Does mental illness terrify you?

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HippieVeganJewslim · Accepted Answer

I’ve mental illness (I think PTSD, bipolar-type schizoaffective dis-order, and OCD). Therefore, people constantly make fun of me. Scares me out! I hope those ruddy folks will learn that being mad is just as normal as being sane.

lightbulb27 · Accepted Answer

Somewhat, I've seen it first hand and it's a beast to deal with. It's like dealing with a computer that is all screwed up.  I don't want to live in fear, that isn't going to help my mental state.

cth96190 · Answer

No, mental illness does not frighten me.
Fear is a product of ignorance.
I have been to crazy town. I have spent many nights reciting Macbeth and Hamlet to my Colt 1911 by candle light, after a female broke my heart. Sometimes it has been what comes of being a former soldier.
Every day, as part of my work, I deal with drug-fucked crazies, as well as people who are simply mentally ill.
So, no, mental illness does not frighten me.

Anonymous · Answer

No. What terrifies me is that having mental illness can make you seen and treated as sub-human. The possibility of being targeted and ostracized by people, the "justice" system, or a government, who all "just want to help." Losing rights. Losing control. Losing all social safety. That's what I'm terrified of.

exitseven · Answer

No but there is just so much of it around I just have to wonder if we are just a country of crazy people. Look who we have for a president.  I put the DEM in dementia.

Anonymous · Answer

Knowing that nobody is immune and can develop a mental illness isn't something that's fun to think about. But then I remember that I'm surrounded by good people who wouldn't enable me. that would make it easier to treat my mental illness and control it.

mandyfire98 · Answer

It can. Sometimes (not always) it can lead to dangerous and violent outcomes as we see almost weekly it seems in my country.

Anonymous · Answer

Some do, some don’t. Those that are manageable, and that people work to manage, don’t scare me. It’s those mental illnesses that lead individuals to want to harm others, and that are unmanaged or uncontrollable that are terrifying.

DizzyDesii · Answer

I never thought much about it until i’ve seen several people throughout the usa struggling during the pandemic. Its so sad to see

Jazzy54 · Answer

Absolutely not. I’m a huge mental health advocate. People should do everything they can to get the help they need.

Msputiton · Answer

You should have put a 3rd option.

Because there are various versions. Some are not serious and not a threat at all.

Some are not a threat if properly mainted, and some are very scary, and very dangerous to themselves and others

MementoMori777 · Answer

Nope, people don't understand the peace they find when they don't fear death.

MemeSupreme · Answer

kinda? i do scared if someone i know is a very rough spot and i think they're at that breaking point.

electromagnetic · Answer

Without a doubt. Apparently it can switch off at any moment.

NathanDavis · Answer

no... but Walmart bathrooms do..

Nigjt · Answer

Some not a lot it does to a point it just depends on how much they are. God Bless

Quackthulu2 · Answer

No, why would that scare someone?

Pete671 · Answer

Yes because people generally don't care,,,

Joker_ · Answer

ooh spooky

Anonymous · Answer

Most crazy fuckers are happy, so no.

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