3 ways to fight the stigma of mental illness:
I also had an email exchange with Mac Dorris fromabout this. He told me that after his son Eric died he"suddenly had a key to everyone else’s story or stories about mental illness." He recounted being at a business dinner and telling Eric's story to a new business associate who"responded by telling me that he lost his brother years earlier under very similar circumstances.
Stories brought to light reduce shame. And one person's story really can be the key to unlock someone else's story from the shackles of shame and stigma.This one is simple; don't make things worse. If you insult someone by saying they’re “crazy” or “nuts” you’re inadvertently perpetuating stigma. Same when you judge someone to be “less than” because you found out they’ve been in therapy of years and years.
have unfortunately fallen into the stigma-supporting trap of explaining his bad behavior with a diagnosis. I firmly believe there are many things that make him unfit for the office such as his racism, history of sexual predation, constant dishonesty, science denial, invitations for Russian election interference and subsequent obstruction, family separations, and historical ignorance, especially about immigration, to name a few.
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