Originally posted by: AllThatCritique
Hmm.
What if it's a family member. Mother,father, brother, sister... Would you avoid them as well? If anyone of them are diagnosed with a mental illness and their spouse leaves them for it without even giving it a try, how would that make you feel?
Mental illness does not come within a timeframe. What if you marry someone and then they get a mental illness? Knowing them the way you did and loving them for a long time... Will it suddenly make them less deserving of that love?
And finally, the big one. What if you get a mental illness in the future.. Would you be alright if all the people you love think you're undeserving of theirs and you should forever be alone. That it's social work to be with you and you're not worth it.
We must treat others the way we want to be treated.
None of us are exempt from mental illness. It can happen to you tomorrow. And it can happen to your child in the future. We need more empathy. Society treats mental illness like the plague but only when it happens to someone close to you is when you understand how much more love and affection and feelings of worthiness they require. Assurance and compassion.
If your son and daughter has a mental illness, would you use the same words you use for someone else's sons and daughters?
Yeah, society is f*cked up and most people treat peeps with mental illness like dirt, but that doesn't mean we gotta add to the stigma as well.
I do understand that not everyone can take take it or they can onsider it a burden or self preservation or whatever but atleast we can be kind with our words. Cause a lot of it seems borderline discriminatory.
You can become mentally ill tomorrow. How do you want to be treated? Treat people the same way.
You said it all

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