Posted by tabitha on July 13, 2002, at 2:11:18
In reply to Re: Calling the police overreaction?, posted by bookgurl99 on July 13, 2002, at 0:56:12
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> This really p***es me off. There is so much ignorance out there about mental illness. EVERYONE has some mental illness, yet only those of us who choose to get help for it are slapped with the 'psycho' label. Then it's used against us over and over again as the legitimacy of our experience is denied.
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> Then a movie like _A Beautiful Mind_ comes out, and some people think all mental illness can be treated with sheer willpower.You Go, Bookgurl!
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