Posted by Phil on May 13, 2015, at 11:18:24
In reply to They are not calling it schizophrenia anymore, posted by Lamdage22 on May 13, 2015, at 5:42:05
I've read about this and agree it should be changed. But I think manic depression changing to bipolar was a bad move. People hear bipolar and it doesn't describe the illness like the word depression does for depression. Or anxiety does, etc. We aren't happy and sad. We get mania and depression. Normal people think all of us as weak or crazy or lazy or losers anyway. We have brain disease and sometimes really traumatic childhoods. Bad combination.
You hear, Ms Celeb is FIGHTING CANCER she's a fighter! You rarely hear Ms Celeb hasn't worked in a while because she FIGHTING BIPOLAR.
We haven't scratched the surface on getting rid on stigma."All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific."
Jane Wagner
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