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Originally Posted by Serotonin
There's a positive and a negative to every phenomenon. I put forward the positive, and you put forward the negative; and the negative contains a lot of truth. If I had initially put forward the negative, perhaps you would have viewed it as an opportunity to put forward the positive? I think it's called "being contrary", or you may choose to call it "offering the alternative point of view" or "the flip side".
Both negative and positive are right within their own right, together providing a more balanced and comprehensive view. But for the purpose of this forum, where there are many mentally ill people who are not violent, sociopathic, serial killers; I chose to offer something exclusively positive at the expense of ignoring the negatives, and in an attempt to help mentally ill people feel just a little bit better about themselves.
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yes, your positive view contained a lot of truth....So did mine. Some forms of mental illness are characterized by pain, confusion, and lives lived at the margins in ways that I don't feel like celebrating. And I did load my statement down with caveats and qualifiers.
I think of this particular forum as those in therapy. I do think that plenty of people are in therapy, are NOT mentally ill, but are seeing professionals in order to better themselves, achieve goals, understand themselves and others. Some of those people have suffered mightily at the hands of people who ARE mentally ill. SOME mentally ill people leave a trail of wrecked relationships in their paths. Not all, but some.
Thank you for your notion of a comprehensive view, and I agree that plenty of people who do struggle with mental illness of many kinds should feel good about their efforts to help themselves, and help each other!