https://writersontherange.org/lets-scrap-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/ Syndicated Opinion for the American West Mon, 03 Mar 2025 14:34:29 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://writersontherange.org/lets-scrap-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/#comment-899 Fri, 29 Nov 2024 05:09:18 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9267#comment-899 I read your guest editorial in the Denver Post. I thought it was honest, thoughtful, and brave. My mother was a paranoid schizophrenic, my brother has paranoid personality disorder, my father had depression and I have dealt with anxiety. I hope someday that mental health has the same parity as physical health. As common as mental health disorders are, there are not enough community mental health centers and drug addiction treatment centers in America. How and when this will change, I do not know. It needs to! It takes a long time and lots of therapy to feel comfortable to share the mental health challenges of my family…I no longer feel the shame of it and that is a huge unburdening.

]]> https://writersontherange.org/lets-scrap-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/#comment-896 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:41:05 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9267#comment-896 Thank you for your brave and relevant article; as someone who has struggled with different issues (such as social phobias etc), I appreciate you sharing your journey.

]]> https://writersontherange.org/lets-scrap-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/#comment-895 Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:04:39 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9267#comment-895 Also published as a guest editorial in The Denver Post, A15, Nov.27, 2024
Thank you, Dave. I have started to share my diagnosis of ADHD with friends and acquaintances. It’s a relief.

]]> https://writersontherange.org/lets-scrap-the-stigma-of-mental-illness/#comment-894 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 19:56:11 +0000 https://writersontherange.org/?p=9267#comment-894 Thank you, Dave.

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