http://jessicafirger.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/britney-posterchild/ On mental health Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://jessicafirger.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/britney-posterchild/#comment-4 Lizzie Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:06:53 +0000 http://jessicafirger.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-4 You are absolutely right. I feel the same way. When I am manic and anxious my heart races, I am sick to my stomach, and so forth. When I am depressed I feel like I have a bad case of the flu. Those are real physical symptoms. Or atleast they are to me. You are absolutely right. I feel the same way. When I am manic and anxious my heart races, I am sick to my stomach, and so forth. When I am depressed I feel like I have a bad case of the flu. Those are real physical symptoms. Or atleast they are to me.

]]> http://jessicafirger.wordpress.com/2008/03/03/britney-posterchild/#comment-3 madnessmanifesto Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:40:55 +0000 http://jessicafirger.wordpress.com/?p=12#comment-3 "mental illness is the last socially acceptable stigma in our society"...wow! Well put...I agree totally. I think a big part of the problem is the concept of "mental" illness itself, it implies it is not an illness like other illnesses, just a "mental" one. Hopefully, one day, the world will see bipolar disorder just as an "illness" not a "mental" one. It is a term that has outlived it's usefullness, except for those who want to stigmatize. It is an illness that affects thought, but that is in no way all that it is. I don't experience my illness as a purely "mental" condition. It affects every cell in my body and every facet of my life. “mental illness is the last socially acceptable stigma in our society”…wow! Well put…I agree totally. I think a big part of the problem is the concept of “mental” illness itself, it implies it is not an illness like other illnesses, just a “mental” one. Hopefully, one day, the world will see bipolar disorder just as an “illness” not a “mental” one. It is a term that has outlived it’s usefullness, except for those who want to stigmatize. It is an illness that affects thought, but that is in no way all that it is. I don’t experience my illness as a purely “mental” condition. It affects every cell in my body and every facet of my life.

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