Aww wanttoheal, I didn't think there was anything that had to be deleted :P But it's ok!

Lenny - I keep forgetting U.S. is so different from Finland. This place isn't very multicultural - a black man (usually folks from Africa come here for studies, no tuition fees or anything) strolling on the streets will get glares, some may call him names. His Finnish girlfriend is a w***e, a traitor of her homeland. And me - half asian and half Finnish - though born and raised here - they think I should get out of here.

People with mental health issues? Nothing you should talk about even with your closest friends sometimes. Women may talk about them with their friends - but may be in closet to their parents. Men usually struggle with keeping up appearances.

Here most people don't even know what panic disorder is.

Schools educate very little on mental health issues.

Maybe that sheds a little light on why I said "completely ignorant"

AAAAA - I found out a lot of people who had been in a psychiatric hospital had found friends or partners there. The relationship failed because both were in an acute condition.

I tend to avoid developing too close relationships with people at the psych ward. *hangs head in shame* I've had a few friends that drained me, and in the end I had to go to the psych ward I'm still trying to recover from that.

Heck, I avoid developing close relationships with just about anyone really. I swear I'm working on paranoia.

rambling rambling rambling