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38. As a mental health professional - I'm ambivalent

Thu Oct 11, 2018, 03:27 PM

Oct 2018

As a person of color - I get tired of his theatrics and there are times that I've said he's canceled. I will not support his music.

However- Given that he has BPD and not on meds - none of what he does is surprising to me

He said today - he was misdiagnosed. I am not buying that. He could not stay on topic - Jumping around from one train of thought to the next. Flight of ideas. Thats a real thing with BPD and other forms of mental illnesses. That might not seem important to some - in psychiatry - that is one thing that often clues us in - its not the only thing he did, but I picked up on that immediately- his sentences did not connect.

Its a shame that he is being exploited and he does not realize it. Its a shame that there is no one in his circle to pull him off the ledge.

On the other hand - I would love for us to have an honest conversation in this country about mental health - we only talk about it when there is a tragedy. What does someone with mental illness look like? Long before they " snap?"

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Actually, LovingA2andMI Oct 2018 #56

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