it is not only fear that i am referring to pinksoil and as you pointed out, it is how society views the mentally ill which is the problem

it may also affect economic considerations imo, tho, i would have to do a lot of research to support that....

in my own experience, as a teen and suffering and abusing simultaneously, parents quickly grew tired of my incapacities... help, as i viewed it, was denied me... i was supposed to grow up is all... and that itself was very poorly defined in my case, at least it seemed so at the time to me...

had i had cancer on the other hand.... i would have received all the treatment i could afford....

so.. back to the point... people with mental illness are treated differently in general imo.....

'mentally healing' implies i am helping myself and admittedly, receiving help from others.... it helps me feel more proactive about my healing, rather than needing to be fixed and somewhat incapable of treating myself in much of any way.. tho i acknowledge that may be the case to degrees for others...

i guess what i am saying is that the term 'healing' feels empowering.. where 'ill' sounds 'de-powering' to me....

sure, only some of us are affected by word usage this way...

thanks for listening....