How my family and friends react to my mental illness

Yvonne talks about her family and friend's reactions to her Schizo-Affective disorder diagnosis, and how discrimination affects her life.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Schizo-affective
• disorder
• Time to Change
• discrimination
• stigma
• mental health
• mental illness
• Yvonne

[ToddBudreau]

The fact that many people you used to be your friends and acquaintances won't even acknowledge you exist, even when you reach out to them, is one of the most painful parts of having a mental illness.

[deayalas1]

I was diagnosed as schizoaffective-depressive type w/paranoid feautures along with hypothyroidism, and bipolar depression. I have very few friends and prefer it this way as I prefer to spend my time alone or with one or two people(rarely). Friend issues never got to me. Family has. My parents think I'm normal. Dad says I don't need meds, mom says I should take them cause doc says to. Overall good vid. Prejudice is real. People get scared off by what they don't understand or can't accept.

[sankofa1967]

excellent video...would be great to use with persons who are newly diagnosed and their family. thank you for uploading this, another excellent use of the internet.

[Sillilesshells]

@1982FMJ well its a still a behavioal disorder but, i have had such a shit time with anxiety and i speak " normal" and i do when i'm at home, why ? because its my comfort zone! people say whats wrong with you you sound normal. but i'm not fine, i'm agoraphobic and that is nott fine . you can sound fine or as you put it "normal person" and still have a massive problem. " and combined with physically handicapped problems" you make it sound like physical problems are..somehow more important...

[MsLAB24]

i have schizotypal add tourettes ptsd ocd etc etc am i mental, i do feel normal.. whe im ALONE hahah

[Dreameatertv]

i have mental disorder lol can some one please be there for me i have borderline personality disorder and social anxiety :(

[Squitchtweak]

@1982FMJ Ah wait you're a troll. My bad.

[Squitchtweak]

@1982FMJ What the fuck are you on about? She says it's treatable, she implies she was ill for many years but is now better. What are you saying that instead of letting people who've experienced mental illness first-hand talk about it, we should film the ones who are too ill to cope with that and explain their condition? Ones with physical problems also so they look extra-pitiful? Fuck off!

[birdsdaword]

Yvonne, you are so brave to disclose and tell your story.

[1982FMJ]

this women is just a whining pussy. When you see the videos on youtube of people who are really mentally ill and combined with physically handicapped problems this women just looks like such a normal person. the fact this women is talkign on here compared to these videos of peopel who are really mentally handicapped just makes her look like such a whining pussy and just feeling sorry for herself. she obviously has the mental caapcity to talk on here. 

[1982FMJ]

a high percentage of people who claim they are mentally ill don't actually want to use the health services to get better but just want to play it as being invalids to get the benefits money.  these people make me sick as there are individuals who want ot use the mental health services to get help and not just claim benefits. alot of these people are just wasting psychiatric services and drugs. people who want help to return to a normal life dont get it as the resources are wasted on them

[MrPuddingmasta]

Dear Yvonne, It has been a year since you put this video out of yourself but just in case you happen to read this I want you to know that there is a very real possibility that you are not mentally ill. You see there is no test that can determine whether you are mentally ill or not. So believe what you want but if there is a possibility that I'm not mentally ill I'm taking it. After all if you can't trust yourself who can you trust?