Quantact Wrote:Mental illness is just like any other illness. People don't understand that because there's no weird lesion on the skin to prove it. For example, a person might become severely depressed and refuse anti-depressants because they don't want to be "changed." Thing is, who they REALLY are is what was before the depression. The depressed state is the altered state. Yeah, such drugs need to be handled with care, but staying miserable and f88cked up because it's "natural" is not my idea of a good life. In the case of some mental illnesses, the situation is so severe that without proper medical attention you'll land in a mental hospital, where they'll pump you full of drugs anyway, and it'll be worse then.my diagnosis is "mild" depression - a surprise diagnosis, actually. but suddenly my doctor wants to put me on ssri's? i wasn't expecting anxiety disorder either.
it's all a bit unreal if you know what i mean. i just wanted my difficulties to be recognised, not suddenly become a "rebellious patient who won't take medication."
coming from a psychology background, i am slightly uncomfortable about saying that mental illness is a "disease"...