"The brain is an organ. The brain is an organ that can malfunction as much as any other organ...

[toforigivelife]

Brain scans show that there is a difference between a healthy brain and a sick brain. Telling someone with someone with a mental illness, 'You're not really sick, it's all in your head,' is like telling someone with asthma, 'It's not real, it's all in your lungs'." - Anonymous Quote

 

[insomuchpain316]

So true. I have a brain injury, kidney disease and cancer and there is nothing worse than a malfunctioning brain.

 

[FuneralCry]

Yes, people who say mental illness is 'all in your head' have not suffered from it themselves so they cannot comprehend what it is like. Just because it may be invisible to others doesn't mean it isn't real.

 

[motel rooms]

Brain scans show that there is a difference between a healthy brain and a sick brain. Telling someone with someone with a mental illness, 'You're not really sick, it's all in your head,' is like telling someone with asthma, 'It's not real, it's all in your lungs'." - Anonymous Quote

That's what you get when philosophers & theologians separate the "soul"/mind from the body...

 

[Ash]

I just just point out that since my brain is indeed in my head, they are literally correct but very much lacking in empathy and compassion.

 

[Snake of Eden]

Invisible diseases are awful to have. People see you suffer and cant empathize. They expect you to just shake it off because it is not a real disability and you should be thankful you are able to walk and use your hands because someone else cant. It is such a superficial way of passing judgement.

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

That's what you get when philosophers & theologians separate the "soul"/mind from the body...

Shh... we can't ruin their skydaddy fantasies.

 

[whywere]

100% agree. I always wondered all my life why I thought and acted different, or at least that is what I was told! I remember a mental health person who said that the brain is a chemical soup and not unlike diabetes in the body. I agree and disagree with that aspect, but the human brain is a complex ever evolving organ and like anything, anywhere trauma , disease etc can effect any part of one's body.

That is a huge reason why a support system like SS is so valuable. Now folks should have the right to decide their own way in life and beyond, to me that is a fundamental right. But a loving and caring support group like SS is a cornerstone no matter what ever one's path in life may be.

Always my best to everyone here,

Walter

 

[motel rooms]

Shh... we can't ruin their skydaddy fantasies.

Why can't they just have normal fantasies about boinking gray-haired muscle daddies like I do?

 

[toforigivelife]

Invisible diseases are awful to have. People see you suffer and cant empathize. They expect you to just shake it off because it is not a real disability and you should be thankful you are able to walk and use your hands because someone else cant. It is such a superficial way of passing judgement.

And it's not as if they can't easily research terms such as bipolar or clinical depression.

Everyone has felt dressed at some point in their life. They can't learn about mental illness and mood disorders and at least try to apply their own experience to someone's condition?

100% agree. I always wondered all my life why I thought and acted different, or at least that is what I was told! I remember a mental health person who said that the brain is a chemical soup and not unlike diabetes in the body. I agree and disagree with that aspect, but the human brain is a complex ever evolving organ and like anything, anywhere trauma , disease etc can effect any part of one's body.

That is a huge reason why a support system like SS is so valuable. Now folks should have the right to decide their own way in life and beyond, to me that is a fundamental right. But a loving and caring support group like SS is a cornerstone no matter what ever one's path in life may be.

Always my best to everyone here,

Walter

My best to you too Walter. All my best my friend.

So true. I have a brain injury, kidney disease and cancer and there is nothing worse than a malfunctioning brain.

I want to be careful because I understand how catastrophic physical injuries can be, but a malfunctioning brain rates right up there with debilitating illnesses.

 

[Snake of Eden]

And it's not as if they can't easily research terms such as bipolar or clinical depression.

Everyone has felt dressed at some point in their life. They can't learn about mental illness and mood disorders and at least try to apply their own experience to someone's condition?

I think people in general overestimate the power of positive thinking hence they see common mental health diseases as a matter of an unhealthy prospective rather than an actual sickness. The popular wisdom that people regurgitate over and over again is that we are totally responsible for our mindsets and suffering is a choice that people make which we know is none sense.

 

[toforigivelife]

I think people in general overestimate the power of positive thinking hence they see common mental health diseases as a matter of an unhealthy prospective rather than an actual sickness. The popular wisdom that people regurgitate over and over again is that we are totally responsible for our mindsets and suffering is a choice that people make which we know is none sense.

I think you are absolutely right.