Tuesday, January 7, 2014

A rant on the treatment of mental illnesses

This has nothing to do with reading or books. Feel free to get angry at me since I strayed from my theme. In fact, I encourage it. Feelings are necessary to actually feel. If this is the one disappointment on a day of horror and  you just want to yell or cry or break something, then do it. Don't hold your feelings in, let it out, let it go. Express yourself. Anyways, as I was going to say... I want to say something.
I have a few mental issues, these issues get in my way sometimes but I try to overpower them and keep them in check. People get irritated by my issues sometimes, like if I have to stop everything and hold my head since it feels like it will explode, they will tell me to hurry along. Or if  my ADD kicks in and I don't hear a word someone says they will clearly get annoyed. Most people are only sensitive to issues in the mind if they are visible issues, like Tourettes syndrome. Otherwise people treat you like a child who just wants attention. My question is that how is it that the most important, valued and delicate part of our body (the brain) is valued so low when it comes to conditions. The brain is irreplaceable, that's why we try to nurture and protect it. So how come when there's an issue related to the brain, even a psychosomatic disorder, people treat it with such impatience, it seems to me that tany mental issue should be treated with more concern, not less.

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