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Martin68

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22. As someone who has suffered from depression, I heartily agree, Jeeves.

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May we please stop stigmatizing mental health care in this country with threads in which DUers [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 OP

K and r. Treefrog Oct 2022 #1

Kicking for visibility SheltieLover Oct 2022 #2

Thank you. nt delisen Oct 2022 #3

Thank you for posting this. thucythucy Oct 2022 #4

K&R. Our culture has a terrible understanding of mental health, and when you add in the stigma of WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2022 #5

I couldn't agree more. MarineCombatEngineer Oct 2022 #6

I apologize for my stupidity and lack of understanding of mental illness. gab13by13 Oct 2022 #7

Thank you. I have disagreements with a lot of people. mahatmakanejeeves Oct 2022 #9

Yes. Elessar Zappa Oct 2022 #8

+1. THAT is the flat truth. -(nt)- stopdiggin Oct 2022 #52

How long before those terms are verboten? BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #59

Well, Elessar Zappa Nov 2022 #60

Here here!!! Takket Oct 2022 #10

I hear you. Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #11

Absolutely right. Ocelot II Oct 2022 #12

I like this for being more nuanced than some stopdiggin Oct 2022 #53

The question is whether a person who believes irrational ideas, things we call "crazy," Ocelot II Oct 2022 #54

a lot (most?) are quite clearly NOT mentally ill an any clinical sense stopdiggin Nov 2022 #55

How about "deluded"? Ocelot II Nov 2022 #56

I alerted on someone using the word "nutso" XanaDUer2 Oct 2022 #13

noted, however GenXer47 Oct 2022 #14

Indoctrinated Dysfunctional Oct 2022 #23

Um, yes it is a political stance to favor wnylib Oct 2022 #28

Inculcated. plimsoll Oct 2022 #44

KnR n/t RockCreek Oct 2022 #15

K&R redstatebluegirl Oct 2022 #16

Thanks for the post! Evolve Dammit Oct 2022 #17

Thanks onenote Oct 2022 #18

I agree @mahatmakanejeeves. DU, we are better than than. Peace. n/t iluvtennis Oct 2022 #19

People who choose to be mentally ill are still mentally ill Warpy Oct 2022 #20

K&R BaronChocula Oct 2022 #21

As someone who has suffered from depression, I heartily agree, Jeeves. Martin68 Oct 2022 #22

History of mental illness in my family and my mom and wife and myself worked in mental health emulatorloo Oct 2022 #24

K&R c-rational Oct 2022 #25

Thank you. Can I ask everyone for a favor? CaptainTruth Oct 2022 #26

Idenitify the problem iemanja Oct 2022 #33

Indoctrinated is accurate without any reference to wnylib Oct 2022 #34

Agree with you about stigmatizing mental illness... TygrBright Oct 2022 #27

+1 Mad_Machine76 Oct 2022 #39

K and R Agree totally. justhanginon Oct 2022 #29

It's out of compasion ffr Oct 2022 #30

It's not compassionate. It's hateful. iemanja Oct 2022 #32

Please do me the justice in reading my post before rebutting it with a red-herring ffr Oct 2022 #35

It most certainly does iemanja Oct 2022 #37

I still don't think you read my post. Or perhaps you just like to vent today. ffr Oct 2022 #41

Thank you for this iemanja Oct 2022 #31

Thank you. nt sl8 Oct 2022 #36

Pathologizing politics has a long pedigree Sympthsical Oct 2022 #38

Agreed! yardwork Oct 2022 #40

I remember that. calimary Oct 2022 #42

Looks like the answer is no sarisataka Oct 2022 #43

I think you missed the point of that thread. It is about right wing media n/t emulatorloo Oct 2022 #46

The end is the same sarisataka Oct 2022 #47

It is a lot more nuanced than OP's examples. emulatorloo Oct 2022 #48

I'm sorry, I will call trump a madman till the day I die mountain grammy Oct 2022 #45

+1 BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #57

I am convinced that Trump meets the DSM-V standards for more than one mental illness. LudwigPastorius Oct 2022 #49

I have a dear friend and neighbor who is a professor emeritus at UCLA's School of Psychiatry Just A Box Of Rain Oct 2022 #51

makes sense onder narrow circumstances lefthandedskyhook Oct 2022 #50

No. BannonsLiver Nov 2022 #58