tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post6870880351206104471..comments2024-03-27T21:57:54.772-07:00Comments on A Perfect Extra Chromosome: The Stigma Around Mental Illness.....A Perfect Extra Chromosomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08589374230086756438noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-84298693387565997752014-10-08T17:04:32.265-07:002014-10-08T17:04:32.265-07:00I'm not too sure if you're agreeing or dis...I'm not too sure if you're agreeing or disagreeing with my post. I think that every situation is unique. This post is all from my own personal perspective, my own opinions,. I have been around those affected by mental illness, my whole life. I have never felt pity or fear. It's sad if this is how people react to others. I am sorry that you have experienced this. There is a stigma, shame, disgrace....the only way that this is going to end, is if we talk, if we share stories, share our personal experiences, respect each other and the journeys that we are on. Thank you for your feedback. KristaA Perfect Extra Chromosomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589374230086756438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-52706426414249006502014-10-08T12:05:07.867-07:002014-10-08T12:05:07.867-07:00I find it interesting to hear people say end the s...I find it interesting to hear people say end the stigma. Yet being classified as some with schizo affective disorder I know there are two reactions you get when people discover what you have. Pitty or fear. Neither are welcome in my book so I do my best to hide this fact. I'm a professional and a mother. I live in fear every day that I will become ill and lose everything. I used to work with individuals with disabilities. I watched how professionals and parents alike would treat them much differently then other " average people ". The one thing I have to say is simple and it goes for every person in this world. Every one has challenges. You want to end stigma stop treating people differently or with fear. We all need to be accepted for who we are not what a diagnosis defines us as. Simply to overcome stigma we must love each other. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-33805636538921329772014-10-01T11:55:38.216-07:002014-10-01T11:55:38.216-07:00Thank you for sharing Jenna. I'm glad that you...Thank you for sharing Jenna. I'm glad that you talk about it and share your fears with others. We all need to talk. It's time!A Perfect Extra Chromosomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589374230086756438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-16855383534353279552014-09-30T22:18:16.527-07:002014-09-30T22:18:16.527-07:00Amen. As I get to know you a little more (Maybe on...Amen. As I get to know you a little more (Maybe one day I will start blogging) I feel more comfortable talking. I have a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder. I'm sure you know what that comes with (if not Google it, I couldn't EVER give the definition justice) && Suicide is something I struggled with from age 15 well until 29 or so. Even sometimes now. My kids and my Mom is the ONLY thing that stops me. I couldn't bear to hurt my Mother like that. My brother overdosed in 2008 and I watched both of my parents just shatter. And I couldn't do that twice to them. Its a fight that NOBODY unless you live in that persons head or heart could EVER understand. So amen. XoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05439081148617653885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-20156377997600163062014-09-13T11:05:45.173-07:002014-09-13T11:05:45.173-07:00Thank you for sharing Stephanie. I really apprecia...Thank you for sharing Stephanie. I really appreciate. I wish that people would talk, it's ok to talk. I was pretty shocked when a few thousand people had read the post and not one comment. No feedback. That doesn't happen very often. It made me sad. Thank you again. xoA Perfect Extra Chromosomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589374230086756438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-20394816025254602482014-09-13T11:04:07.940-07:002014-09-13T11:04:07.940-07:00Thank you Lia. xoThank you Lia. xoA Perfect Extra Chromosomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589374230086756438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-70098669217738104572014-09-08T11:01:02.606-07:002014-09-08T11:01:02.606-07:00Beautifully said my friend! :) Beautifully said my friend! :) Liahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01198352493700978048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-34662228472108890892014-09-07T16:32:27.474-07:002014-09-07T16:32:27.474-07:00Bravo for asking for discussion. I love and live w...Bravo for asking for discussion. I love and live with a moderate to severely depressed person. Mental illness is not spoken about out loud on public ...... How archaic! We need to talk about it. How it feels-what it is- how it affects loved ones-what to do- and so on! We can't role model how to truly live to our kids if we keep so many secrets from them even if we think we are shielding and protecting them. Really??? Let's give our kids and everyone affected by depression the tools to live and be accepted and supported. I could rant on about this forever. Our kids know about their dads depression and we talk openly about it in all aspects. Chances are they will experience depression which my 21 year old daughter is at university. She was empowered enough to seek out a doctor (she attends school in another city) and get help. Imagine all those people who won't ask for help..... It took a serious "bottoming out" before my husband could be convinced to see a doctor. It took several years and a lot of crap for everyone in the family and at his place of work but mostly for him before the bottom came. And it came hard. Speak out loud. Out loud to everyone and anyone. Someday mental illness will be "normal" and will be celebrated and fully supported dare I say ... Like cancer.... Not that I wish that disease on anyone but i really wish no one had to live with depression or be depressed.its a horrible disease suffers in silence and alone. Thank you for asking for discussion. Thank you for your friend Chrissy and others like her!!!! We would be in a worse place without caregivers such as her!Stephanie Waddellnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-87423661579098688982014-09-07T16:10:22.548-07:002014-09-07T16:10:22.548-07:00Thank you Brenda. xoThank you Brenda. xoA Perfect Extra Chromosomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08589374230086756438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6811945558877221270.post-78985824375104729962014-09-07T15:37:57.907-07:002014-09-07T15:37:57.907-07:00VERY well said! I agree 100%!VERY well said! I agree 100%!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289764948839220752noreply@blogger.com