I suffer from schizoaffective, and we all know this is a chronic suffering, filled with torment and confusion a lot of the time.

I came down with kidney problems from diabetes which was triggered by the meds I take for schizoaffective. All of a sudden people are worried about me, because they can identify with the kidney disease. But when it comes to the constant mental disorder I've dealt with all along, there's been little compassion, or desire to learn more about the disease so they can have empathy for what I always go thru.

So why do people gravitate towards one and not the other?