Posted on 08/04/2014 3:41:04 PM PDT by mdittmar
until you have watched a first break schizophrenic or psychotic bipolar in action, or a profound depressive you have no idea of how ill a mentally ill person can get, or how heartbreaking it is to see fine young men and women have their trajectory cut short and lives broken by the severe mental illness.
Mental illness first breaks usually happen between 16 and 30. Usually 19 to 27.
until you have watched a first break schizophrenic or psychotic bipolar in action, or a profound depressive you have no idea of how ill a mentally ill person can get, or how heartbreaking it is to see fine young men and women have their trajectory cut short and lives broken by the severe mental illness.
Mental illness first breaks usually happen between 16 and 30. Usually 19 to 27.
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and yes they need care and drugs to live. These people are truly crippled and not buzzed.
“Often, mental health disorders like schizophrenia, depression and substance abuse first manifest in this age group,”
Since when was substance abuse a mental disorder??
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Exactly my thoughts! Substance abuse CAUSES many of the mental health disorders!
Never, ever talk with a pshrink, unless it is under full anonymity.
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