Why do people who never had Mental Health problems seem to answer them?

Question

I have bi-polar1, BPD, OCD, agoraphobia, anxiety disorder, and i sincerely try to answer peoples questions on here with insite. but when i read some responses about people saying oh your just lazy there is no such thing etc it gets under my skin the ones that talk about having faith in god instead of getting medical attention infuriate me the most why do people do this? if u havent walked in the persons shoes u shouldnt judge them. and before people get on the band wagon and say oh "everyone" seems to have a mental illness nowadays i will agree. but some are legitimate. As in it actually takes a long time to correctly diagnose bipolar disorder and alot of people and drs say a person has it just by looking at them. how would these "religous" people feel if a person actually had a mental illness tried and just turn to god for it and wound up dead? so again why do people judge when they havent a clue?

To boy_jam_arch what is that suppose to mean? I think its a legitimate questions apperently your one that doesnt know.

Answer 1

i couldn't agree with you more however there are some who will judge another not fully understanding that some with medical problems go through an awful lot and others will judge someone rather curelly for giggles and laughs. it don't make such an act right seldom do i find in this day and age anyone putting themselves in the other guys shoe

Answer 2

The answer to this question is not an easy one.
I am aware that it takes a while to get the diagnosis and the correct treatment.
It may be possible to diagnose bipolar disorder in some people earlier than others because they (or someone else) can come and describe the symptoms to the doctor and the first pass at a diagnosis can be made in the office.
Some people who have first been diagnosed with mental illness also expect that it respond on the same time frame as an infection (you will be feeling better in 48 hours; if you have side effects to the medicine, we will give you another to replace it) If the family or co-workers would recognize this difference, a lot of ignorant comments could be spared.
A lot of the comments about mental illness relate to this time frame and the fact that mental illness changes who you are/were. A cold or the flu does not change this to nearly the same extent.

Answer 3

I agree with you. I am a Registered Nurse so I have had about 5 classes in Psych, and clinical experience in a psych ward. But, reading about the disorders is one thing - experiencing them is different all together. I will say this unfortunate fact, we are at the same level with mental health as we were with regular medicine in the 1800's, scary thought. I do hope that you do better. Remember dont take anything some of these people say personally.

Answer 4

A lot of people only view the world from their very limited scope.

Thank you for helping out other people with mental health issues. Education is one of the best ways to change people's minds about the issue. Unfortunately, some people prefer to be ignorant.

I have a good friend with BPD and it took years for her to be diagnosed correctly. She only went to the doctor when she was "down" so she'd always been diagnosed as having a depression issue. Of course, as I'm sure you're aware, giving anti-depressants to someone who is bi-polar is not a good way to treat the disorder. She finally found a doc who correctly diagnosed her condition, was able to get her onto a better regimen. She's doing SOOOO much better now.

I'm with you on that whole judgement thing, too. I don't get it. People with that holier-than-thou outlook irritate the piss out of me, regardless of what the subject is.

Again, thank you for taking the time to attempt to educate or help others. I'm sure you've made a huge difference for someone who wasn't sure what or where to turn.

Answer 5

Mostly ignorance, I'd say. Combine that with the idea that most people answering really want to help, but they're "clueless'; so they just ramble on with ignorance. They're trying to give some hope [because they know that they don't have the answer] Hope is good, and all that some people have.

Answer 6

As for me i think people that have never had mental issues sometimes try to understand what we are goin through. Its like people like me and you trying to understand how not to have mental problems. Its imposable and for someone that has never had a problem its imposable for them to know what it is like. But like you i don't have the problem of not understanding mental problems because i have a lot of them my self

Answer 7

tell me about it!My mental health counselors have never experienced what 's happening to me so how can they help either?
Just give me the drugs and let me out of here.
MAXIMUS-now I feel bad for saying that cause you're right

Answer 8

you have all those disorders yet still claim that other people haven't a clue.
had a look in the mirror recently?

Answer 9

I'm sure their heart is in the right place they just really don't know how to give the right help.

Answer 10

i have always wanted to know that too. i mean yeah they mean right but they dont know what the freak they are talking about most of the time!