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napoleon_in_rags

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27. You rock.

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:53 AM

Dec 2012

A lot of people don't know that people who suffer from mental illness can be, and often are, totally independent self sustaining members of society. The problem is, for a lot of folks its skating on thin ice: If the anxiety gets so bad you lose your job before you get treatment, than you can't get treatment and its a downward spiral from there. I'm saying 'you rock' because it sounds like you stepped over all of that. I've been in the same boat and I know how hard it is to do that.

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People with mental illness 'should get jobs with health insurance and take care of themselves' [View all] LuckyTheDog Dec 2012 OP

Sounds like a mental illness n/t Fumesucker Dec 2012 #1

I would dearly love to speak to that person... CBHagman Dec 2012 #2

Were you talking to my sisters? Cold people. nt Mnemosyne Dec 2012 #3

Apparently they are unaware of St. Ronnie Reagan Ilsa Dec 2012 #4

If we use the excellent Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2012 #5

+1 n/t area51 Dec 2012 #12

That right there.... frostfern Dec 2012 #6

Reader's Digest version: our society is well and truly fucked in the head - n/t coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #31

I always thought these assholes live in a parallel universe. lpbk2713 Dec 2012 #7

Lock this guy in a cell with the naked guy who tried to eat somebody's face. eppur_se_muova Dec 2012 #8

Amen. DebJ Dec 2012 #23

If someone had said that to me today Zoeisright Dec 2012 #9

Stupid asshats! Most insurance doesn't cover psychiatric needs! DearHeart Dec 2012 #10

The ACA is changing that. Ins. policies will be required to provide some sort of Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #13

That'll be great...once it takes effect! DearHeart Dec 2012 #16

Yes...I'm hanging on until the ACA is fully implemented. I'm older and am so afraid Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #17

Yes my name if from the movie/song Dear Heart...one of my favorites! DearHeart Dec 2012 #18

I love that movie. I recorded it to DVD from TCM. As for COBRA... Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #19

I also recorded it to DVD from TCM, never seen it for sale anywhere on DVD. DearHeart Dec 2012 #25

No, Dear Heart is not on DVD. And the only VHS you can get is used. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #26

I'm so glad that we both got this movie!! DearHeart Dec 2012 #34

We will be paying $18000 a year for health insurance beginning this March for two years DebJ Dec 2012 #24

tell me they were not on DU Skittles Dec 2012 #11

OP thread title sounds like beginning of a joke that needs a punch line...nt fadedrose Dec 2012 #14

That's the cancer this country suffers from. dawg Dec 2012 #15

Hell, I can't find a job. white_wolf Dec 2012 #20

Gross. Can you do me a favor, and Quantess Dec 2012 #21

I have bipolar II syndrome, a full time job, and pay for my BCBSM coverage out of pocket. Denninmi Dec 2012 #22

You rock. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #27

It was like walking a minefield covered in broken glass and cobras. Denninmi Dec 2012 #32

I have the same mental health issue as you, and I'm arguing the mental health angle. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #35

Thanks. I find it rather hard to chill about this. Denninmi Dec 2012 #36

Here's the thing you need to know about better supports for mentally ill: napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #41

I'm having a great deal of trouble envisioning the "no stigma" part, first and foremost. Denninmi Dec 2012 #43

No, you're totally right. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #44

My problem is the reach is likely to be much greater than the problem. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #38

It could go that way, but it just doesn't have to be like that. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #39

Mean-sprited though this will sound, I hope severe mental illness visits coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #28

Why do we have to share this country with idiots like this? AZ Progressive Dec 2012 #29

I wonder if that person knows one of my former bosses who said those who coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #30

People like that are why we have mass shootings - n/t lbrtbell Dec 2012 #33

Heh--some of them already have jobs--as bosses librechik Dec 2012 #37

You can't fix stupid etherealtruth Dec 2012 #40

wtf? zappaman Dec 2012 #42