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Uploaded by on Apr 27, 2008

How do I deal with stigma from mental illness? I kick its ass!

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  • Some people are turds against mentally ill. Movies, books... the entertainment industy is full of them.

  • this vid is why your my fav you tuber. YOur honesty and intelligence and clear speaking on a subject that noone ever discusses because of shame. there are no easy answers,but maybe with more talk and psa's in the mainstream people will be more understanding. Great vid and hopefully you get back into your youtube groove because yuor vids are always helpful and entertaining.

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  • HI, It was nice watching your video; I will think twice now when I hesitate and hide my mental illness- I don't like hiding it either-thanks for the inspirational thoughts!

  • "{mental illness] canot be helped. It's just like having cancer or a broken arm." - Exactly. Well said. We must remedy to all the ignorance that leads to stigma.

  • People just need to open their minds... to bad that many "normal" people just function when closing most part of their own minds[personality] as once they would [assuming] open themselves to the most hidden parts of themselves they would feel the emptiness they have inside them and run scared. And what is even worse... peeps are way to often scared of what is beyond "normal"... just have an open mind...

  • I agree; dwelling on insoluble problems is pointless and being shameful of them will at least not help and probably be agitating. I believe that you should not relegate yourself to accepting that you have absolutely "no control", lest you sell your self short of the potential for any control. if one is of sound enough mind for the implications of their rational mind to conflict with the implications of the manifestations of their symptoms then absolute loss of control is not gone.

  • I guess what I'm saying is that people should not be ashamed of something they have no control over.

  • Trust me I would be happier if I weren't schizoaffective. should I be proud of my impaired cognition, hallucinations, delusions, speech difficulties, anxiety, listlessness... although I will say it is venerable to persevere through those problems, the disease itself is not praise worthy.

  • you don't know what you are talking about...clearly

  • realize that the "out and proud" approach is taken by those whom have what is taken as fault yet is not; schizoid disorders are not what those who have them would deem as innocuous characteristics, ergo there is nothing to be proud about.

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