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Mental illness is probably more devastating than cancer.
Unlike illnesses where someone gets deathly ill,
then gets better,
or they die.
When they are sick, others can see.
They can sympathize and understand.
Mental illness is unseen.
On the surface all is normal.
On the face, there's nothing wrong.
Yet internally, the ill person is so very sick.
All the world sees
is a person acting weird,
or strange,
or mean,
or criminal,
or dangerous.
They cannot sympathize, or empathize
with what they do not understand.
Understanding cannot come until they walk in our shoes.
Mental illness is worse than any other I can think of,
because
though the person is present physically,
their spirit and soul are absent.
...and no one sees.
Posted by TwoSons
Two Sons,
You said:
"Understanding cannot come until they walk in our shoes.
Mental illness is worse than any other I can think of,
because
though the person is present physically,
their spirit and soul are absent.
Yet no one sees."
A truer description of mental illness is hard to find then what you have described in your writing. The sadness I feel for my child who is suffering from schizophrenia is always there. I can keep myself busy with activities but the sadness is always there. So what do I do? I purposefully seperate myself emotionally and sometimes physically so that I can be present for those who count on me.
The questions of why is never answered and I am left wondering, are my prayers being heard? Is my God there for my daughter, for my family, for me? The thought of not believing and hoping is not an option, so I start another hour, another day, with hope and prayers that it will all work out the way it is meant to be.
Moeder
Posted by: Moeder at April 24, 2004 05:33 AM