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<blockquote data-quote="Feeling Sad" data-source="post: 698752" data-attributes="member: 19245"><p>Yes, stigma is wrong and very present. Yes, something needs to be done about it.</p><p></p><p>A had a therapist ask me if my ill son knew where I taught. It was/is a viable threat.</p><p></p><p>We also do many lock down drills in the district every year to practice. He probably would never do anything and there is a much larger threat of suicide with a person who is schizophrenic. But, it could happen. My number one job is not teaching, it is the safety of my students. Would you want you child in a classroom where the teacher's son threatened to kill her and held a jagged bottle to her throat? They could not fire me, but they could 'manufacture' a reason for dismissal.</p><p></p><p>Years ago, I shared with a principal the fact that I got into special education because I have a sister who is schizophrenic. Never mind the fact that I never mentioned my ill son or other ill sister. She told me to never mention it again to anyone. I think that the fear is that people will then feel that I, myself, will become schizophrenic. I would then be perceived differently from that day forth.</p><p></p><p>It is just like my craniotomy. I cannot tell parents. They might start to perceive me as a bit off or mentally altered...which is not true. Or that the tumor will come back and I will die and upset their child.</p><p></p><p>Our society is not ready, sadly, for coming all at once out of the mental illness 'closet' of sorts.</p><p></p><p>Yes, it feels bad to hide the truth, but I need a career. I am not independently wealthy. Parents put their cherished children in my care for hours each day.</p><p></p><p>I think that it needs to be done in baby steps, like trying out new foods. Understanding comes slowly. It is a process. But, yes, prejudice and ignorance about mental illness continues to exist. There is no quick and easy answer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feeling Sad, post: 698752, member: 19245"] Yes, stigma is wrong and very present. Yes, something needs to be done about it. A had a therapist ask me if my ill son knew where I taught. It was/is a viable threat. We also do many lock down drills in the district every year to practice. He probably would never do anything and there is a much larger threat of suicide with a person who is schizophrenic. But, it could happen. My number one job is not teaching, it is the safety of my students. Would you want you child in a classroom where the teacher's son threatened to kill her and held a jagged bottle to her throat? They could not fire me, but they could 'manufacture' a reason for dismissal. Years ago, I shared with a principal the fact that I got into special education because I have a sister who is schizophrenic. Never mind the fact that I never mentioned my ill son or other ill sister. She told me to never mention it again to anyone. I think that the fear is that people will then feel that I, myself, will become schizophrenic. I would then be perceived differently from that day forth. It is just like my craniotomy. I cannot tell parents. They might start to perceive me as a bit off or mentally altered...which is not true. Or that the tumor will come back and I will die and upset their child. Our society is not ready, sadly, for coming all at once out of the mental illness 'closet' of sorts. Yes, it feels bad to hide the truth, but I need a career. I am not independently wealthy. Parents put their cherished children in my care for hours each day. I think that it needs to be done in baby steps, like trying out new foods. Understanding comes slowly. It is a process. But, yes, prejudice and ignorance about mental illness continues to exist. There is no quick and easy answer. [/QUOTE]
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