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I Believe People Misunderstand Mental Illness

It's something people can't see from the outside, so it's not so important in their eyes. If you have a broken leg or something that's clearly visible and people will be sympathetic with you. But with a mental disability, a lot of people say to just suck it up or that you're just lazy or something like that. And in some cases they think you're just plain crazy, dangerous or an idiot. It's sad that people don't just get to know someone or take the time to read about it before making assumptions.

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notmindfulenough

Absolutely. The stigma of mental illness too often ruins lives and/or kills people. Two main causes, in my mind:

1. Societies don't typically (but should) seek to ensure all their citizens are reasonably happy, and achieve a sense of worth.

2. The global medical community does not take mental health seriously. People of all ages should be continually (like at least once a year, depending on their history) screened for changes in their stress levels, mood, anxiety, personality, etc. without fear of either not being taken seriously, losing their job if the "secret" gets out, or being locked up.

blasianalien

Exactly well said 👏👏👏

Crazycoral84 · 36-40, M

Biggest problem is the fact that society is more and more about careers, earning lots of money, being better than the other. A lot of stuff that would make people more and more stressed and anxious about themselves which causes a lot of mental illness.