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> If you had cancer, everyone would be there to support you. If you have a mental illness, there's not much chance of getting support from peers Because most p
by concinds 10y ago
> If you had cancer, everyone would be there to support you. If you have a mental illness, there's not much chance of getting support from peers
Because most people have no clue what to do about psychological illness, are afraid of doing more harm than good (not wrongly) and have pathology of their own that they're having trouble dealing with. And if mental illness as tied to family dysfunction as I think, then the people who would most want to help you are those you should trust the least to do so.
- vacri 10y agoHaving formally studied mental illness and also suffering from mild clinical depression myself, I'm of the opinion that unless you have studied it, have it, or have a close friend or relative with it, the average person just won't understand mental illness at all. It's so counter-intuitive in so many ways.
- TheOneTrueKyle 10y agoThen how do the masses get educated on something that has a hipster mentality of, "you won't understand" ? Generally curious. The only solution I see is some empathy machine that allows you empirically experience someone else's experiences (VR perhaps?) along with understanding their feelings while going through those experiences. I guess I'm asking for the ability to read minds...
- vacri 10y agoI genuinely don't know. There's no motivation for the masses to educate themselves about it. And to complicate matters, there are also the occasional faker or malingerer. It's a difficult field for even an expert, let alone someone who doesn't even have a casual interest.