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Jan 19, 2023, 05:35 PM
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Member Since: Jul 2019
Location: Downtown Vibes, California
Posts: 15,701
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Incarceration is definitely a way to shut away and mistreat those with mental health disorders. I'm glad you added that to this discussion @MuddyBoots .
@Nammu, my mom was deeply into the work ethic, too. Obsessively so - and that type of behavior can be an addiction or compulsion in itself. On my dad's side, the hush-hush about any type of "defect" was paramount. Had my dad's Aunt Bertha not been picked up by the cops because she was wandering naked, if she truly did have a mental illness, there's no way she would have been given anything but a "hide it." And so much of that stigma was generational.
Then too, the absolute terror of "going to an institution" was what really kept many people quiet about mental health issues. After all, before 1989 (when SSRI's appeared) psychiatric treatment meant primitive medications with side effects that were even worse than the side effects of today's meds (except Valium, but even that was so terribly addictive). Or, there was "see a psychiatrist" and that was done primarily in social circles by wealthy people who could afford psychiatric treatment, as I understand it.
You're so welcome @Skeezyks . Is it a good thing that you were in treatment for mental health issues?
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