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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 210130" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I think what I hate as much as the disease that robs us of our loved ones, or at least the best of times with them, is the way society treats them. </p><p> </p><p>As children they do have supports IF they have a parent smart enough to push for them. They are still outsiders to their peers, and life is so very hard for them.</p><p> </p><p>As adults it is even worse. The resources are few and far between. Often the disease robs them of relationships with the people who arranged supports for them when they were children. The law gives them the right to make treatment decisions, even when they simply are not capable of making reasonable, rational decisions. </p><p> </p><p>And the real dang shame is:</p><p> </p><p>For treatment and support many of them must commit crimes and go to jail. They simply cannot cope in society, those who CAN help them (relatives and friends) are powerless in the face of the disease, and the mentally ill often have few other ways to get regular meals and shelter, much less what pitifully little treatment jail or prison offers. </p><p> </p><p>It hurts my heart to know so many mentally ill adults are homeless tonight, hungry, afraid, and ill. Or they are imprisoned, hungry, afraid, and ill.</p><p> </p><p>I HATE mental illness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 210130, member: 1233"] I think what I hate as much as the disease that robs us of our loved ones, or at least the best of times with them, is the way society treats them. As children they do have supports IF they have a parent smart enough to push for them. They are still outsiders to their peers, and life is so very hard for them. As adults it is even worse. The resources are few and far between. Often the disease robs them of relationships with the people who arranged supports for them when they were children. The law gives them the right to make treatment decisions, even when they simply are not capable of making reasonable, rational decisions. And the real dang shame is: For treatment and support many of them must commit crimes and go to jail. They simply cannot cope in society, those who CAN help them (relatives and friends) are powerless in the face of the disease, and the mentally ill often have few other ways to get regular meals and shelter, much less what pitifully little treatment jail or prison offers. It hurts my heart to know so many mentally ill adults are homeless tonight, hungry, afraid, and ill. Or they are imprisoned, hungry, afraid, and ill. I HATE mental illness. [/QUOTE]
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