I've never seen my mental illness as a disability. I could see why someone would as it is debilitating, but i'm not comfortable comparing them. It doesn't seem right at all.
So, the idea of being "mentally ill" has become mentally disabled. Do you believe that people who are mentally ill are just as disabled as someone with a physical disability?
I am 'mentally ill' and I am not mentally disabled. They are two totally different things.
Um, when did this happen? The two are completely different, in my book. Mentally disabled means you have lower learning capacity than the average person. Mentally ill encompasses so many different emotional and mood disorders, but most of the people
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Um, when did this happen? The two are completely different, in my book. Mentally disabled means you have lower learning capacity than the average person. Mentally ill encompasses so many different emotional and mood disorders, but most of the people suffering from mental illnesses are highly intelligent.
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It would depend on the severity of the illness. I myself have a serious mental illness, Schizoaffective Disorder but I hold down a job, have a family and I am fairly social. I am lucky in that my symptom presentation is mild and I respond well to treatment others are not as lucky and can be completely disabled.
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