Deranged nutter here, glad to see mental illness being discussed in a mature manner on any website. Ignorance of mental illness is widespread, but what is beco

Deranged nutter here, glad to see mental illness being discussed in a mature manner on any website. Ignorance of mental illness is widespread, but what is becoming more popular is abusing the terms to describe your own problems. When the term "bipolar" starts to be used to describe someone's mere eccentricity, it indicates awareness of the condition has increased, but the level of ignorance has remained the same. A good example of ignorance related to depression: Many people who suffer from depression have problems with anger. From my experience being diagnosed as a loony correlates with an increase in aggression among your fellow humans that is mainly directed towards yourself. I don't see how subjecting someone with anger management problems to more anger and aggressive behaviour is going to help them. A diagnosis of mental illness is a diagnosis, not an answer to or explanation of a problem, which is usually how it is interpreted. Appropriate action will help the problem, as opposed to thinking that a prescription of escitalopram or fluoxetine will just make the problem fizzle away. One more point: people with mental health problems dislike being talked to and treated like naughty children. That is the quickest way to lose their respect.