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Tweets that mention why people don’t talk about “mental illness” -- Topsy.com — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:09:53 +0000

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By: isabella mori

isabella mori — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:37:41 +0000

damien, i totally agree with you. it is often an “AND” situation. in the end, it helps to be really pragmatic about it: if the “nuttiness” bugs you or the people around you, it’s useful to find out why, and it’s also useful to explore the possibility of treatment. also, don’t wait 10 years before you do
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By: Damien Riley

Damien Riley — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 22:07:00 +0000

I like the general idea of this post but would like to add a caveat that mentally ill people have something broken that often needs medication to allow them to cope “normally.” Some “nuttiness” untreated is not something funny to be around. Other than that, it is true there is no “normal” thought frontier if you get down to it AND the mentally ill have made enormous contributions to our culture as you have noted. Nice post.
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By: “Nuttiness” | Mental Health Camp

“Nuttiness” | Mental Health Camp — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:01:10 +0000

[...] here for a guest post by The Barking Unicorn on Isabella’s blog about why people don’t talk about mental illness, using the perhaps a bit controversial term of [...]