Comments on: Maia Campbell: The Pretty Face of Mental Illness http://propertalks.com/2009/09/04/maia-campbell-the-pretty-face-of-mental-illness/ Proper Talks Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:35:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ms. C.W. http://propertalks.com/2009/09/04/maia-campbell-the-pretty-face-of-mental-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Ms. C.W. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:28:56 +0000 http://propertalks.com/?p=3460#comment-2731 What a lot of people, especially in the black community, fail to realize is that there are many Mia's and Malcolm’s silently suffering from bipolar, schizophrenia, schizoaffective, major depression and many other DIBILATING MENTAL ILLNESSES. These monsters [mental illnesses] that allow bright young minds to begin developing with high hopes and slowly deteriorate often don't show up until late teenaged to young adulthood. Mental illness is a thief; it allows you to dream, start developing oftentimes into what appears to greatness and then tears you apart. And, we, their love ones and friends see them suffering and blow off what our eyes and hearts are witnessing and simply say they're tripping. Well mental illness is more than just tripping. As a result of undiagnosed mental illness, I watched my love one, a bright college student's mind change over a period of a year and couldn't believe my eyes. I guess the disbelief comes from the fact that we only see how they were before the illness and wonder why they are changing but don't understand the change. Mental illness is also very difficult for families and even more difficult for someone who thought they were headed towards a wonderful life and perhaps were on their way when mental illness stepped in and instead engulfed them in confusion, madness, and sadness. Most people can't even imagine what human beings with mental illness go through. We see the healthy physical body and overlook their unhealthy minds. Oftentimes they themselves can't even believe it. This is when they refuse treatment because who wants to be associated the stigmas that exist in relation to mental illness. Yet they can NOT handle the chemical imbalance in their brains tha is causing their disfunction, so they self medicate on drugs and alcohol. Mental illness is an ugly disease and is often unaccepted by many. NAMI, the National Association for Mental Illness is a place to start educating yourself, and maybe with knowledge there may be more help, more love, more empathy rather than this ugly and CRUEL exploitation of an obviously very sick young lady. May God bless her, her family, and make her whole again. Believe me, mental illness equates to brokenness of mind, body and soul. What a lot of people, especially in the black community, fail to realize is that there are many Mia’s and Malcolm’s silently suffering from bipolar, schizophrenia, schizoaffective, major depression and many other DIBILATING MENTAL ILLNESSES. These monsters [mental illnesses] that allow bright young minds to begin developing with high hopes and slowly deteriorate often don’t show up until late teenaged to young adulthood. Mental illness is a thief; it allows you to dream, start developing oftentimes into what appears to greatness and then tears you apart. And, we, their love ones and friends see them suffering and blow off what our eyes and hearts are witnessing and simply say they’re tripping. Well mental illness is more than just tripping. As a result of undiagnosed mental illness, I watched my love one, a bright college student’s mind change over a period of a year and couldn’t believe my eyes. I guess the disbelief comes from the fact that we only see how they were before the illness and wonder why they are changing but don’t understand the change. Mental illness is also very difficult for families and even more difficult for someone who thought they were headed towards a wonderful life and perhaps were on their way when mental illness stepped in and instead engulfed them in confusion, madness, and sadness. Most people can’t even imagine what human beings with mental illness go through. We see the healthy physical body and overlook their unhealthy minds. Oftentimes they themselves can’t even believe it. This is when they refuse treatment because who wants to be associated the stigmas that exist in relation to mental illness. Yet they can NOT handle the chemical imbalance in their brains tha is causing their disfunction, so they self medicate on drugs and alcohol. Mental illness is an ugly disease and is often unaccepted by many. NAMI, the National Association for Mental Illness is a place to start educating yourself, and maybe with knowledge there may be more help, more love, more empathy rather than this ugly and CRUEL exploitation of an obviously very sick young lady. May God bless her, her family, and make her whole again. Believe me, mental illness equates to brokenness of mind, body and soul.

]]> By: Mike http://propertalks.com/2009/09/04/maia-campbell-the-pretty-face-of-mental-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-2483 Mike Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:49:58 +0000 http://propertalks.com/?p=3460#comment-2483 If your doctor diagnoses you with a mental illnees, DO take your medication, DO NOT contact Deepak Chopra. If your doctor diagnoses you with a mental illnees, DO take your medication, DO NOT contact Deepak Chopra.

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]]> By: taya http://propertalks.com/2009/09/04/maia-campbell-the-pretty-face-of-mental-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-2076 taya Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:02:07 +0000 http://propertalks.com/?p=3460#comment-2076 THANK YOU FOR THIS !!! I HAVE A SON GOING THROUGH..YOUR BLOG IS EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY AND DIDNT KNOW HOW...ITS SO MUCH STRESS ON THE FAMILY..SEEMS LIKE THERE IS REALLY NO HELP, THEY KEEP YOU FOR 72..AND THEN ITS ON THE FAMILY AGAIN...GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY..IF YOU HERE OF ANY MORE SOLUTIONS IN THE AREA LET ME KNOW... TAYA THANK YOU FOR THIS !!! I HAVE A SON GOING THROUGH..YOUR BLOG IS EVERYTHING I WANTED TO SAY AND DIDNT KNOW HOW…ITS SO MUCH STRESS ON THE FAMILY..SEEMS LIKE THERE IS REALLY NO HELP, THEY KEEP YOU FOR 72..AND THEN ITS ON THE FAMILY AGAIN…GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY..IF YOU HERE OF ANY MORE SOLUTIONS IN THE AREA LET ME KNOW…

TAYA

]]> By: sabrina http://propertalks.com/2009/09/04/maia-campbell-the-pretty-face-of-mental-illness/comment-page-1/#comment-2037 sabrina Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:21:27 +0000 http://propertalks.com/?p=3460#comment-2037 Maia campbell's video was hard for me to watch cause it hit close to home my younger brother who I help raise and was once close to was diagnosed schizophrenic in 1997 and he refuses to take meds or seek help instead he turned to drugs which made him violent and angry cursing out people who were trying to help him which pushed them all away (including me I haven't had a relationship with my brother in many years) its horrible to have a close family member mentally sick it puts stress on everybody my brothers illness has effected our whole family my relationship with my mother was severely damaged because I was angry with her for dumping my brother on me to deal with because she was afraid my brothers problems would ruin her marriage the black community has always been in denial about mental illness for many reasons but that denial makes people who need help not seek it! Some even discourage people saying "there's nothin wrong with uncle bobby he just playing" most of the people who refuse to acknowlegde mental illness are the uneducated poor partly because they look at it as weakness which is awful because many people who suffer from mental illness if they were put on the right meds they could lead very normal lives. We as a community need to get educated stop being in denial and seek help Maia campbell’s video was hard for me to watch cause it hit close to home my younger brother who I help raise and was once close to was diagnosed schizophrenic in 1997 and he refuses to take meds or seek help instead he turned to drugs which made him violent and angry cursing out people who were trying to help him which pushed them all away (including me I haven’t had a relationship with my brother in many years) its horrible to have a close family member mentally sick it puts stress on everybody my brothers illness has effected our whole family my relationship with my mother was severely damaged because I was angry with her for dumping my brother on me to deal with because she was afraid my brothers problems would ruin her marriage the black community has always been in denial about mental illness for many reasons but that denial makes people who need help not seek it! Some even discourage people saying “there’s nothin wrong with uncle bobby he just playing” most of the people who refuse to acknowlegde mental illness are the uneducated poor partly because they look at it as weakness which is awful because many people who suffer from mental illness if they were put on the right meds they could lead very normal lives. We as a community need to get educated stop being in denial and seek help

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