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Originally Posted by jbuttz
Your partner doesn't necessarily 'believe' in mental illness? I think I've tried explaining how I feel verbally, written letters, YouTube videos, you name it. She can't seem to wrap her head around how I feel this way when I have a nice job, 2 beautiful daughters, somewhat nice future ahead of us. How could someone be so depressed?
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I don't understand people who don't "believe" in mental illness. It's so odd to me. I mean, I can decide not to "believe" in cars but that doesn't mean I won't get hit by one if I walk in the highway! I think that's exactly why people should believe in mental illness - how could someone be so depressed? Exactly. It makes no logical sense, if you could choose to not be depressed you would. You don't have depression because you have a sh**tty life, you have depression because you have an illness.
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She says things like mental illness was only recent so I just jumpedon the band wagon and now I'm playing it out. I wish I could make her feel how I do. Maybe then she would get it.
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I'm not sure what she means by "recent." I looked this up because I was curious and according to the APA the 1880 census classified 7 types of mental disorders, including mania and "melancholia" which I'm sure was their term for depression
History | psychiatry.org so mental illness has been recognized for well over 100 years.
You "jumping on the bandwagon" makes it sound like she thinks you are faking it or something. Is that what she's implying? I'd have a difficult time deciding to spend my life with someone who thought my illnesses were not real or that I was making them up.
