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Fire Walk With Me

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15. Fantastic post, fantastic attitude. Bravo.

Mon Dec 17, 2012, 02:25 PM

Dec 2012

I wish everyone at DU could see this. Someday I'd like to shake your hand in congratulations.

Change occurs through necessity, and this is ours. I'm finding it heaven-sent that my last year working with Occupy revealed to me what it has, about the homeless and the systems acting against them (lobbyists for gentrification are doing the majority of the damage), and that my own experiences in mental health allow me to tie together these things in some semblance of meaning to illustrate our greater problems already extant, to reveal the struggle in the face of the greater disaster.

I certainly have been no angel in my day, but I am working for the positive with all I have left for it is imperative, and now, even obviously moreso. Hopefully we can make a positive difference at this critical juncture. Peace.

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I worry that the mentally ill shall face some of the same "treatment" as did US Muslims after 9/11. [View all] Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 OP

I worry about it too. I've a fairly close family member who was recently diagnosed. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #1

I hope your family member is okay and has no problems or complications :( Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #2

There've been some occupational ramifications. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #7

I'm so sorry. At least he's on it early and may have some useful continuity. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #9

Glad to see someone else start this thread. WhaTHellsgoingonhere Dec 2012 #3

AIDS victims were marginalized in this manner as well. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #4

I know you're not suggesting it, but it has to be said ck4829 Dec 2012 #34

Virtually all of us are "mentally ill" in some way pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #5

Very true. nt Live and Learn Dec 2012 #6

Seeing how destructive and traumatizing this society can be, I'd have to agree. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #8

Something you'll appreciate, brother... pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #10

Our Veterans especially deserve far better than what they've gotten Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #11

The bigger imperative is for our women vets and the sexual abuse they've endured pinboy3niner Dec 2012 #12

Great post. Thank you for caring. Denninmi Dec 2012 #13

Fantastic post, fantastic attitude. Bravo. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #15

And.... you can *write*. Wowza! Powerful stuff. n/t Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #17

Thanks. Denninmi Dec 2012 #18

It's disheartening lbrtbell Dec 2012 #14

Violent mentally ill people pose a threat to themselves and to everyone else slackmaster Dec 2012 #16

Yes, thats true, but HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author slackmaster Dec 2012 #21

I'm very sorry for your experience and for their suffering. :( Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #24

Thanks. I think I'm better informed that most people. I do have a degree in psychology, and... slackmaster Dec 2012 #25

Knowing something was wrong with me, I studied psychology and abnormal psych Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #30

"Do what we say or else". :/ Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #22

Please read about a law we have here in California. I think it's a good one, but it's only been... slackmaster Dec 2012 #23

A tragedy, yet it is another extreme example when the majority are not Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #26

Point taken. You had a horrible experience. Thanks for helping to enlighten me. slackmaster Dec 2012 #28

I do not wish to diminish your own horrible experiences or education and involvement. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #33

Thanks again. I did have someone committed once, and the good that resulted was very limited. slackmaster Dec 2012 #35

Of course we will. It's already happening. "Mental illness is the problem. Using drugs GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #20

... Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #27

*hugs back* GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #32

Very well said. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #29

Thank you. In the ward in which I had the misfortune to end up, it was entirely drugs drugs drugs. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #31

Thank you for a HappyMe Dec 2012 #36

Saw a comment on Twitter that the NRA are calling for a registry etc. of the "mentally ill". Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #37

It's true. Updated the OP. Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #38

The NRA are a massive social and political lobby intent upon expanding markets and sales Fire Walk With Me Dec 2012 #39