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<blockquote data-quote="recoveringenabler" data-source="post: 728694" data-attributes="member: 13542"><p>This is not my experience. There may be some who fall into this category but I doubt it is "most." There are so many mentally ill folks in my family, they are in fact, the majority! Not one of them knows he/she is mentally ill! They are strange, odd, eccentric, bizarre......but no one admits to anything beyond that.</p><p></p><p>There is still a stigma to mental illness, even depression. I was talking to a good friend who recently realized she had PTSD from the California wildfire evacuations. She told me that in her family, depression is a sign of "weakness." Therefore she had her own issue admitting to even depression and ultimately requesting help. For those of us here who may be well versed in mental illness, this may be a subject not only more accessible to discuss in this environment, but we don't generally add the judgements to it....but in the real world out there, there are still massive judgments and stigmas, which I think plays a role in folks being willing to admit to their mental issues. It's very difficult to be "different" in our culture.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="recoveringenabler, post: 728694, member: 13542"] This is not my experience. There may be some who fall into this category but I doubt it is "most." There are so many mentally ill folks in my family, they are in fact, the majority! Not one of them knows he/she is mentally ill! They are strange, odd, eccentric, bizarre......but no one admits to anything beyond that. There is still a stigma to mental illness, even depression. I was talking to a good friend who recently realized she had PTSD from the California wildfire evacuations. She told me that in her family, depression is a sign of "weakness." Therefore she had her own issue admitting to even depression and ultimately requesting help. For those of us here who may be well versed in mental illness, this may be a subject not only more accessible to discuss in this environment, but we don't generally add the judgements to it....but in the real world out there, there are still massive judgments and stigmas, which I think plays a role in folks being willing to admit to their mental issues. It's very difficult to be "different" in our culture. [/QUOTE]
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