Why back then mental illness was rare now it's the norm? They even have people making a trend out of being crazy and not right in the head.
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ViciDraco · 36-40, M
Not more rare, just more visible. People didn't talk about the specifics of mental health. You were either locked away and out of sight, people just assumed you were either stupid or an ass, or you were just harmless Uncle Bob who had a tendency to go off on strange rants.
We didn't have knowledge to identify what we were seeing, so we gave it a label we were comfortable with and never stopped to ask WHY Uncle Bob went on his rants, we just accepted that that's who he was and never questioned whether he could be or wanted to be helped.
We didn't have knowledge to identify what we were seeing, so we gave it a label we were comfortable with and never stopped to ask WHY Uncle Bob went on his rants, we just accepted that that's who he was and never questioned whether he could be or wanted to be helped.