Are people with emotinal disorders or bipolic are the minority of society?

Question

if so why people treat them so harshly, when they do no harm to them or others?, but just minding their own bussiness and people wonder why they do self mutilation

Answer 1

People often react harshly or unfairly to situations that scare them a little, or situations that cause them anxiety. Probably emotional or mental illness is a great fear for many of us, so some of us are very uncomfortable interacting with people who have such disorders. Often people don't know how to react to things they don't understand, and many people don't understand the very real pain of emotional disorders, and then react out of ignorance. Take care.

Answer 2

I think you might mean "bipolar". And yes, people with mental illnesses are in the minority.

Personally, I haven't experienced much harsh treatment, even though I am at least borderline bipolar. If you perceive that people are treating you harshly, perhaps you could consider whether there are other, more important, factors at play.

If you are being treated harshly, I suggest you take a risk and get some new friends! Don't hang-out with negative people, or people who make you feel bad about yourself. This is extremely important if you want to survive and have a happy life.

With regard to your question, I'm not an expert, but here's some ideas:
- If you are different and also perceived as weak, the playground mentality can kick-in and you could get picked on.
- people who are different, for any reason, are often treated as non-conformists and punished. This apparently can include not sharing the same emotional state as others.
- in men, aggression is sometimes a manifestation of depression. This could cause others to react harshly to them
- from the perspective of evolutionary psychology, when we observe other social animals, we often see injured members of a group being ostracized. This could be similar to the phenomenon you are describing, except that the injuries are emotional rather than physical.

Answer 3

You ask about a dozen questions in there.

First, people want to be around healthy and happy people -- those who prefer otherwise have a neurosis or psychosis that needs treatment. People that you describe are, by definition, not in that group. Therefore they are shunned, and shunning is nature's way of getting humans to conform to society's norms.

Second, people with emotional disorders (including bipolar) are very tough to live with. Most of the time, they are in constant need of help, and that gets old very quickly.

Third, I'd like to know why self-mutilation has suddenly become the fad. Heck, it was multiple-personality disorder 20 years ago, then dis-associative disorder, then eating disorders, now it's mutilation. At any rate, mutilation can be addressed in many ways. First, the cutting is a symptom that something else is wrong, and that "something else" needs to be addressed. Second, when people have the urge to cut (or even before), heavy exercise can be substituted. Cutting releases endorphines, which are powerful drugs that your brain produces. You can get that same endorphine "high" (also called a "runner's high") by running, lifting, biking, etc. You basically "tear up" your body by exercising until exhausted, and your brain releases those endorphines. Best of all, no one calls the cops on you if you run until you hurt, or bike 100 miles.

Answer 4

I am the only asian in my grade...so yes. I am a minority. And IT SUCKS. I am treated harshly everyday. Those people can call me whatever they want- but they cannot change my identity. I have just learned to deal with it.

I haven't had any contact with bipolar people, but I am sure it sucks being them too. =(

Answer 5

it would seem in the stream of life we dont have enough obstacles with out making new ones.