People with mental illness 'should get jobs with health insurance and take care of themselves'

[napoleon_in_rags]

35. I have the same mental health issue as you, and I'm arguing the mental health angle.

I've suffered from the anxiety disorders, so I've been on Citralopram and the rest. But I'm also a mental health worker, and that means in addition to folks like you and me, or the poor depressive folks, or so many other non-violent folks with some minor mind issues, I deal with people who are schizophrenics, violent psychotics, etc. In a sense these people are like you and me, but their disorder takes them to far scarier places, places where they will lash out and attack the demons around them, without seeing that those demons are actually people. The truth is that these are good hearted people, but without proper supports they can pose a threat. Unfortunately we have been cutting those supports for some time.

When I went to a counselor for my anxiety disorder, she taught me this exercise where I find a place in my body that doesn't have anxiety, and move my consciousness there. (for me usually my thigh for some reason) Its a cool exercise to try next time you feel anxiety, if you haven't heard of it. But as for the mental health aspect of this debate, DC can no longer afford to listen to blowhards when Phd experts are available, and they know that. And the experts know what I know; the particular mental illnesses this debate is about - and guess what: its not about you. so relax, listen to some music and move you're consciousness to a peace place within you. You're not trash.