This thread reminds me of an incident yesterday when some people on the bus were making really hurtful remarks about people with mental illness. The words nut, nuthouse, crazy people were constan tly being used. It started when a man in a wheelchair said in so many words I'm physically disabled not mentally disabled. There's nothing wrong with my head. I felt sorry he lost the use of his legs. OTOH I wanted to tell him mental illnesses are not as much illnesses as physical ones. That not every disability is visible. But I figured none of the passengers cared.