Mental Illness and the Wrong people talking about it

[BunBunBubbles]

Hello Everybody! I'm an individual who lives with mental illness and over the course of using this site I have noticed that others have the same problems. I wanted to share a video a reaction from youtube about an article called "10 Signs your mental illness is made up for attention".

 

It got me so mad when I saw it and anyone who has mental illness would be mad too. Thought I would share.

 

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uk9KtIXXfv0

[BunBunBubbles]

The woman doing the video has a mental illness as well and is defending those with similar situations.

[Guest LexiGremlin]

I found the article and got livid. Like I'm so angry. Especially the LGBT+ comment. "You can only be gay, bi, straight or asexual." Uh....no. Wtf. Ugh. Don't even get me started. As someone who has PMDD, that article sickens me. Although PMDD is more of a hormonal imbalance than a mental illness, it still affects my mentality.

[babydoll_225]

I'm so glad that there are people like her in this world. People like the guy who wrote that pitiful excuse of an article need to be called out on their bullshit and outright hate speech.

 

I myself am someone who struggles with multiple mental illnesses and I don't think I can think of a day where I haven't wished and hoped and prayed to just be normal and to live a normal life. Having a mental illness isn't glamorous, and anyone who knows anything about them, be it through having one themselves, having a family member, friend or acquaintance with one or just bothering to educate oneself on the bare minimum concerning mental afflictions, would know that it's the last thing that anyone would ever want to live with, let alone do it for attention or for a trend. Articles like this and the lack of mental health education around the world is why there is still such a stigma around being ill. 

 

Thank you for sharing this video, I passed it along to my Facebook with the intention of educating at least one more person out there.

[BunBunBubbles]

So glad to hear your going to share it.

[sirenaophelia]

Thanks for sharing this.

 

Ugh, people piss me off royally.

 

I have been diagnosed with many mental illnesses... or rather a main diagnosis with co-morbidities... It's hard. And acceptance is hard of these things and more. SMH

 

People.... kinda suck. The ones who can't step out of their prejudicial thoughts.

[Lil' Miss Dolly]

*cracks knuckles and neck*

 

OKAY! SO! *deep breathe*

 

About to get my Psych on....

 

#1 - most of the people who have an issue or a bias against the mentally ill or feel the need to deny the sickness of others are mentally ill themselves. It's pretty much a "I am being told there's something wrong with me but I am in denial so it doesn't actually exist" -  think of it as a completely delusional form of transference. They project their crap on other people to make themselves feel better. 

 

They also don't want anyone paying attention to their short comings so they will point out the short comings of others - Either real or made up. These are also the same group of people who complain about handicap parking or any other social group that doesn't fit their exceptionally narrow view of what "normal" is. 

 

#2 - There are studies done by many medical and psychological departments all over the world that state simply.. that there is NO limit to how many illnesses can effect one person. This is why we have  Psychiatric co morbidity and differential diagnosis specialists - Because the mental health world knows it's an issue. We have clinics that are there just for differential diagnosis (the act of closely examining all symptoms to rule out illnesses with similar symptoms - In hope of finding an accurate diagnosis and treatment because there is so much room for multiple disorders and misdisgnosis). The opinions of these mouth breathers are just that... an opinion - and a very illogical one at that.. once again.. Delusional.

 

--As for the PMDD stuff.. PMDD is considered a situational mental illness. It is caused by hormones and how they effect the chemicals in your brain. So it is absolutely a Mental Illness - Its a form of  Temporary Psychosis and can actually be very very severe in some women and require daily medical treatment -most of the time with an SNRI or an SSRI

 

#3 - Sexual Orientation is as vast as people want to make it. There is no such thing as "just gay, bi, straight, or Asexual" That is probably the most uneducated and ignorant thing i have ever heard. In my opinion.. We shouldn't even have talk of sexual orientations and a list of "accepted" orientations because its such a huge spectrum that will continue to grow.. eventually they will run out of names -. Who we diddle (or don't diddle) in the privacy of our bedrooms (provided its legal) should never define who or what we are. We are all humans - transcendent of race, religion, creed - The world would be a much better place if we didn't have a society that felt the need to categorize everything - because when people have these preconceptions.. they end up trying to shove a whole lot of square pegs into a whole lot of round holes causing people to either hide who they are (and suffer silently) or causing more stigma. Remember - being homosexual used to be referred to "Sexually Insane" and you could find yourself strapped to a medical table with an ice pick in your frontal lobe for it... We really are slow with the progress pertaining to this. 

 

This is 2016 - the Stigma surrounding mental illness is lessening but it will always be there because education and understanding isn't high on any politicians list. It isn't pretty, isn't glamorous and most certainly cannot be marketed and sold as a "pink ribbon" type crusade.

