I dont believe in pathologising mental illness. you deal with individuals

nobody is the same

and no treatment for mental illness is the exact same

Yeah but talking

is the best we got

Not fucking ssris

I think I get what you're saying

we shouldn't use it as a label or identifier

but we should still treat it

Right.

agreed

we aren't defined by those things

but by what we do

I meet so many people that, as i said, tell me their diagnosis straight away

case in point stephen hawking

The idea that there is systemic mental health issues

is not even considered

Yeah thats a good point

@Nicholas91 how we deal with mental health needs to change

for sure

openess is good

But I'm pretty sure we guys all agree

Yeah I think the left needs to take it on

and politicise it

but that's not getitng to the roots

like many other issues of the day its a half hearted response

We have to do away with the idea that it can ever be a hard science

We don't need to get anyone to admit to being mentally ill

but honest genuine compassion on the issue might reach some

If you say we need better mental health care I'm sure you could get republicans to agree

Yeah I mean I see a therapist because my childhood was difficult and i responded to that lack of control with defense mechanisms that did more to alienate people

And after a year or so i was able to really work through a lot of it

like thinking a girl could fix all my problems and that my opinions were important

being humble in real life

is liberating

dude honestly talking about this stuff kind of helps

like I'm honestly not lying in saying that I should look into some conselling

Yeah I try and be as honest about it as i can

i just don't know how to deal with how bleak reality

is

Im just lucky my ex was like "you had a fucking brutal time growing up you need to talk about it"