Mental Illness

[CaM]

awesome, stalker almost/fully

"man where's my keys!?!?!"

*muffled noise from bushes* "on the floor"

[Brick]

awesome, stalker almost/fully

"man where's my keys!?!?!"

*muffled noise from bushes* "on the floor"

u actually made me lol, now my mum is looking at me
she dnt no where i live so its all good

[CaM]

tuf

i kinda had one like that once, not so hardout though.... was kinda frightening...

[zEpHyRiNe]

yuh, nobvodies bagging those with a real problem, more the authorities that brandish people with the idea that they have a real issue instead of that person having to come to terms with their situation and get off their ass and do something about it, instead of settling for an excuse.

A "real issue" to one person will not be a "real issue" to everyone (you know, that whole "everyone is different" thing), but does that make it any less a reality?

Behavioral or psychological syndromes or patterns which cause painful symptoms and interference with normal functioning in important areas (relationships, school, work, etc.)

The way I see it is this: Normal is definately not defined, but you know what is normal for YOU. Something that interferes seriously with the way you function and perform tasks is something that needs to be seen to. It's not up to someone else to put in their 2 cents and tell you that what you feel isn't valid, based apon what they percieve to be normal; it's up to the designated professionals out there that have guidelines to work by. I do think that too many people out there are on unneccesary medication, but then again, a lot more people are coming forward as there are now names for the things that they have had to struggle with for years.

I, for one, am affected by depression and a few anxiety related disorders that render me incapable of using the phone and going out by myself by means of lengthy panic attacks. Tremendous fun. You wouldn't believe the amount of people that tell you to "just stop it" or "snap out of it", and then get cranky when you explain that it's not something you can just stop. If I was able to "just stop it", I would have about 5 years ago.

[dragon_girl]

Nothing wrong with having a mental illness guys.... Plus my best mate had bi-polar and he's the coolest guy I know

And I thort the NZ stats was 1 in 5.... Looks like the toyspeed peepz are a little more on the mental side then the average population Somethings going on here.... LMAO

[Silent Knight]

I thought I was the coolest guy you know?

I feel so betrayed right now...

[dragon_girl]

I thought I was the coolest guy you know?

Haha yeah sure sure.... Well you're not Baa ha

[no_8wire]

Depression cannot be classed as an illness because it is normal.

So when someone kills themselves because of depression thats normal??

No...I think they have no balls to face the reality of life. Taking the easy way out etc... Its not normal to kill or maim yourself.

But they are losers and retards. As well as gutless.
Oh my life sucks... my girl/boy friend left me. ..I have no job...
well A BOOHOO HOO to you.
If I was a doctor the opnly pills I would prescribe are " Dr Rory's Harden up Pills" to be taken with " shut the F* up juice"

Flame me if you want I dont care.

[CaM]

meh, hold the flame, public forums = opinions stz

I kinda have the same attitude toward suicide etc,

[Silent Knight]

I thought I was the coolest guy you know?

Haha yeah sure sure.... Well you're not Baa ha

Buuuuurrrrnnnnnn

[ollieboy]

No...I think they have no balls to face the reality of life. Taking the easy way out etc... Its not normal to kill or maim yourself.

But they are losers and retards. As well as gutless.
Oh my life sucks... my girl/boy friend left me. ..I have no job...
well A BOOHOO HOO to you.
If I was a doctor the opnly pills I would prescribe are " Dr Rory's Harden up Pills" to be taken with " shut the F* up juice"

Flame me if you want I dont care.

You say they are just taking the easy way out. To certain people with depression sucide may seem the only way out of the situation they are in.

I really think people don't fully understand what depression actually is. Depression isn't always people want to kill themselves. Some people may not even realise they have depression. I only found out I had it when I suddenly wasn't hungry, I did really bad at school, tried to get as little sleep as possible(lack of sleep eases depression) and lost interest in stuff I used to be interested in. It wasn't really discovered until my friend killed himself one day. We had no idea he wanted to kill himself and he didn't have a crap life, he did real well at school had heaps of cool friends, cool parents, great family, then one day he went out to his shed and put a shotgun in his mouth. It was completely without warning, completely random, he was working, no suicide note was left. After that I took a look at my life because it was great and when the counsellors at school spoke to me, we worked out that I was depressed. I tried to say I wasn't but all the evidence showed I was.

