Quote:
Originally Posted by Rhiannonsmoon
((((anjelmarie))))
Glad you got the disabilty support it should put your mind at ease a little. It can be very hard when others don't fully understand mental illness and how disabling it is at times (like most of the time).
Methinks honestly that it scares people because they still have the movie "Psycho" in their heads (thankyou Mr Hitchcock) and other movies that have similar themes. People really do have an exaggerated idea of what menta illness is and it is either over the top or nothing at all. They don't see depression as a mental illness, rather a condition which gets better and doesn't return (oh I wish). And people also mistakenly equate unhappiness with depression which is wrong.
Keep your head up anjelmarie you don't have to tell anyone anything about disability it is your business and no one elses...
Rhiannon
|
It is a shame that it has such a stigma. I remember Oprah had a show on about depression once and the headline said, "Father kills self and family, the truth about depression". I wrote her show and complained saying, "Thanks Oprah for helping to end the stigma". She did another show later that was a little more informative. I am learning to keep things to myself even with people I feel close to because some people just don't get it. Thanks for your supportive words.