angeleyes wrote on Jun 18
th, 2012 at 10:59am:
What caused you to become a nut job pansi. Inbreeding perhaps?
This is the level to which some people will stoop when crossed. And so long as the forum rules aren't enforced they continue to do it and drag the forum into the gutter.
As SOB observed I have never hidden my illness. In fact I have written a number of articles on it for various publications, and always under my own name. Angeleyes picked up on one of them, whether she was looking for ammunition to try and humiliate me, I don't know and don't care.
I write on the topic because I know that mental illness carries a stigma which is undeserved. If Angeleyes had found an article saying I had gout, or diabetes, or housemaid's knee she wouldn't have been interested. But because it mentioned a mental condition she saw what she thought was a weak spot and rushed to put the boot in. In a schoolyard you would call that bullying.
Sadly, for her, her effort fell flat because it was about as effective as saying Elton John is gay or Julia Gillard is unmarried. Most people know that already.
I also took the piss out of Andrei in a good humoured way, but I guess he felt the need to pay me back, and humour doesn't seem his strong suit.
Both their reactions are examples of how ignorant some people are about mental illness. It doesn't mean you are mad, Andrei, it usually just means a chemical imbalance which is often easily controlled.
Fortunately, I have also had some really good feedback from some of stuff I have written on the topic. One woman wrote to me saying she had been worried about her husband for some time, showed him my article and persuaded him to get help. She thanked me for having a role in saving her marriage.
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