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Originally Posted by Tea&Sympathy
Just as many people have no concept of how their own brain or body funtion, many have no concept of what BP is. The average IQ in this country is shockingly low and ignorant people will trivialize anything.
Common knowledge and common sense go hand in hand with pushing people out of high school who can only read at a fifth grade level. We live in the most affulent country in the world, yet care for the homeless ad the mentally ill is at a very low priority. So those who brains consist of 75% air should be ignored and pitied for the sparkless drones thy are who will mock anyone to get a laugh.
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I totally agree. I am so surprised at the plain stupidity from first world countries. That is a bigger problem than mental illness, increase the education and I bet there would be a whole lot less "mental illness" some people are just plain dumb and using mental illness is such a cop out and in insult to those that have serious issues. It in turn tars us with the same brush. Stupidity and mental illness are not the same thing.
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Originally Posted by VenusHalley
Yeah. I joke often about my cats being bipolar (they either sleep like dead or are really hyper, they are promiscous at time, they abuse drugs (my valerian and catnip too).
I have more issue with "oh your boyfriend is only abusive cause he didn't find the right meds yet, that is what bipolar does" and such.
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Thats another thing that gets me. Accepting abuse because of a mental health problem. Yes you might do damage during a mood fluctuation, but you can also apologise and make up for things you have done. Many just blame it on mental illness and get upset when not everyone will just accept their bad behaviour.
We all act badly from time to time, it is just part of being human. Its how we make amends for our behaviour and take steps to ensure
we dont do it again, that is the real measure of what kind of person we are. Too many people blame it on mental illness then wonder why they dont have a support network...