Still think that preventative mental health is unnecessary?

[msc545]

The San Francisco Bay area man arrested in the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband filled a blog a week before the incident with delusional thoughts, including that an invisible fairy attacked an acquaintance and sometimes appeared to him in the form of a bird, according to online writings under his name.

In another post on Oct. 24, four days before the attack on Pelosi, DePape shared images of a wooden birdhouse he said he had purchased for an invisible fairy he communicated with that had begun interfering with his life. “He appears in a form that makes sense in my reality because I can’t see fairies. He’ll do things to let me know it's him and he often appears as a bird,” he wrote.

[KrakenAttackin]

Preventative mental health maintenance is ABSOLUTELY essential. Of course, you are the expert in this area. Would you agree that society has "normalized" more traditionally deviant behaviour, making "mental illness" more difficult to identify and treat?

I would LOVE to see a dedicated national campaign to help ALL men with basic mental health, provided by other MEN. Men need role models, social support, mutual accountability, and basic love and friendship. Men tend to soldier on until we come unglued and this is wrong.

[Jamie05rhs]

@KrakenAttackin I partially agree with you and I partially disagree. I think that some males need psychological counseling from females. The feminine touch (no, I don't mean physical; don't get it twisted) is an intangible quality.

[msc545]

I agree with all that you said save the notion that deviant behavior has been normalized - it has not, although it gets ignored a lot.

[Jamie05rhs]

@msc545 It's been normalized in media. Look at all of the goofy characters that are being presented in television shows.

[msc545]

@Jamie05rhs Not sure - I don't watch tv.

[Jamie05rhs]

@msc545 Lol. That's kinda funny. Your entire city is dedicated to television (and film) and you don't even watch it. 😄
But that's cool, though.

[msc545]

@Jamie05rhs I prefer reading. I love books.

[Jamie05rhs]

@msc545 Hell yeah. That's probably better anyway. I'm not gonna hate on you for that. Haha

[exitseven]

There are crazy people all over the place these days. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a few of them,, Most are on drugs or crazy or both. They would never submit to mental health care.

[exitseven]

Thanks for the MHO😎

[lightbulb27]

how does one prevent that? Yes we do need.

if he keeps this up he could start a new religion...

[Anonymous]

Sure, as long as the person desires to be healed and they believe in the process.

[goaded]

I think you misread the question.

[GreatVallue]

No, just bigger prisons.