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In reply to the discussion: Blame everything on mental illness. Blame me personally if you want. [View all]Jennicut
(25,415 posts)74. Depression is not the same as being a sociopath. I have dealt with depression since high school.
Been on Prozac, Lexapro, Celexa, Zoloft, etc. I had my own "breakdown" at 20. And I was on a psych ward for about 2 days. It sucks. Depression is an illness I wish on no one. I finally feel like have some control over it now. I take meds for it every day and hate the total hatred of meds because they really have saved my life.
I do feel like there needs to be more balance when we discuss mental illness. There are so many different types, some that are more inward then outward. Depression usually involves wanting to hurt yourself, I have never wanted to hurt anyone else.
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Blame everything on mental illness. Blame me personally if you want. [View all]
Denninmi
Jan 2013
OP
My personal opinion is that a breakdown requiring hospitalization is the line.
Lionessa
Jan 2013
#70
Unreasonable violence shows mental illness. Those with mental illnesses that have caused
Lionessa
Jan 2013
#80
A ban on owning guns, not on anything else. Only the NRA thinks everyone w/out regard to anything
Lionessa
Jan 2013
#71
They could in the future if proposals to invade our medical privacy come to pass.
Denninmi
Jan 2013
#31
And yet, those of us who have will be further discriminated against and scapegoated.
Denninmi
Jan 2013
#34
We should make decisions based on breakdowns--a term not used in psych records.
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#40
So knowing one person with bipolar means you get to judge all people with bipolar in the same way?
Neoma
Jan 2013
#67
Mental illness is a broad term. Gun violence is less about mental illness & more about sociopathy.
JaneyVee
Jan 2013
#6
I've seen it too Denninmi and been disgusted. Its not just "one troll whose been TSd already"!!111!!
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#11
It's curious that a couple of years ago DUers roundly rejected Intermittant Explosive Disorder
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#39
It's going to be shocking if moms who are treated for post-partem depression
HereSince1628
Jan 2013
#45
Well-said, Denninmi! I wish people wold really =listen= to the endless side-effects mentioned in
Fire Walk With Me
Jan 2013
#42
I believe it's a Red Herring anyway. There is no legal way to "use" the mental health system
libdem4life
Jan 2013
#53
Not all gun owners are 'nuts' and kill people, not all with MI hurt others
The Straight Story
Jan 2013
#64