Friday, September 10, 2010

Comments on Mental Illness VS says it costs us 51b annually

There is so much stigma still in admitting you are struggling with mental illness. For many, they will read no further now that is said.

I think in some mental illnesses there is a continuum that ranges from suicide to happiness and pleasure.
Some Canadians spend their lives living in the dark side of that spectrum. Some don't even believe there is such a thing as light, so long they have lived there.
It is true that there are drugs that can change that.
These drugs don't get you high, nor are they addictive. But many many people have been significantly helped to almost say there is a cure.
There is a great counseling network across Canada as well.
It is hard to keep a job sometimes with a mental illness particularly if it is debilitating. Perhaps this is why so many homeless people suffer mental illness
When you barely can get out of bed, when your body aches, when you can't stop crying, when you have to cope with panic attacks, when some days all you can think about it suicide.  It is hard to stay on the job.

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