mental health thread

[Sansa Stark]

I wish people separated me from mental illness it's disjointing when I'm going through an identity crisis or when I did, people saw it as a manifestation of my mental illness rather than a human being asserting their own autonomy to define themselves as a person and break out of a rigid gender role imposed on them by accident of birth. I'm not interested in other people's opinions of my identity yet they force them on me anyway. How erasing is it to be told you're just "fluid" you're not agendered....I am whatever I say I am, I am so tired tired tired of people butting into my business where they don't belong, none of the people I truly love will do that so why are these peripheral plebeian non-entities doing this to me? I hate them for trying to disjoint me further about my self. It's so difficult seeing myself from different perspectives that I don't need jealous parties imposing on my view of myself. I'm so tired of people telling me to not hold myself up on a pedestal that I do, I am that great, why is loving yourself such a hateful thing to people?

I'm so tired.

[butthead aka 216]

I wonder what has contributed to the huge increase in autism rates. They have sky rocketed.

I think there are a lot of people with mental health problems but also a lot of abuse that goes on. I'm not sure how to curb that. Prescription pill abuse is taking over this country and it's pretty sad to see.

[djchameleon]

Originally Posted by 216

I wonder what has contributed to the huge increase in autism rates. They have sky rocketed.

Some people claim it's vaccinations that kids get when they are younger but I don't really believe that. I haven't done the research so I can't say for sure.

[Sansa Stark]

The autism spectrum is larger now

[djchameleon]

meaning more symptoms get filed under autism?

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by 216

I wonder what has contributed to the huge increase in autism rates. They have sky rocketed.

I'd say it's more the rate of diagnosis that has risen rather than the rate of incidence.

Originally Posted by djchameleon

Some people claim it's vaccinations that kids get when they are younger but I don't really believe that. I haven't done the research so I can't say for sure.

Yeah that's been pretty thoroughly refuted but a lot of people are emotionally committed to the idea so it probably isn't going away in a hurry.

Originally Posted by djchameleon

meaning more symptoms get filed under autism?

Well the latest DSM combined Aspergers into general Autism rather than differentiating the two.

[butthead aka 216]

Originally Posted by djchameleon

Some people claim it's vaccinations that kids get when they are younger but I don't really believe that. I haven't done the research so I can't say for sure.

I agree thats probably not true. Working with autistic people seems to be a growing field because there are so many.

mental health in general though i think a lot of parents and people with mental health diagnoses use it as an excuse for ****ty behavior unfortunately.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by 216

Working with autistic people seems to be a growing field because there are so many.

Probably more an indication of a strong lobby group and lots of industry people cashing in on funding. Well here in Aus anyway.

[butthead aka 216]

Originally Posted by Stephen

Probably more an indication of a strong lobby group and lots of industry people cashing in on funding. Well here in Aus anyway.

A lot of "funding" comes from families' insurance companies to pay mental health workers. I know this from experience. I am sure with mental health in general the pharmaceutical companies are raking in the $$$ just like they do with other illnesses.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by 216

A lot of "funding" comes from families' insurance companies to pay mental health workers. I know this from experience. I am sure with mental health in general the pharmaceutical companies are raking in the $$$ just like they do with other illnesses.

Autism isn't really something they can medicate but the fees they charge for various therapeutic options are just ridiculous.