And you, of course, are an M.D. with an advanced degree in Psychiatry - no, wait - you have your Ph.D. in Psychology, right? What an ignorant, uninformed, and patronizing post. It's not only full of factually INCORRECT information, it's totally judgmental - and arrogant, as well. You talk about "narcissism" - well, madame (or sir, as the case may be), it's people like yourself, who have absolutely no qualifications, experience, education, or real knowledge in the field of mental health/mental illness - yet who feel that they are entitled, in their superiority, to propagate their false and erroneous OPINIONS as fact - who are the direct cause of the societal stigma that people who actually DO suffer from a genuine mental illness must endure on a day-to-day basis. It's difficult enough for them to cope with their daily existence without having to listen to the constant disparaging comments put forth by rude and inconsiderate individuals who have somehow convinced themselves that they alone have all the answers to the ills of society. "Altruistic?" Is that what your condemnation of people suffering from a documented mental illness is called? Depression IS a clinical illness; the brains of people suffering from it are physically different from those of "normal" people such as you so obviously believe yourself to be. Decades of scientific research, including brain scans and chemistry bear this out. Ah, but then, perhaps you don't believe in science? People like you disgust me.
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And you, of course, are an M.D. with an advanced degree in Psychiatry - no, wait - you have your Ph.D. in Psychology, right? What an ignorant, uninformed, and patronizing post. It's not only full of factually INCORRECT information, it's totally judgmental - and arrogant, as well. You talk about "narcissism" - well, madame (or sir, as the case may be), it's people like yourself, who have absolutely no qualifications, experience, education, or real knowledge in the field of mental health/mental illness - yet who feel that they are entitled, in their superiority, to propagate their false and erroneous OPINIONS as fact - who are the direct cause of the societal stigma that people who actually DO suffer from a genuine mental illness must endure on a day-to-day basis. It's difficult enough for them to cope with their daily existence without having to listen to the constant disparaging comments put forth by rude and inconsiderate individuals who have somehow convinced themselves that they alone have all the answers to the ills of society. "Altruistic?" Is that what your condemnation of people suffering from a documented mental illness is called? Depression IS a clinical illness; the brains of people suffering from it are physically different from those of "normal" people such as you so obviously believe yourself to be. Decades of scientific research, including brain scans and chemistry bear this out. Ah, but then, perhaps you don't believe in science? People like you disgust me.
April 15, 2011 - 7:38pmThis Comment
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