Why do people point fingers at those with mental disorders?

yes, there are some people who go around and shoot people who have problems....but oddly enough, most truly do not. i'm bipolar and i have ADHD...i'd never consider myself a threat to the ones i love, even to those who don't like me. i want to work for the FBI, but after hearing something about a law that has or may be passed banning people with mental disorders to receive a liscensed gun, i doubt it will happen. does anyone else who suffers from a mental disorder feel the same? not everyone who are on meds for depression,anxiety,schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, etc. are a threat to society. am i just the only one who thinks this?

No, you are not the only one who thinks this. The reason, I believe, is because they are ignorant of the facts. They dont understand the illness and they are scared. Its comparable to the way they used to treat AIDS patients. Ignorance is a terrible thing.

My son was recently diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Do you believe that my sister in law called me out of concern for my daughter and thought that my son might hurt my daughter. Since then she made every effort to learn of the symptoms and experiences of a bipolar. She will never make that mistake again. But many many more people are not willing or just dont care to learn about illnesses that do not concern them or their loved ones and it is because of that, they deem the illness a threat.

We have come a long way, however, from the days they used to stick mental patients away and shunned them.

So to answer your question I believe people with mental disorder NOT to be a threat. The only threat are those ignorant people.

they don't - it's all in your mind.

hmmmmm they maybe a threat but it depends of the level of their mental disorders....


just stay the same.,..

and find jobs that is suitable for you


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hey, ik you! =)

yea, that's one of the reasons im afraid to put it out that i do have a mental disorder. people shouldnt treat you any different than they did before they knew you had one; you're still the same person. we're all still human. i mean, yes, many people who do go crazy like that do have mental diseases. but that's like going against one race because a few people in that race did something, or discriminating against woman because people say we're weaker. (you know, in the past.) they banned us to own a liscensed gun?! that's insane.

i hate judgemental people.

Unless you aspire to secret agent status.... just get a desk job.

I know what you mean, I have depression and Anxiety disorder, and sometimes I feel like everyone thinks Im crazy. Mainly I guess because they do treat me that way. lol

They need a scapegoat. handicapped, psychological problems, born "ethnic" or female or poor and you can bet someone is going to point fingers lay blame or accuse. It is born from ignorance and fear and it is always easiest to blame the disenfranchised or at the very least the people who cant or wont defend themselves for whatever the reason. Prisons and neighborhoods across our "great" land are full of people that have not been diagnosed with a mental illness but surely have one, as most Americans supposedly do[I think that statistic is false and produced by the legal drug pushers] that have been given guns, there are those with out mental illness that have been given guns and have gone on to commit violence. Good luck, I have my own issues and refuse to own a gun and feel that our society would do nothing but improve if ALL the guns were removed, melted and kept illegal.

by reading your question ,,, I don't feel that you are a threat to anyone.. that you do understand mental illness and have a great understanding about it.. I wish more people did.. I have a family member with mental illness.. unfortunately they are unable to handle the stress from everyday life.. I wish I could say that they could... I hope that you would be able to go with the career of your choice.. my family memeber will never be able to do that...you should fight for what you want and go for it... good luck..

I think that everyone is bipolar or at least has a touch of something.

i have ADD. i dont make it a point to tell my friends b.c sooner or later theyll find out anyway b/c i sumtimes take adderall during class and they ask me about it and they look at me weird like im retarded or sumthin. i have to explain it to them like this, "ADD just means that i cant pay attention to boring people or activities and im kinda glad i have it b/c i know that my life will never be as boring as urs is."

u should go to google and type in sumthing about the advantages of being bipolar and or ADHD..i KNOW theres TONS AND TONS of advantages of having ADHD. the good outweighs the bad..go look for urself.

I'm a high function sz. I'm brilliant and a reasonable person... but technically.. i could be a threat. It doesn't matter that I haven't been, or that I am not now. I still am a potential threat, and since there may be a point that i can not (on my own) discern the threat that i am, the danger i possess is somewhat higher than the average person.

That being said... Statistically, sz are tremendously passive (contrary to popular belief). We do scare people though.

Now the opinion portion:
If I don't break the law, I want full rights.... would i trade some of those rights for state-sponsored medication, yes. But i want one or the other..

In my state:
No Driving for BP,SZ,severe depression, and epilepsy
No in-home children for a single parent who is diagnosed.
No concealed weapon permits..
(all of these are only sporadically enforced, but the laws are there)

I truly believe that those who go around pointing fingers at those with mental illnesses are those who do not have enough background information about the mental illnesses. I have a mental illness. I'm not afraid to tell people that I have a mental illness. I'd rather them know up front than find out from someone else.