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TEX_VOLFAN said:
Yes, and yes, but not a whole lot. I use to have to scan patients from the Phsyc ward from the prison. They'd bring them in on a special reinforced stretchers with four point restraints, then let them loose so we could scan them. Most of the time they'd be heavily sedated but not all the time. Very unnerving. Had a very, Silence of the Lambs feel to it all.
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Sounds like fun. The interesting thing about people with mental disorders, they consider themselves sane, and others insane. Sanity really is nothing but a point of view. Most anything can be rationalized depending on what you believe to be true.
 
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Weezer said:
Sounds like fun. The interesting thing about people with mental disorders, they consider themselves sane, and others insane. Sanity really is nothing but a point of view. Most anything can be rationalized depending on what you believe to be true.
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I've been thinking about mental illness in terms of the judicial system here lately. Some people are just bad people, no doubt about that, but as society is changing and we are learning more and more, especially in the areas of autism/aspergers etc. it makes me wonder, historically speaking, how often some of these bad people were actually ill

The flip side is has the lack of research/understanding been the reason that so many have been undiagnosed, or have other things contributed to the rise in #.
 
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wildnkrazykat said:
I've been thinking about mental illness in terms of the judicial system here lately. Some people are just bad people, no doubt about that, but as society is changing and we are learning more and more, especially in the areas of autism/aspergers etc. it makes me wonder, historically speaking, how often some of these bad people were actually ill

The flip side is has the lack of research/understanding been the reason that so many have been undiagnosed, or have other things contributed to the rise in #.
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Errbody has some mental issues but these modern medicines that drug companies keep pumping into our society are causing more problems. Doctors and Psychiatrists aren't afraid to dish them out. Not knowing true side effects or long term health problems they could cause.
Sparty made a thread a few months back about that
 
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Billy Idol is playing at Foxwoods. I have no idea why, but for some reason I'm intrigued at the prospect of going.
 
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I wonder what the dude was thinking that came up with the name flies for little black bugs that buzz around poop.
 
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wildnkrazykat said:
I've been thinking about mental illness in terms of the judicial system here lately. Some people are just bad people, no doubt about that, but as society is changing and we are learning more and more, especially in the areas of autism/aspergers etc. it makes me wonder, historically speaking, how often some of these bad people were actually ill

The flip side is has the lack of research/understanding been the reason that so many have been undiagnosed, or have other things contributed to the rise in #.
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MY3*VOLS said:
Errbody has some mental issues but these modern medicines that drug companies keep pumping into our society are causing more problems. Doctors and Psychiatrists aren't afraid to dish them out. Not knowing true side effects or long term health problems they could cause.
Sparty made a thread a few months back about that
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Personally, I think more research needs to be done. And Sparty is partly right in saying the drugs are part of the problem. The big pharmecuetical companies are all about making a dime, but some of the drugs they develop do help deal with mental disorders. The biggest problem with mind altering drugs is they don't effect everyone the same. What may work for one, doesn't necessarily work for someone else. To me, that goes back to more research needing to be conducted to dive further into the root of the problem. Many people have disdain for the subject matter because they don't see mental disorders as a true illness. They see it as something that could and should be controlled by willpower. What they fail to recognize is you cannot change how your thoughts work. I've had people tell me I just need to think of happier things, like that's some kind of magical breakthrough on the treatment of BPD. If I could make it that simple, I would. People do not choose to have a chaotic hell in their minds. If it's there, it's there, and they can't simply turn it off by thinking of sunfshine and rainbows.

Until you have experienced a mental disorder and the way it can eat at your soul, like a cancer, you cannot fathom what these people go through. No one chooses it. It's not something that comes with an on/off switch. Everyday you fight it, and everyday you feel a little more of yourself slip away. And when you try to talk to people, they dismiss you as being dramatic. They don't see what you're going through and don't recognize your cries for help. You end up alone. Mostly isolated from the world.

And this is something the medical field and the government and society in general should focus more on. It ties into the gun control debate. Most of the spree shooters have documented cases of having mental issues, but they fell through the cracks of society and went largely ignored until they fell over the edge. And no, I'm not justifying what they did, I'm just saying that if we focused more on helping these people, they may not have slipped over the edge. Instead the govt fights over tougher gun control laws. That, to me, is trying to put a band-aid on a knife wound. A person who's slipped over the edge will still find a way to kill people if that's his goal. Maybe he won't kill as many, but it still doesn't discourage him from killing some. Treatment is a better option.

Some disorders are obviously more severe than others, so of course there will be people put into asylums to protect themselves and society. But often now when that happens, they are forgotten. There is still a soul inside that shell and they deserve to be treated with dignity and respect. They don't deserve to be abandoned entirely. But all disorders deserve to be researched more. I'm not sure exactly how much chemical balance in the brain effects it or what genomes might trigger what, but with advances in modern science, it deserves a focus to help people that cannot help themselves.

I know this probably reads as one long ramble, and it probably is, but mental disorders are like icebergs. What you can see is what juts out of the water, but there's so much more to it that you don't see, buried beneath the surface. It's a shame to see it trivialized because it doesn't necessarily have physical ramifications for everyone to see. If it came with a golfball sized tumor on the side of your head, it would be taken more seriously.
 
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Hmmm... I figured by now I'd have the standard tl;dr zonr post. Must bee a slow day.
 
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Weezer said:
Hmmm... I figured by now I'd have the standard tl;dr zonr post. Must bee a slow day.
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Too long....

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me and the dog just made a loop on the 4 wheeler. He made every step with me. He is gonna be a good dog. He would get to running full speed and dive in a ditch full of water. Gave me teh lulz.
 
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