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Originally Posted by Neenagirl
I have been getting really angry lately when I hear people or the media casually throwing out the term mentally ill or using the same term to call someone who MUST be mentally ill or...
Specifically the Las Vegas shooter - he must be mentally ill to have shot all those people. Hmm, maybe or maybe not. He was definitely evil, no doubt about that, but we don't know anything about his mental health.
Does anyone else feel this way or get angry when people - whether or not they know you and your mental health, say that so and so must be crazy??
Maybe I am taking it all too personally?
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It annoys me also because I have a provisional diagnosis that already scares many people.
In my opinion, people do it, especially politicians, to avoid the gun control debates.
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