tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post8176432615576603714..comments2024-02-04T15:48:48.193-05:00Comments on Adventures in Applied Math: Illness StigmasRebeccahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06927630155994067676noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post-43270102595790361772008-08-30T17:22:00.000-04:002008-08-30T17:22:00.000-04:00Wow! Excellent post! I really agree with the analo...Wow! Excellent post! I really agree with the analogy between mental illness with other chronic illnesses that have well established physical causes. But, I can remember when I was young hearing people with asthma called frail and made fun of. I only hope that the judgemental attitudes toward mental illness will change as much as I have seen the attitudes toward asthma change as people become more educated and have more experience with those who are succesfully treated.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post-16700269592573393462008-08-24T01:57:00.000-04:002008-08-24T01:57:00.000-04:00TAG!<A HREF="http://girlyscientist.blogspot.com/2008/08/more-awards-to-give-out.html" REL="nofollow">TAG!</A>ScienceGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071055167798044468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post-12548630492861241622008-08-23T21:04:00.000-04:002008-08-23T21:04:00.000-04:00Thank you for this. I really wish more people unde...Thank you for this. I really wish more people understood mental illness this way. Even I have a hard time distinguishing my own illness from a personality flaw. I'm glad that you recognize it for what it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post-56322756487129247852008-08-20T21:39:00.000-04:002008-08-20T21:39:00.000-04:00It is sad how many people do not get the help they...It is sad how many people do not get the help they need just because of the stigma, especially since in so many cases their quality of life could be drastically improved.ScienceGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00071055167798044468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10235575.post-35389151282861041072008-08-20T04:41:00.000-04:002008-08-20T04:41:00.000-04:00Hallelujah!I recently went boom and while I didn't...Hallelujah!<BR/><BR/>I recently went boom and while I didn't physically hurt anyone there was still some emotional fall out and I feel like crap about it. While I have been told by one of the people that I didn't drag him into anything-I know I did.<BR/><BR/>I'm terrified to try and enter the workforce. Yeah the government classifies me as having a disability (since I'm on SSI-D right now), but seriously-who's going to want to hire the person who has horrible PTSD related (i.e. unable to medicate for) anxiety attacks/is unable to come to work b/c of something that some people feel is just "in my head" or some other bs.<BR/><BR/>ARGHlost clownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com