Mental Illnesses
Mental Illnesses are common issues that target young adults in todays society, however in our "effort" to comfort and assist them; we have begun to romanticize them. Contrary to the fiction us teenagers are shown to, mental illnesses are not pleasant, nor are they desirable; they are complete and utter misery. Around 80 years ago, someone suffering from a mental illness would be shunned from the public, and physically be "put away". So why has our society come to the point to assume that it is appropriate to fake a mental illness just for attention? Whatever happened to the world where we were constantly being told that we were special, unique, and different, and no one would question that?1
STIGMAS- In all historical eras; including ours, …show more content…
The blessing of the changed perspectives of our society is that children with autism can now go to school without being harshly bullied, young adults who have schizophrenia can now pursue help without having to feel rejected, or displaced, and people with severe depression now have understanding friends who will accept them and support them10. However, due to the acceptance of our society, many people have been self-diagnosing themselves with a mental illness11.Usually, it is accidental, although some phrases are being used so often that they lose their importance in how severe some situations are. Even though the viewpoint on the mentally ill has changed, we have yet to fully understand, and accept them. When suffering from a mental illness, the last thing you would want to do is draw attention to yourself, as the attention then forces you to talk about it. People …show more content…
Their knowledge was so powerful, it eventually overcame them. People like Isaac Newton who had suffered huge mood swings, indicating bipolar disorder, along with his "psychotic tendencies". He had the incapacity of conversing with others, and was known to write many letters containing fantasies, which medical historians strongly believed to be signs of schizophrenia. All of these indications that may possibly be correct, still did not stop Isaac Newton from creating calculus, explaining and understanding gravity, and building telescopes, along with his other scientific
STIGMAS- In all historical eras; including ours, …show more content…
The blessing of the changed perspectives of our society is that children with autism can now go to school without being harshly bullied, young adults who have schizophrenia can now pursue help without having to feel rejected, or displaced, and people with severe depression now have understanding friends who will accept them and support them10. However, due to the acceptance of our society, many people have been self-diagnosing themselves with a mental illness11.Usually, it is accidental, although some phrases are being used so often that they lose their importance in how severe some situations are. Even though the viewpoint on the mentally ill has changed, we have yet to fully understand, and accept them. When suffering from a mental illness, the last thing you would want to do is draw attention to yourself, as the attention then forces you to talk about it. People …show more content…
Their knowledge was so powerful, it eventually overcame them. People like Isaac Newton who had suffered huge mood swings, indicating bipolar disorder, along with his "psychotic tendencies". He had the incapacity of conversing with others, and was known to write many letters containing fantasies, which medical historians strongly believed to be signs of schizophrenia. All of these indications that may possibly be correct, still did not stop Isaac Newton from creating calculus, explaining and understanding gravity, and building telescopes, along with his other scientific