Comic Relief 2009 talks Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health.

Comic Relief 2009. People from all walks of everyday life talk about their experiences of Stigma and Discrimination in Mental Health.
Comic Relief supports the National 'Time to Change, Let's End Mental Health Discrimination' Campaign.
For more information about Time to Change , contact: http://www.time-to-change.org.uk or http://www.rethink.org
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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Comic Relief 2009
• Time To Change
• Dawn Willis
• RETHINK
• Dolly Sen
• Alastair Campbell
• Heather Payne
• Ruby Wax
• Quinonostante

[jaydoubleu1]

Well done Dawni xxx

[quinonostante]

...and YOU too! x

[ScrapyyP]

Its horrible knowing people treat people like you like this. I have Manic Depressive Bi-Polar dissorder, and watching things like this, It really gets to you. Do any of you out there know anything that can help me, other than medication?

[quinonostante]

Hi Scrappy!

There's lots of therories around what is useful in the treatment...why not contact your local MIND or RETHINK groups and see what they suggest.

[raewinkels]

I am sick of saying nothing and everyone expecting me to be ashamed of my illness. People have ignored me, left me, dumped me and grabbed at my scars and laughed at me in public. I am not ashamed and I will talk to anyone about it to help rid the world of this ignorance. Suicide is a massive problem in today's society and if people just opened their minds and talked more I am sure the suicide rates would fall. I am not a mental illness on legs, I am a human being just like everyone else!

[gregapage]

It's a good point that people with mental illness aren't dangerous.

It's almost completly self distructive.

[EatPeople4Fun1]

I know the feeling of being isolated because of mental health problems. I've had depression and psycosis. I went to a psyciatric unit for 9 months. the staff there treated me like shit, they even wrote in my medical notes about me being 'psycotic' and I was really hurt. I was treated like i was a cerial killer and isolated me from the other patients for about 5 months and could only see them about 2 times a day for half an hour at a time.

[MarioSavioTZM]

'It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society'

the ideology of our modern society is sick and it's making people sick. There is nothing wrong with any of these people.

[britgirlinoz]

excellent clip can I please use it in my training for nurses and healthcare staff?

[GodsBlessedBeauty]

@ScrapyyP I also have manic-depression. Those of us with this disorder have trouble absorbing B vitamins, which are brain food. Take a sublingual B-complex with extra B-12 liquid. Explore TrueHope's vitamin supplement EmPower Plus. The results are amazing. God bless you. Hang in there.

[NATALIE4TKD]

Anybody that has a problem with people with mental illness should be mindful of the statistic that 1 in 3 people suffer some time in their lives.. Then how would they feel about being stigmatised? Or if it was a loved one that developed a mental illness..

[thexnamelessxface]

I'd rather gnaw my own arm off then listen to people discriminate. They are annoying.

[jiggybabe66]

Thanks for your comments, Yes mental health problems is propably one of the best words to describe what you said, Your also brave to try and help other people in this way by raising awareness of what people go through. I work for the British Red Cross and meet lots of people who deal with mental health issues and I for one am very glad for someone like you

[wilderica999]

if i look at my life so far all the best people in it including my dad live with mental health problems (is that the right word?)the whole film is amazing and you were so brave to talk about your son to help other people.have watched it many times i cry every time.i go to management meetings for our mental health trust as a service user rep and i want to get all the managers and consultants to watch it.hopefully AWP trust will sign up for the campaign like others have done. take care ok ok