is there anyone else out there?
By jene1985
@jene1985 (224)
Australia
June 16, 2007 1:26am CST
do you have a mental illness if you do, do peoople treat you differently I do and I have always ben told my illnesses are a part of me not who I am but its very hard when people dont give you chance or they are afraid of you. My illnesses arent my fault I didnt want them so why do get treated differently then someone who has say diabetes or high blood pressure yes my head may work differently to alot of people but Im not a monster I need love and give love just like everyone else. I have been turned down rental houses because of it was bullied at school put into mental hospitals and seperated from my family unable to work not because I dont want too but wont give someone like me a chance I have a mind too I have feelings I am not stupid so why is it like this? sorry about ranting on I guess I just dont understand what is so wrong with me ...
1 response
@fawcey (926)
• Australia
19 Jun 07
Yeah I am here and I know what you mean. I was 15 when I first went to a psych hospital and after when I tried to go back to school, it was just to hard. I was treated heaps different as though I was some psycho or something cos I had been in a 'mental hospital'. I only lasted a week back at school and ditched it and ended up back in hospital. The stigma attached to mental health is something that I find never really goes away, maybe I am just more thick skinned now I don't know. I don't know why people cant see we are just people with an illness, there is nothing wrong with you, you have a illness , and deserve to be treated the same as everyone else, as do I. I could rave on now but I will stop and just say, I hope you dont let them get to you to much, those that dont understand us are not worth the effort.
@jene1985 (224)
• Australia
21 Jun 07
Im sorry you have had such a bad time too I think out of all the things I went through to do with mine the one that hurt the most even more then the years I spent in hospitals was my grandparents rejecting me and they still dont want to know me think thats one of the things that hurt me thhe most
@fawcey (926)
• Australia
21 Jun 07
It is hard when our loved ones don't accept us for who we are, I have since all of this no longer see my family, more my choice I suppose, but they were not helping me or my self esteem. It was hard but they wanted me to be someone I am not and when it came to the choice of I am who I am and I started making my own desicions, it became apparent that we no longer got on or agreed and the only solution was seperation. I have to say as hard as it was I am better for it. Just no that you are a good person and no matter what anyone else says, YOU know the truth and you know how you feel. I wish you all the best and hope you find the people that are out there that will accept you for you. :)
