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My name is Karrie and I suffer from bipolar 2 and borderline
personality disorder. I am tired of having to hide in shame, so I will share this same
post, twice a day, until I see some acknowledgement of the ignorance and fear
surrounding mental illness and depression in America.
Nothing significant has changed since the tragic suicide of Robin Williams; there has been no productive public discourse or meaningful attempts to raise awareness. People like me- who struggle on a daily basis just to find reasons to not give up- are the ones who get hurt the most by society's refusal to treat mental illness as a medical condition. It is NOT merely a personal weakness or character flaw, and it is not a dirty secret or "private matter" that we should be made to feel ashamed of.
It's also not some flavor of the week cause. A staggering one in three people will face some form of serious depression at least once in their lifetime, and a lot of them won't survive it. It's an ongoing problem, and it's been going on for far too long.
If you are ready to acknowledge this problem, and if you care about the people in your own life who are forced to suffer in silence, please share this status. Thank you.
Nothing significant has changed since the tragic suicide of Robin Williams; there has been no productive public discourse or meaningful attempts to raise awareness. People like me- who struggle on a daily basis just to find reasons to not give up- are the ones who get hurt the most by society's refusal to treat mental illness as a medical condition. It is NOT merely a personal weakness or character flaw, and it is not a dirty secret or "private matter" that we should be made to feel ashamed of.
It's also not some flavor of the week cause. A staggering one in three people will face some form of serious depression at least once in their lifetime, and a lot of them won't survive it. It's an ongoing problem, and it's been going on for far too long.
If you are ready to acknowledge this problem, and if you care about the people in your own life who are forced to suffer in silence, please share this status. Thank you.
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