I've actually found personally that the discrimination from MH staff and patients to be far worse than the general public. I think because I can pass for 'normal' with most people and so it's only awkward if people ask probing questions about work/study/what I'm doing with my life, and when trying to hide being in hospital/rehab. And if things are really bad, I tend to hide away from others so they don't see it.

But staff and patients hurt me far more because I don't fit into their stereotype of a 'schizophrenic', or even 'depression' all those years ago. So they expect me to 'justify' my symptoms to 'prove' I have a MI diagnosis, or they assume that my difficulties can't be that bad because I don't take medication, like coping skills apparently only work if your issues are 'mild', and if things were 'bad enough', I'd be willing to take meds that don't help and make me feel even worse!!??? Wtf?!

But, at the end of the day, discrimination sucks, whoever it's from

*Willow*