Does your opinion of someone change if you find out they have a mental illness? (such as bi-polar disorder, depression, A.D.D., etc)

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• Thanks...points..some disorders allow normal functioning with treatment, others are more intractable. so "etc" may include people you may need to be "concerned" about.

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  by Mirage V2.0 AWOL on January 8th, 2007

• Exactly, I totally agree

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  by JUSTNORMAL on January 9th, 2007

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• why the minus? The mental disorder would actually explain the individuals actions more clearly. I once thought that a girl I met was fun and exciting, turned out she was diagnosed with manic depressive syndrome, however I didn't find this out untill she came down, then it all came together and boy did she come down!

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  by Junk Yard Dog on January 8th, 2007

• Oh you are one of the newbies that rates people's answers not by the actual answer, but by how appealing the answer is to your personal liking......I have nothing against people with mental disabilities, as long as they don't affect me, but when person go'es from fun and exciting to wildly violent overnight for no apparent reason, this would change my initial opinion of that person, and then finding out about the mental issue would bring me a little clarity.....

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  by Junk Yard Dog on January 8th, 2007

• people with mental health problems are normal. do you think they turn into aliens or something. for gods sake this is the type of comment that makes people suffer in silence instead of getting the help they need. ive had depression and i have anxiety does that make me "not normal"

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  by staffie on January 29th, 2007

• OK, STIFFIE, I dated a girl that didn't tell me she was bi-polar until she moved in.....The woman became a complete psycho, far from normal. One time I got out of my chair after a hard day at work, and I let out a little "old man noise" like "oooooohh...." when I stood. The girl snapped on me and believed I called her a "hoe". I tried to tell her she was wrong, she didn't listen, instead she tried to steal my truck...dumb broad was stupid enough to tell me before she went to the other room to find her purse. I disconnected the ignition and told her that the truck wouldn't start. I eventually had to buy this nut-job a plane ticket back home, because she couldn't hold a job because she was CUSSING all her co-workers out, as she thought they were all talking bad about her. STIFFIE, you are NOT normal, you have anxiety and depression, so what. The fact that you are trying to brush off my answer as me speaking out of line, is BS.

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  by Junk Yard Dog on January 29th, 2007

• YES I AM NORMAL. JUST BECAUSE I HAVE ANXIETY AND BEEN THROUGH DEPRESSION DOESNT MEAN YOU ARE BETTER THAN ME. I AM NO DIFFERENT TO ANYONE EXCEPT I NEED A LITTLE HELP AT TIMES WHEN IM HAVING AN HARD TIME. I DONT GO AROUND HITTING PEOPLE OR GOING MAD IF YOU MET ME YOU WOUDNT EVEN KNOW ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH ME. ACTUALLY I CAN HOLD DOWN A JOB AND IM GOOD AT WHAT I DO. FOR GOD SAKE GROW UP WILL YOU. YOUR TALKING ABSOLUTE CRAP. WHAT MAKES YOU NORMAL ANYWAY. WHAT EXACTLY IS NORMAL.

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  by staffie on January 30th, 2007

• I never said I was better than you....chill out.....

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  by Junk Yard Dog on January 30th, 2007

• no but you said i wasnt normal because ive been through depression and i suffer with anxiety. im not blaming my past but sometimes things are out of our control and things happen. i dont choose to live this hell i am in but it doesnt mean i am not normal. have you never been anxious? i think at some time or other you will have been, with me its on a daily basis thats all.

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  by staffie on January 31st, 2007

• most people are this way and refuse to admitt it, perhaps you are more normal than I stated, and you perhaps believe....truce?

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  by Junk Yard Dog on January 31st, 2007

• yes i am normal and so are thousands of others that are in the same position as me. yeah im going to leave it here now because im annoid

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  by staffie on February 1st, 2007

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• Most people with psychiatric disorders are not violent to others just themselves. Even so if you are dealing with someone who is out of control let the professionals handel it.

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  by Namaste formerly future_health_educator on January 9th, 2007

• That would be the caution I was referring to. My partner actually suffers from depression & I try to be as supportive as is humanly possible. It is hard with someone you love. My uncle has schizophrenia, and has never been violent with me, but has with my brother, and my dad does not allow me to see him on my own, but he needs love too. Me friends aunt has bi-polar & never took any medication, she was a very gentle soul, just with many wild ideas when manic & hermit like when down. I cast no dispersions.

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  by Anonymous on January 9th, 2007

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