i never posted my last post to offend anyone, i just feel that to most people living around here (place i live) think of mental illness as "freaks" .
i understand what you are saying , about the stigma that mental illness has in social and working lives. i had to leave my job, because of the way they treated me after my first od. they had drawn offensive pictures on my locker and treated my like a leaper. so asking for help wasnt an option for me at that time.