Do you know any mentally ill people?

My aunt is. I didn't know she was until when I was 13 and my grandma took me to one of my cousin's house to hang with them and we came home at like 1 in the morning and my aunt attacked my grandma. She had me call 911 to have the ambulance come and get her.

Edited by niecy - Mar 02 2013 at 2:29pm

beebeexx wrote: india100 wrote: We are in contact with mentally ill people daily online and in real life . Many walk around without any signs , until they do something like shooting children in school . We need to fight for more funding. I have a mentally ill family member that refuse to take meds . The current laws give mentally ill people the right to refuse treatment until they kill or harm . I question the Law makers mental state . i know it's tragic when people harm others but many of the stronger psych meds have nasty/unpleasant side effects. a lot of times you can end up on a cocktail of pills trying to fix the side effects (and side effects of the pills trying to fix the side effects) refusing medication isn't always just an outgrowth of the mental illness also most mentally ill people don't harm others. IMO changing the current laws re:medication would do much more harm than good.

IA. And it's true most mentally ill people do not harm others in fact they are often the ones harmed bc of being vulnerable.   I hate the stigmas that go along with mental illness bc the fact is we all know mentally ill people you just don't know their diagnosis and with many you can't tell. Mental illness ranges from very mild like me which they call normal or high functioning to severe.

I think she can report it to protect herself if she feels threatened or unsafe.

Yes My uncle god rest his soul when he came back from the army and Korea he wasnt the same 

yes

i keep my crazy in check. most of the time