Thank you for the apology.....I truly did not mean to sound self righteous but people often assume it of me so I guess I come off that way.

Over my years in and out of group therapy, I was in group with a few people who stated one of their symptoms was “wanting to harm others”. I wanted to sit as far away from these people as possible. It’s scary but it’s reality. What if I would have said “you’re not mentally ill, you’re just evil.....get out of here, you don’t belong”. Maybe they would have left and did something terrible.....maybe by reaching out and asking for help with this, lives were saved. When we label symptoms as evil it doesn’t help. How many people are so sick right now they are AFRAID they will hurt someone but can’t say anything because they think they are evil and think doctors will say they are evil. Sometimes mental illness can make people violent........and until society stops treating mental illness as a hush hush situation, people don’t reach out for help when they really need it. I just want people to get help and society to be safe.....nothing self righteous about it. (((Hugs))))