Why do people with physical ailments get sympathy, while people with mental illn!


Question:

Why do people with physical ailments get sympathy, while people with mental illness are labeled unfairly?

oftentimes...I don't mean ALL the time, but overall, the public sympathizes with people who have physical disabilities while people with mental illness have to live with stigmas and oftentimes cruelty and/or shame.


Answers:

I SO agree with you. I have been on disability because of my mental health illnesses and I am relatively young (39). When people who don't know me ask why I don't work..I tell them I am on disability and they say "You look perfectly fine". There is such a stigma attached with mental health, and so many people think you can just "snap" out of it. I feel like saying to these horribly judgmental people "Just walk a day in my shoes without meds"., and they just may understand.

Good luck and take care of you!




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