Is having a mental illness something a person should be ashamed or embarrassed of?

[Anonymous]

[LaureenVO]

No. Mental illnesses are also physical illnesses. Your brain quite literally creates the wrong substances or lacks some. It's all about the reactions those substances create. Depression for example, is a chemical imbalance that causes changes in your mood, stress, sleep, eat and concentration problems.

I often wonder whether sad emotions cause the imbalance or if the imbalance causes the sad emotions. I don't know if that makes sense. But anyone can be mentally ill. Even people with good and happy lifes. There is no need to be ashamed or embarrassed. Just get the help you need :) You can get over it!

[Simslover92]

Nope, not at all.

[Gobbyjobby52]

No, a person can't decide if their brain reacts to prolonged stress by becoming depressed, anxious, schizophrenic, post traumatic, bipolic if its pushed enough. If the people around them shame if for them for something they have less than 5% control over to begin with then they are not the tribe to be around. In any case a person with mental illness should share it carefully with people who they feel are safe enough to open up to about it (small but slowly), as a portion of people will be like this unfortunately.

[Pterodon]

Not at all

[exitseven]

I say not but I think if you had one and it became public you would never be hired for a serious job ever again.

[Daytoday79]

No it's not