What has been your experience dealing with mental illness? Have you ever felt bullied, ridiculed, dismissed, disrespected or discriminated against even by family, friends, coworkers, acquaintances & strangers? I have. I have even been harshly judged by people who are also mentally ill ironically,

Two former friend accused me of being a ‘drug’ addict’ when our friendship ended for taking prescription medication.

Even though both my parents & my sister are also mentally ill, they never showed any empathy or even tried in any way to be supportive & understanding of my illness. They all told me it’s all ‘in my head’.

They denied having any issues at all. They didn’t go to therapy or take any medication. To them, it was shameful. They didn’t want to be thought of as being ‘crazy’ even though they all are crazy & extremely dysfunctional.

I have been bullied since I was 11 years old for having mental health issues. Most people aren’t compassionate. Most people are ignorant & fearful
of people with mental health disorders.

What’s worse is that even other mentally ill people judge other mentally ill people at times.