Comments on: About http://eliminatethestigma.wordpress.com An open blog project to raise awareness of mental health Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:28:01 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Amias http://eliminatethestigma.wordpress.com/about/#comment-390 Amias Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:02:05 +0000 #comment-390 Those who suffers from a disease can give better advice then those who claim to be curers of it. Addy, you keep on doing what you are doing, because it helps! Those who suffers from a disease can give better advice then those who claim to be curers of it.

Addy, you keep on doing what you are doing, because it helps!

]]> By: Addy http://eliminatethestigma.wordpress.com/about/#comment-117 Addy Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:54:47 +0000 #comment-117 I am not nor have ever claimed to be a trained mental health professional. I have however been a sufferer of various mental illnessess for over half of my life and have had direct experience of caring for those with mental illness (family members are also afflicted with mental illness) - which trust me, isn't easy if you suffer from mental illness yourself. My experience with mental health professionals is haphazard at best, and from my point of view sending someone home (where they will be alone) from hospital two hours after they have attempted suicide is somewhat more damaging than the discussion which this blog is attempting to spark. To be completely honest most of the mental health professionals I've met haven't got a bloody clue about what it is like to suffer from a mental illness. From my experience those suffering from mental illness are actually acutely aware of what may or may not help them, and what can actually be done to generate further understanding of the various mental conditions which affect people - which are often misjudged or misconceived by large numbers of society. So no, I am not a mental health professional, and I have never claimed to be. Discussion of mental health however MUST take place whether you are a mental health professional or not, so I will continue to write until the stigma of mental health is no longer plaguing those people whose lives are being destroyed through the judgement of others. I am not nor have ever claimed to be a trained mental health professional. I have however been a sufferer of various mental illnessess for over half of my life and have had direct experience of caring for those with mental illness (family members are also afflicted with mental illness) – which trust me, isn’t easy if you suffer from mental illness yourself.

My experience with mental health professionals is haphazard at best, and from my point of view sending someone home (where they will be alone) from hospital two hours after they have attempted suicide is somewhat more damaging than the discussion which this blog is attempting to spark. To be completely honest most of the mental health professionals I’ve met haven’t got a bloody clue about what it is like to suffer from a mental illness.

From my experience those suffering from mental illness are actually acutely aware of what may or may not help them, and what can actually be done to generate further understanding of the various mental conditions which affect people – which are often misjudged or misconceived by large numbers of society.

So no, I am not a mental health professional, and I have never claimed to be. Discussion of mental health however MUST take place whether you are a mental health professional or not, so I will continue to write until the stigma of mental health is no longer plaguing those people whose lives are being destroyed through the judgement of others.

]]> By: K http://eliminatethestigma.wordpress.com/about/#comment-115 K Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:45:43 +0000 #comment-115 Are you any sort of mental health professional? If not, dispensing advice like this can be damaging... Are you any sort of mental health professional? If not, dispensing advice like this can be damaging…

]]> By: bibomedia http://eliminatethestigma.wordpress.com/about/#comment-88 bibomedia Fri, 29 Feb 2008 06:02:27 +0000 #comment-88 :) :)

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