humanity doesn't?
Thrashaero 1 year ago
"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society" - J. Krishnamurti
NoZenIsZen 1 year ago
I recommend everyone to read the works of Szasz, Erich Fromm and R.D. Laing. Difference should be celebrated and never repressed!
Peace to all!
NoZenIsZen 1 year ago
In other words: there would be no mental illness if people would give eachother space to express themselves. If you cannot express yourself honestly because you are limited by your direct relationship with your parents, teachers, "friends" do NOT blame the so-called mental ill one for adjusting his nature to one of grief.
NoZenIsZen 1 year ago
@NoZenIsZen You are kidding, right? I have more than enough 'space,' it doesn't change my disease. Staying away from people helps, especially people like you.
muse54 1 year ago
@muse54 Please do stay away from, that is what i'm trying to say. But stay away too from so-called "experts" who tell YOU what you are. You truly believe you have a disorder because somebody told you so, the "expert" who isn't there to listen to you as a individual but just there to label people? Children nowadays get label'd if they revolt against ideas and teaching on school, WHO are the true sick? The thing is, it is a natural reaction to an unnatural and negative environment....
NoZenIsZen 1 year ago
@NoZenIsZen Repression of your true nature does NOT work, and our insane society does everything it does to repress individual human beings, who, if they do not jump trough the hoops get repressed and in cases label'd. No wonder you think you got a disorder, if you get treated like one, you're gonna get estranged and even convinced that this is the case. So by your own insecurity you'll act in goolish ways away from who you REALLY are. I'm not biting on you, i'm sick of the world of lies!
NoZenIsZen 1 year ago
@NoZenIsZen I really don't understand what you mean. No one has to tell me that I am sick for me to know that, I have always known that. It does not make me less of a person.
muse54 1 year ago
@NoZenIsZen Thank you. I'm so glad somebody feels the same way I do. The "experts" don't want to look at you as a person. They just want to pathologize you instead of empower you. No wonder so many people struggle with mental issues.
kattiequeen 1 year ago
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NoZenIsZen 1 year ago
To show love to these people is the best medicine along with help, compassion and understanding. The golden law --love thy neighbor as thy self --THE CREATOR
nomoepo 1 year ago 3
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valchellam 1 year ago 2
i wish sum1 cud fix me.
rpkhx 1 year ago
Everybody could have mental disorder in a particular time or a particular condition
008camhua 1 year ago
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theres no such thing as mental illness they're only trying to make money and sell drugs!! drugs fuck you up!!!
pyrexian04 1 year ago
Great video. I have some different views, though. I think that mental illness is just a myth in itself. Illness is a "deviation from a clearly defined norm." In other words, the symptom of hepatitis could be inflammation of the liver. A symptom of schizophrenia is delusions. Difference? Inflammation of liver is physical - we can touch it. Delusions are beliefs. Sure, there may be a "chemical" thing going on in the brain, however, did the delusions cause it or did it cause the delusions?
SwitchingTheTime 2 years ago
It takes one person to have a bodily disease. If your liver is inflamed, you can't deny it. It takes TWO people to have a mental disease (illness). It takes an "observer" to form an opinion of our beliefs to decide if it's true or not.
Mental illnesses are considered "abnormal" but who decides what normal is anyway? Society? If my liver doesn't function properly, I'll inevitably die w/o treatment. If I believe I'm being chased by the FBI, and you "know" I'm not - it's not hurting anyone!
SwitchingTheTime 2 years ago
@SwitchingTheTime Obviously you have never met my sister.
muse54 1 year ago
@SwitchingTheTime Like what came first, the chicken or the egg? It is really a mental disorder and yes, the illness causes the symptoms just like a sick gall bladder. Check it out, the brain is an organ, the one that controls your whole body.
muse54 1 year ago
Awesome!!!! Thank you so much for posting this :^)
thesuicidegirl121809 2 years ago