December 05, 2004
Random thoughts on mental illness
My mood has dropped. I don't know why. Maybe it's because there hasn't been much sunshine today. Maybe my sugar levels are low. Maybe it's because I'm bipolar. I try to forget about it, but it doesn't go away. It affects my life so much. I dread the thought that my sons might inherit it. I would hate for them to have to go through what I've been through. At least now the lithium has been increased I don't get as 'high' as I used to. That was more scarey than the depression really. If I had a choice between my physical problems or my mental health problems, I would choose the physical ones every time. But then, that's easy for me to say because I don't have any terminal illnesses. There is still such a stigma attached to mental health problems, however 'politically correct' people try to be. Especially in Britain. The only time you hear of someone having manic depression (which is still the term more likely to be used in the UK, except by mental health professionals), is when they've knifed someone, or when it's used as an insanity defence in court, in order to get a lighter sentence, or to be sent to a psychiatric hospital rather than prison. To use an American term, mental illness sucks.
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