People are Strange - a blog post by Brad Esau, a homeless Canadian Man with Bipolar Disorder

[nerfherder]

http://tamingthepolarbears.blogspot.ca/2015/08/people-are-strange.html?m=1

A viewpoint on Letting Go of stigma.

 

[InsaneCdn]

WOW. That is powerful.

 

[Copabanana]

Just reading the lyrics *heard so many times before but not attended to, I thought of my son. The pain was too great to read much of the article but will try again tomorrow. Thank you, Nerf.

 

[Scent of Cedar *]

These are the kinds of things daughter thinks about. I was struck especially by the choice to be kind instead of to hate.

Thank you for posting, nerfherder.

It is an interesting thread. I will tell daughter about it if she seems ever to need supportive witness.

Cedar

 

[InsaneCdn]

I can relate. This isn't just about how the person with mental illness is treated - often, those of us who are immediate family get treated the same way, just because we are prepared to stand up for our disadvantaged family member.