“Redefining Mental Illness”

“Mental and behavioral problems are the biggest single cause of disability on the planet. But in low- and middle-income countries, about four of five of those disabled by the illnesses do not receive treatment for them” (Luhrmann). Physically and emotionally disturb are the biggest issue around the world for the people. Some of the people are able to afford for the disability, but some can’t because of the lower economic status. The way we look at some of the disabilities is very important because everyone has a different perspective about the things surrounding us and we react differently to them. “Some people find it useful to think of themselves as having an illness” ( Luhrmann). Few people prefer to have some kind of disability so maybe they can get the attention from others because they feel depressed alone and need some kind of assistant. But in Jamison case she wishes that she never had the bipolar disorder because when she looks back the time she feels like what have had happen to her. The way it makes her act and without her family help she would have not been able to fight back or to recover back from the disorder. “ talk in detail about their experiences and to make sense of what has happened to them” ( Luhrmann). Throughout her journey Jamison tries to talk about, what has happened to her and what she been through in life and maybe that’s the way it help to be a better person in life. I think sometimes things just happen to us and we have no control over it.

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  1. Jason Tougaw (he/him/his) Post author

    This is something great to think about. Although mental illness has come a long way, it is important to think about how there are still so many stigmas attached to this. It is always important to think about what is happening to the self, but isn’t also interesting to think about how the society or others impact that as well?

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