Back when we could use our skills and earn a living and things weren't so complicated I think those of us with mental health issues were able to work, function and socialize on our own terms. Maybe we would be called the hermit blacksmith or the odd fix it person. Maybe we were the seamstress who spoke to herself while working and we were just accepted, different but useful. Now there is little room for that. You have to have a "JOB" and there is always liability insurance to deal with. I feel that in many ways for people with mild to moderate mental health issues our world has become more harsh.

No, I am not saying it was better when a lot of us would have been stripped naked and kept in a room with a drain in the floor for waste, tied up, living out life worse then an animal. I am saying that for the people who had some skill and knew survival they were less stigmatized and it was easier for them to work.

Just thinking. Haven't we become the intolerant culture?