Madness | ADHD Information
I was watching or rather staring at MTV tonight. Every film clip that came on was disturbing. What I mean is each clip featured at least one stereotype of "madness" as in insane.
As I continue to watch I could feel myself getting anxious, the images that flashed up on the screen for a split second depicting the dishevelled hair over a shadowed face, the head tilted oddly to one side, was really starting to spook me.
That got me thinking and I have now concluded that I have always had a facination with mental illness and it's sufferers.
I don't like merry go rounds because the music sounds like madness. In the same way I have a fear of circuses and carnivals of the traditional type. Clowns are terrifying and this sound awful now but I was terrified of dwarves when I was a kid.
Do you think mankind is a tad obsessed with MADNESS, losing their minds to the who knows what?
I think I've always been interested in mental illness because I wanted to be able to recognize if I cross over the line!!! [QUOTE=TheDog]
Isn't add a type of mental disorder in itself?
[/QUOTE]Depends on who you ask
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That's it CG. It's the stereo types that stop people from seeker help.
Lunatics as they were called were scarey, locked away for the saftey of the NORMAL people.
I think we're still a long way off admitting that almost everyone on the planet has some type of mental disorder however small.
Most people are just too scared to admit it or too scared to find out who they really are.
I say we're the brave ones.
[/QUOTE]Oh yes, we are the brave! And there is room on this soap box for two!
I think that would be my reasoning too psych.
CG, what a lovely soapbox you have here 
predjudices and mistreatment. I think often it is arrogant narcisistic ego maniac who needs to prove how superior they are (Dr. Phil). The truth is of course is there are those who are mentally ill that would fit into the awful stereotype, but the
majority are living sucessfully among us and most don't even know who they are.
Mental illness is a spectrum, it can range from mild to extremely severe. Bipolar carries a hell of a stigma, the truth here is once you meet the criteria for depression and mania (an elevated, expansive or irritable mood lasting more tha a week) you only have to have 3 out of 7 of the symptoms. You do not have to be a screaming, ranting person. You don't have to stay awake for days or have feelings of grandiosity. So goes the rest of mental illnesses. Many people write them off before ever getting to know them. Ok time to get of my soapbox.
Isn't add a type of mental disorder in itself?
That's it CG. It's the stereo types that stop people from seeker help.
Lunatics as they were called were scarey, locked away for the saftey of the NORMAL people.
I think we're still a long way off admitting that almost everyone on the planet has some type of mental disorder however small.
Most people are just too scared to admit it or too scared to find out who they really are.
I say we're the brave ones.