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Originally Posted by wildflowerchild25
That’s exactly it. These people aren’t evil. They are ill. Now that’s not to say there aren’t evil people out there, or that every violent act should be blamed on mental illness, or that every mentally ill person is violent. But these people in the documentary were not of sound mind when they committed their crimes. When they are medicated properly, they are very kind people, and often very sorry for their crimes. They will have to live with the guilt forever.
The one thing in the second one though is the flippant attitude of the staff. It reminded me of the staff at the state hospital who made fun of the schizophrenic girl for hearing voices. When she became agitated they would say “whatever, spirit girl” and laugh. Now THEY are the evil ones. The staff at the unit in France were much more compassionate.
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Thanks for this post, it's a very important issue.
The flippant attitude of some staff saddens me
I agree that THEY are the evil ones.
It's interesting that they are so much more compassionate at the unit in France.
I'm hopeful that, very slowly, the world is becoming more enlightened regarding mental illness and treating everyone with compassion and respect.
ETA a little known fact about me. I was a student nurse once. I decided it was the ''wrong career'' for me. I found some of the senior staff on the first ward I was on to be.. unkind.
The student nurses in my intake year were all kind and gentle (unlike some at the school I had attended as a cub)