Posted by SLS on August 29, 2010, at 9:48:18
In reply to disability, posted by olivia12 on August 28, 2010, at 22:37:15
> Is anyone here not on disability?
Yes.
> It's pretty bad that tax dollars are swallowed up by reasonably healthy people
If you are referring to me, I doubt that fatigue mimicking mononucleosis and cognitive impairments (inability to read, learn, and remember) qualifies as a healthy person. I recently lost a job because I could not read and understand their online orientation program.
> that cannot work because they are "sick". I work my *ss off everyday to support you and sometimes I get irritated by the irresponsible adults that I see.
I understand this sentiment. However, major depressive disorder and bipolar disorder are very real biological illnesses, even though they are often inappropriately referred to as "mood" illnesses. They comprise a great many more functional abnormalities other than mood alterations. I don't think that your resentment is misunderstood so much as I think that mental illness is misunderstood.
Did you wish to cater to and perpetuates misunderstanding, or are you receptive to new understandings? Stereotypes portraying people with mental illness as being lazy or weak of character are archaic generalizations that do not resonate well with the knowledge and understanding that science now provides us with.
- ScottThe measure of achievement lies not in how high the mountain,
but in how hard the climb.The measure of success lies only in how high one feels he must
climb to get there.
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