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In reply to the discussion: I was diagnosed with Bipolar II last summer, spent 3 weeks in a psychiatric day program. [View all]LeftInTX
(25,255 posts)19. It's also next to impossible to force an adult to get treatment.
I wouldn't be surprised if that is part of the picture here.
The fact that he killed his mom first........
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I was diagnosed with Bipolar II last summer, spent 3 weeks in a psychiatric day program. [View all]
Denninmi
Dec 2012
OP
you're not a danger to society. mentally ill doesn't automatically = psychopath
dionysus
Dec 2012
#3
i agree completely. i think this shooter had severe mentall illness. but let us not act as if
dionysus
Dec 2012
#10
Way too many DUers are steadfastly convinced that is the case, though. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#61
If you really, really, really want to keep people from seeking help with mental difficulties
Fumesucker
Dec 2012
#12
It's not the gun ownership it's the facile baseless fear of the mentally ill
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#16
I come across all sorts of rage-drunk "sane" assholes who shouldnt own 'em either
Warren DeMontague
Dec 2012
#25
Mental illness is one of the last societal taboos, in that "we don't discuss it" in public
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#15
The vast, vast, vast majority of people with mental health issues are not dangerous.
backscatter712
Dec 2012
#27
I worry more about the "tea party" marching around with rifles than I do about the "mentally ill"
Fire Walk With Me
Dec 2012
#41
It is human nature and the american way to look for one simple solution for every problem.
lumberjack_jeff
Dec 2012
#29
Depressive with suicidal tendencies is not a public safety issues. Bipolar in manic phase is.
FarCenter
Dec 2012
#33
there are states enacting laws to try to prevent those kinds of behaviors
liberal_at_heart
Dec 2012
#43
Not all violence is the same. The cause of safety won't be helped by conflating the unlike
HereSince1628
Dec 2012
#42
People with mental illness are far more likely to be victims rather than perpetrators of crime
etherealtruth
Dec 2012
#49