Not all depression needs treatment with medication either, mine didn't, I just needed to get away from life for a few months, which I did, I forgot everything I knew and left my home town for two months, it worked fine. I must have just needed to be on my own for a while. Now I feel great, I have become interested in stuff again and am improving at school but I still have a reoccurance from time to time but rarely.

Oh my life sucks... my girl/boy friend left me. ..I have no job...
well A BOOHOO HOO to you.

People who say this sort of stuff usually don't have depression, they are confusing feeling bad with clinical depression which has totally different backgrounds.
I don't agree with people who pretend to have depression just for the hell of it, its those people who make depression seem like just a state of mind at a particular time, not a chemical imbalance like it actually is. They contribute to people not having any sympathy for truely depressed people.


I don't want to cause arguments I just want to help people understand..

Cheers
Ollie

[RomanV]

SK.... That's a horrible picture.

[ollieboy]

I just re-read what people said and I agree with those people who say stuff

CaM said it best

nobvodies bagging those with a real problem, more the authorities that brandish people with the idea that they have a real issue

it seems the media portrays that its cool to have a mental illness and we should all have one.

[CaM]

fully. health system sems to go through it's fads.
just wait til it's cool to have the clap.
I'll be sorted

[Punter]

Depression cannot be classed as an illness because it is normal.

So when someone kills themselves because of depression thats normal??

No...I think they have no balls to face the reality of life. Taking the easy way out etc... Its not normal to kill or maim yourself.

But they are losers and retards. As well as gutless.
Oh my life sucks... my girl/boy friend left me. ..I have no job...
well A BOOHOO HOO to you.
If I was a doctor the opnly pills I would prescribe are " Dr Rory's Harden up Pills" to be taken with " shut the F* up juice"

Flame me if you want I dont care.

I think that attitude is why our suicide rate is so high, people fear that if they ask for help/talk about it they will recieve the response you have just given. You clearly haven't been to the place that some of us have, and for that you are lucky.

But please if you don't understand something please don't make such definitive and insulting comments, your really not helping the stigma that surrounds mental illness in this country, and your personally insulting anyone who been in that place.

[Punter]

Oh my life sucks... my girl/boy friend left me. ..I have no job...

Also those are thinga that make you feel like sh*t, and feeling like sh*t is not depression.

[gurutasker]

I think that attitude is why our suicide rate is so high, people fear that if they ask for help/talk about it they will recieve the response you have just given.

I don't think that is why our suicide rate is so high.. there are so many places out there now that are preaching the "it's okay to talk" and "We won't bag you for it" kind of message that I don't think people are afraid to talk about it.

IMHO New Zealanders (especially youth) see suicide happen so often that they see it as a viable way out, an acceptable solution as such. When I talk to people oversease, some that have been in depression.. the thought of suicide never entered into their heads.

[Punter]

I don't think that is why our suicide rate is so high.. there are so many places out there now that are preaching the "it's okay to talk" and "We won't bag you for it" kind of message that I don't think people are afraid to talk about it.

IMHO New Zealanders (especially youth) see suicide happen so often that they see it as a viable way out, an acceptable solution as such. When I talk to people oversease, some that have been in depression.. the thought of suicide never entered into their heads.

It seems quite a few people have the "if we don't talk about it it won't happen" attitude, but that's they way its always been, and our youth suicide rate has always been high.
I think its excellent that people are now trying something new, and actually making an effort to help people.

[Chickenman]

I have a mental illness.


$&#$% if I know what it is though... I'm just mental.



Ask anyone that knows me... properly.


They will say...


Toby's a mental.

Sometimes I think I might be depressed but then I'm laughing maniacally and singing "I feel pretty/happy, oh so pretty/happy.." while I do the dishes... don't quite know what gives there but hey, I'm still going.


I went out with someone with ADHD who would only take her meds sporadically and hadn't quite got the hang of rationality

Scary shizzle

[zEpHyRiNe]

I think that attitude is why our suicide rate is so high, people fear that if they ask for help/talk about it they will recieve the response you have just given.

I don't think that is why our suicide rate is so high.. there are so many places out there now that are preaching the "it's okay to talk" and "We won't bag you for it" kind of message that I don't think people are afraid to talk about it.

I can't speak for everyone in the country, but I do know a lot of people that are still afraid to talk about *it*, for fear of opinions much like no_8wire's. Good stuff.