Comments on: Change A Mind About Mental Illness

By: Josephine

Josephine — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:28:40 +0000

Yes I am with you and will support anything that you start to boost this country’s awareness of mental illness.

When my government gives my disabled son less than $700 to live and expects him to survive on that amount and then spends outrageous amounts of money in the war, then, and only then is when I believe in Hitler’s “Germany above all” statement. We need to be Americans first, take care of our own, and then move on and help other countries.

By: ME

ME — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:29:59 +0000

THIS DOES NOT EVEN TOUCH THE MAGNITUTE OF THE ISSUE. BUT THANKS MARIO. IT IS THE BEGINNING.

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:02:10 +0000

My son was diagnosed with juvenile diabetes at age 11, and developed schizoaffective disorder at age 18. With the dual diagnosis he became unable to manage his very brittle diabetes. We lived a hell on earth for many years and he had many commitments (one that lasted ten years), but they finally found the right combination of meds for him. Now 40 yrs old, he is out of the hospital and doing very well. He fathered a son, who is now 13, that we have raised from a baby.

The point here is don’t give up! We have come to a comfortable place with all of this suffering — our grandson has brought a lot of love to our lives, and our son is doing better now than we ever imagined he could. The mentally ill need our support and understanding — we give it to those stricken with other diseases and this illness should be no different.

By: Tennessean

Tennessean — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:29:49 +0000

Well….it may be off topic somewhat, but it IS a commercial. So I’ll make a feeble attempt to tie the two together.

I find this commercial by Wal Mart very touching. Just a good thought, good feeling kind of presentation. I was very surprised to read the hateful, vitriolic comments from viewers. Nothing “bad” about this effort crossed my mind. (Maybe I’ve been participating here so long the naivete is starting to rub off on me? ) Anyway, I’m sure most of you have seen it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9lkmd-mMJ0

Then I go and look at the comments on this commercial for understanding of the difficulties of Mental Illnesses, and see not one disparaging word. (Good thing I might add.)

My, my…but we do pick our battles.

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uberVU - social comments — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:01:13 +0000

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By: Rose

Rose — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:24:31 +0000

This video hit a nerve with me. I am a daughter of depression. My mother has battled depression most of my life. I am her only child. It was just the two of us, as a family. I have had to fight tooth and nail at times not to get sucked into that dark hole also. Mental illness doesn’t just affect the person with the illness, but everyone around them too. It is so frustrating when your best intentions to help a loved one is only met with resistance or basically ignored.