It is heartbreaking, but he is wrong. Those who have diabetes are know as diabetic.
Those who have cancer have been referred to as cancerous sometimes.
I was in a psych ward after depression from head injury.
It was horrific what these people went through. Horrific. It broke my heart.
But diabetics and cancer patients dont hide in closets with shotguns because people are after them. Guy told me that’s what he did, poor soul. While on medicine.
They dont disfigure their faces and necks with glass (saw that)
They dont wrestle with spirits that aren’t there.
Mental illness is a heart breaking disease but to say it is akin to diabetes and cancer is dangerous and midguided
It’s a reaction to the anguish of losing someone dear to you. I think your point is valid but I can see why he shrinks from button-holing descriptions.
Years ago, a bigshot shrink put me on some prescription
drugs that actually DEPRESSED me almost beyond reason.
I started taking them as directed; but immediately I sank
into the depths. I had the presense of mind to reject the
meds. (This shrink would sit me down clear across the room
from him; like he was afraid I might hit him or something,
then ask me a few questions and then charge me a hundred
dollars an hour - & this was many years ago.) I had to get
myself FREE from these yahoos. I’ve been okay ever since,
I reckon. :o)
Chemical depression is its own personal hell. Trust me.
Unlike cancer and diabetic patients, mentally ill patients are dangerous to others. If cancerous people could cause physical harm to others, I would be calling them out too. Let’s not pretend that mentally ill people are just normal and need normal treatment. They should be medicated and given a chance at life, or locked up (if they refuse).
I agree with your assessment, look at all the mass shooters