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If you ever wonder why people say that American misconceptions about mental illness cause worse outcomes, look at DJT. His family likely could never admit that any of them would be in need of mental health services, & being protected from reality by a layer of wealth...
...T never had a chance of treatment that might have helped him be a little more self-aware & at least somewhat less destructive of others around him (I understand that malignant narcissists are the most resistant to treatment, so maybe nothing would have helped).
But we don't need to look at T's current master class in avoidance & confirmation bias to see evidence.
Yesterday I saw a thread discussing how anxiety in American men often manifests in things like road rage. The 3rd reply was someone 'joking' about how relieved he was to learn that his flipping off some guy was actually 'unaddressed daddy issues.'
People see the the phrase 'mental illness' as an insult. Who wants to admit to something that's seen as demeaning? So people don't get help. Don't even face the fact that they MIGHT need help. So they suffer, & the people around them suffer, & they blame everyone else.
Blame isn't what's needed.
Blame doesn't help.
2020 is a blaring, clanging, klaxoning demonstration that failing to address & treat illness is not a successful strategy.
Blame doesn't help.
2020 is a blaring, clanging, klaxoning demonstration that failing to address & treat illness is not a successful strategy.
But if we can't even respond sensibly to an INFECTION, I guess we have no hope of responding well to conditions that are... easier to ignore, I think is a safe way to phrase it.
