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Originally Posted by Kurushi22
I need to know why people who go to prison don't get stuck with a life long label yet people who have a mental diagnosis have to carry one forever till their dying day.
If you go to prison and commit the crime and do the crime you get redemption. You have been punished and you have a second chance for a clean break.
Some crimes disappear off your record after so many years. But if an employer demands your health records and they find out that you have been unwell, you are practically screwed. A mental health diagnosis Is akin to a life sentence . I know many prisoners have mental health problems too but for people who have just been in hospital and were only a danger to themselves it's not fair.
I know times are changing. But I guess the stigma Is like racism or homophobia and we claim to have come a long way but we have barely scratched the surface.
That's my rant over and please give your view and correct me. I am British. I know that it's not the same everywhere.
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I am British too and I feel like there is so much stigma with MH. There seems to be alot more support for depression these days but other diagnosis I'm not so sure about . I'm deffinately afraid to tell people I have bpd . There was a time when I tried to tell some people that I had it . Apart from my family , all the people that I told tried to convince me that I did not have a mental health disorder and that I should ignore the professionals . Why did they do that ? Is it because it was too shameful to accept that I do have one ?
I didn't tell my brother that I have bpd but I guess he found out from my mother . He sent one of my friends some messages on face book telling him to stay away from me because I am mad . Also my brother does not like me or talk to me .
Nowadays I don't tell any one about my bpd accept for places where it is safe to do that like on here . I have depression too. I do tell some people about it . Some don't know how to react . But doesn't feel like stigma . With the bpd I deffinately feel stigma .