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Originally Posted by Posher778
WTF withe people who can't spell 'with'
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LOL
It's the British English spelling. ;)
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Originally Posted by Haunted
That's actually a big problem. It's partially because people don't recognize mental illness as it is, an illness. We can see that shit on certain kinds of brain scans now. We can see OCD and BiPolar disorder I know.
When you're mentally ill, health insurance is a nightmare in the US. I know personally. I had to go on disability just to have health insurance, so I could take medication and go to the damn doctor.
What's really fucked up is that there is a great way to treat OCD. It's called like deep brain stimulation, but the FDA will only approve it for people with Parkinsons disorder. If it makes people well, why not approve it? OCD is a bitch.
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TOTALLY true. Depressingly true. And in the worst-case scenario, people wind up on the street - people who could be dangerous both to themselves and other people (as evidence with the blind woman sucker-punch).
Sorry to hear about your own personal trials and tribulations, btw. I had a friend who had to take leave time to treat her bipolar and PTSD disorder and when she got back to work, she was let go. What's even MORE fucked up is that she was working as a social worker FOR social workers, so you'd THINK that her employers would be more understanding.