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Originally Posted by Broken Angel
Hey! Today I was talking to my cousin about the people who suffer from mental disorders (as I am one of them but she doesn't know), so I asked her how does our Arabian community see people who are mentally sick? Her answer gave me a shock which was that they see them as complicated and insane people and everyone would start to just avoid them . This answer made me feel so desperate and made me just don't want to ever tell anyone about my depression and bipolar disorder....
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Other cultures are the same. In Hong Kong, people are stressed and many have depression plus probably other mental illnesses, but the general population's attitude is to label mental illnesses as crazy and being a stigma to society. Much worse attitude than North America. For example, I get admitted to hospital there in Hong Kong for mental issue and get discharged with a medical diagnosis. I don't know if my friend and the doctor decided on this or what. But it showed me how much worse their attitude is compared to North America. (((hugs)))