My son is schizophrenic. The ‘reforms’ that I worked for have worsened his life.

Re:My son is schizophrenic. The ‘reforms’ that I worked for ... by lusr on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @04:56PM (#4661791)

There's a ridiculously vast difference between "a little fucked up" and serious mental illnesses such as schizophrenia, rapid cycling bipolar disorder or borderline personality disorder.

If you think serious mental illness isn't a real, debilitating reality, I encourage you to spend some time with somebody in a truly psychotic state and see how you feel afterwards. Then imagine living as that person.

There may be no absolute "normal", but there are most certainly people who live in a sad, terrible, frightening state of mental disturbance with no simple treatment.

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Re:My son is schizophrenic. The ‘reforms’ that I worked for ... by aes256 on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @05:50PM (#4662056)

Don't get me wrong, I don't mean to belittle those with debilitating mental illnesses.

I simply don't like the view many seem to hold that mental illness is black and white; you have a mental illness or you don't.

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Re:My son is schizophrenic. The ‘reforms’ that I worked for ... by pnathan on Tuesday October 16, 2012 @05:16PM (#4661895)

> There may be no absolute "normal", but there are most certainly people who live in a sad, terrible, frightening state of mental disturbance with no simple treatment.

Agreed. There's a vast gulf between someone who is quirky on Tumblr and someone with a mental illness. It's simply not the same, not even close.

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