For some people 'mental illness' is a label that overshadows everything else a person is and can be.
Thank you for posting this to show how human every one with a 'mental illness' is!
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Don't ever let labels prevent you from seeing the person behind them! There's always more to people than you expect!
In nursing school, I did a psych rotation. People in mental institutions are really disinterested in everything, and they have a loathing for the staff, even if you are a new face and never interacted before.
2 years later, I spent 72 hours in a psych ward on mandatory hold after I tried to kill myself. In all honesty, I was the most "normal" person there. Made me grateful I wasn't more messed up.
I can't relate to this post, because most of the people in there were skiddish and suspicious.
A mental illness does not define a person, but it's still a part of who they are. Remember that. Don't try and forget they have such a condition, work with and around it.
Thank you for posting this to show how human every one with a 'mental illness' is!
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Don't ever let labels prevent you from seeing the person behind them! There's always more to people than you expect!
2 years later, I spent 72 hours in a psych ward on mandatory hold after I tried to kill myself. In all honesty, I was the most "normal" person there. Made me grateful I wasn't more messed up.
I can't relate to this post, because most of the people in there were skiddish and suspicious.