Posted by lucy on April 7, 2004, 12:30 am, in reply to "Stigma" --Previous Message--
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: I myself have been affected by stigma. I can
: remember when I first started having
: symptoms of schizophrenia, I refused to
: get help. I thought the first thing my
: friends would say is, "he's
: crazy" so I avoided help. Now, some
: years later, and working as a Peer
: Counselor I see the need to combat
: stigma.Even though we've come a long way
: from the days of being chained, from
: having labotomies,from being put on remote
: islands and being sent to the funny farm,
: I applaud the progress. With the advent of
: the newer and less bothersome medications
: we can now get on with our lives.
: Personally, I don't think we are going to
: get rid of stigma, unfortunately, but
: that's the way life is. We are always
: going to have people with narrow minds and
: insensitive people. All we can do is pray
: and hope life for our kids and grandkids
: is much more palatable. Hopefully we can
: leave this wretched earth in better shape.
: But people are people and as I said it's
: not a perfect world so, we have to brace
: ourselves for the struggle has just begun.
: As it's said in the bible, "the
: strong must bear the infirmities of the
: weak" so, as a body the stong ones
: among us much shoulder more of the strain.
: We must take our fight to all that need to
: hear our cry. It is not impossible but, we
: have to be in one accord. We can't be a
: devided house. But as I said we are not
: going to get rid of stigma but we can
: surely educate people. Humans are human
: all falling short of the glory of God so,
: there will always be sin and imperfection.
: But life goes on. There is a fight to be
: fought. We have to come out in numbers. We
: have to write letters. We have to say
: enough is enough. But again, this is not a
: perfect world. So, let's do what we can
: do. The battle started ages ago by Saint
: Dymphna who was much more saintly than us
: and who tried to make a difference but
: this not a perfect world. So let's take it
: to the streets. Let our voices be heard.
: NO PUN INTENDED.
:
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