 

Mental illness isn't visible on the outside - So it can be easily ignored until someone has a break and shoots up a mall - Then we care about it for about a week - post some hashtags and then go back to forgetting any of this exists. There's also not a lot of funding going into research so we have been using the same drugs and treatments we have used since the 60's outside of the invention of Prozac and other SSRIs. Electric Shock Therapy (now kindly called ECT - Electroconvulsive therapy) is still being used in hospitals TODAY (with almost no clinical success stories). Most people today have no idea that CBT (cognitive behavior theorapy) even exists or how to access it - We are put on meds (that actually have a very small clinical success rate in studies done by independent researchers) and sent on our way.. for every ill... Theres a pill. Why? Because we don't want to talk about it! 

 

I understand the outrage,, I have been yelling about this since I got into the mental health field 10 years ago - but this ignorance and stigma will not go away until we stop sweeping this shit under the rug. Ignorance is contagious and honestly.. all you can do is try to bring reason to some of these people! Most of them won't listen but if 1 out of the 10 do.. you've changed a very small piece of society and that can spread like wildfire. 

 

Sorry for ranting on. I have spent 10 yrs as a social worker (working too many spectrums of the system including addictions, eating disorders and Mental Illness in our homeless populations) and stuff like this is just a hot button for me. 

 

People Suck.. If anyone needs me I'll be hiding in my blanket fort with Daddy. 

[sirenaophelia]

*bows to Dolly*

 

You said thing better than I could string together... But I've lived with the stigma... Having it placed on me from my mom and her family and one of my dad's sisters (he had/has 3... he was KIA in Kosovo and AH64 Apache instructor/fighter pilot so I mean his 3 sisters are alive but he isn't so I don't know if it should be present or past tense)...

 

My mom's family and my mom give me a hard time. About my weight, my looks, my choice of hair coloring and tattooing... About smoking cigarettes (my Pup Pup, mom's dad) smoke for... I can't even think how long but since he was young... He had to have a quadruple heart bypass in 2008... It was scary but I get so anxious and nervous without cigarettes... With something that helps my concentrate and really not have any problems with focusing. I can do school work in a place where I can smoke my cigarettes... But at home I can't seem to concentrate enough... So that's partly why I LOVE having my pacis. It keeps my mouth busy and helps me smoke less... not like a huge amount less but less.

 

There are so many illnesses and misdiagnosed like Dolly said. I was misdiagnosed when I was an early teen (13 to 16)... In 2003 when my dad died, my mom and I moved here to be closer to her family. I went several years without meds without therapy until it came to the point that no one wanted to be around me or talk to me because I was out of control. I'm diagnosed with schizoaffective bipolar type 1... my first diagnosis that was ever correct was borderline personality disorder which I was diagnosed with in Germany (2000-2003) and also my misdiagnosis.. bulimic with clinical depression.

 

My mom actually thought I hated her. I went back to therapy in 2007... I was in therapy for a while and on an antidepressant ... with no diagnosis. Then I did the diagnostic test... when I found out about the bipolar schizoaffective type 1, borderline personality disorder was my earliest and best diagnosis, thought disorder, adhd, ednos/osfed and two forms of ptsd.... I was pretty messed up for a long time and no one understood hey... I had no control. I was addicted to my long term self injury issues... I was messed up.

 

But a good doctor and good programs in inpatient and day patient types. It's hard to live with this and people talk down about it because it's not visible. It's not a compound fracture... It's not cancer  it's not a lost limb...

 

I've found most people especially in my life just... haven;t understood very well. They really never attempted to.

 

It's a stigma when it shouldn't be.

Just like LGBTQ ... I believe in freedom, learning, getting closer to your fellow peoples... Open love, just pure soul binding love and amazement in life but it seems all society wants to do is judge us and just make sure we go through the machine. The classic killing of a utopia type world ... there'sso much wrong in society.. It's depressing in and of itself. SMH

 

Why can't people learn from mistakes... society learn from history... the wars and things we are involved in by our military forces... They shouldn't even exist. It's ridiculous. It hurts my heart because so many people are thrown through the washer and just... forgotten.

 

It's so sad.

[Lil' Miss Dolly]

Sadly, As a society we like to use the term "fell through the cracks" when the real facts are.. the "cracks" are miles wide. Most of the people thrust into the system.. fall in those cracks. 

 

Mermaid, I am happy you found a good combination of therapies that are helping you and assisting you in your journey to wellness. It is not an overnight fix - As i am sure you well know - it's a process. Keep your head up and remember the progress you have made thus far when you get down on yourself. It can help you from bouncing off the walls. 

[sirenaophelia]

I really want to go into dialectical behaivoral therapy

 

It helped TONSl

[Guest bxbygirl.Snow]

Ok, so I know who wrote that article. I can't remember her name but she has a youtube channel is this women is VERY VERY VERY Mentally ill. What she said was ridiculous and what she said was wrong is exactly what she does in her videos. She's very confused and mentally disturbed. I'm sure if you asked her what colour the sky was she wouldnt be able to tell you without "switching" her other personalities. Please look up this women. It's not her fault, she needs to get help. She really does.

[Guest bxbygirl.Snow]

Never mind I found her!- 

 

She also has another video like this! Please watch it! Everything will make sense.. 

Edited July 12, 2016 by bxbygirl.Snow