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Hey there,
I get what you are saying. It has been proven that medication works but it does have the negative side ie side effects. Plus it doesn't work for everyone. I know without the meds I am on I wouldn't be here today. The media has protrayed us well and not so good in the pass. People are a little more accepting now they know Catherine Zeta Jones has BP2. But then Stephen Fry has been diagnosised and been open about his Bipolar and society hasn't changed. It's how we as people see MI.
I know from my perspective that I worked in MH and I was sacked cause of my MH. Now that is crazy fullstop. Now if you were to tell me 6 months before I told them I had BP that they would sack me I would of laughed in your face. I thought I was gonna be fine work wise and show them I was still capable of doing my job. Ye I worked with MH ye I worked with violence and learning disabilities but I was and have always been a Support Worker and ironically they made me a Key Worker. Society doesn't change over night. It also will always have negative people in it who will always throw us a raw bone cause we are seen as "weird" but...... this unfortunately is life. It's s@@@ and I know it is. But until a magic wand is thrown over MH there will always be negative views of MH
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