I absolutely hate the stigma of mental illness as well. Especially the media presentation. They truly believe that we are wild animals that need to be shot on sight. But the thing is we are NOT wild animals. We are people like everyone else. Just because one is psychotic doesn't mean we will kill anyone. It is the media that portrays us as such. "This criminal had mental illness with the voices telling him to kill." Actually the statistics show that we are more likely to be victims of crime than one who commits the crime. The ones that are more likely to kill or commit violence are people who are on drugs (illegal drugs), alcoholics, and had a past history of violence. How long ago were you diagnosed. Are you still having problems now? I always thought "Brief psychotic disorder" lasted less than a month. If it was last year and its still continuing now, then it is not brief psychotic disorder.