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I can only sympathize with what Evan and Stephen went through. We must break the stigma against mental illness. It is far too wide reaching and impactful not to
by seancoleman 13y ago
I can only sympathize with what Evan and Stephen went through. We must break the stigma against mental illness. It is far too wide reaching and impactful not to be at the forefront of technology innovation and health research. I challenge new startups to start attacking depression and anxiety disorders.
The best solution to depression is often simply finding what works for you through trial and error of available options including medication, therapy, supplements, better nutrition, exercise etc. Unfortunately, this is a long and arduous process that some never make it through. How can we accelerate this discovery process for mentally ill people to find the help they need?
- __m 13y agonotify me when you find a solution.
- __m 13y agovoted down for being depressed, very classy hn
- xenophanes 13y ago> We must break the stigma against mental illness How? People are labelled mentally ill IFF they do things that have a stigma attached.
- seancoleman 13y agoI don't believe that's true. There are plenty of mentally ill people (depression, anxiety, bi-polar) that act completely normal like Stephen. They often suffer in silence.
- xenophanes 13y agoHow could he possibly have been, "in a highly-respected treatment program", or labelled mentally ill, if he acted completely normal and suffered in silence?
- md224 13y agoThe parent comment was merely questioning the validity of your weird assertion that "People are labelled mentally ill IFF they do things that have a stigma attached". Perhaps you meant "people who do not self-identify as mentally ill but have that designation imposed on them." Maybe you'd have a case there. But the fact remains that many people suffer from mental illness, and it isn't always just a case of society rejecting them for being "different."
- xenophanes 13y agoYou're informing me of a "fact" without a citation. You have not succeeded at persuading me. If you wish to change my mind, tell me where Szasz was mistaken. If you are not familiar with Szasz, perhaps you should try reading both sides of the issue before passing judgment.
- md224 13y agoWell I can think of at least one counterexample: myself. I suffer from a moderate case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. I have paced back and forth, obsessively checking that the sink in my bathroom is truly off, feeling my anxiety continuing to rise despite obvious visual confirmation. I once ripped the door handle off the front door of my parents' house because I had been strenuously pulling on it, neurotically ruminating on the idea that maybe, just maybe, the door wasn't completely closed. I suffer from mental illness, and it isn't because my behaviors have a "stigma." It's because my behaviors are illogical and cause me a non-trivial amount of distress. So if you're going to rant on this forum about how mental illness is some socially-constructed tool of oppression, how about you go fuck yourself? Thanks.
- xenophanes 13y agoIllogical behavior is stigmatized (a lot of it, not all). > how about you go fuck yourself? Who is the one ranting?
- EMRo 13y ago
- sliverstorm 13y agoThere isn't really a stigma on anxiety disorder or being bipolar, that I know of. There is a stigma on some of the things people with those disorders sometimes do, but that seems reasonable. If you're bipolar and I don't like you, it's probably because of manic-depressive behavior. Not because I heard you say you were bipolar. It's not a stigma, I just can't handle people with wild mood swings.
- marvin 13y agoPlease, just stop. You are disrespectful, rude and wrong to boot. Show some restraint, this is a thread to mourn someone who just died under violent circumstances.