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Misuse of mental health terms tend to burn my blood. Why?, because I’m part of the lot “you” refer to. Yet even i will agree that there are some excessive diagnosises. The truth is something is wrong irregardless of what degree. I have been in and out of the system; i have survived through sure determination, and the support of family. After being diagnosed bi-polar, it ends up so are 3 of my other family members, discovered years later. For some clarification, i am a Type 1, with rapid cycling, and psychotic features, and am often in a mixed stage of being. My brother as well as my father are also Type 1. My father refuses help. My aunt is type II, and therefore more of the depressed type. My brother and i fair better because we aren’t in denial, at least not anymore. My father only seeks help when in a deep depression. And my aunt only developed this after menopause. I have had this as far back as i can remember, been hospitazed 5 time since 2000, and struggle everyday. I AM a competent strong person. I am not ashamed, and i dread the hospital with all my life energy. Its been about a one and a half years since i’ve been in, but its taken its toll. I struggle to think, sometimes struggle to talk. I am always distracted and cant think straight. I always have conflicting emotions. Soon someday i know i will not be able to work, and i dread it with all my heart. As it stands i am only capable now of working part-time. As for the psychotic features, i have been paranoid to the extreme, jumpy, thinking everyone is discussing me. I have been delusional, ALOT. I dont always know if my mind is…just that. Do you have any idea how scary that is?! I love my husband, i love my family, and yet i dread my life. My system is touchy so ther is little that can be truly done. I would rather be calleed manic-depressive so at least to someone like you something would be somewhat explained off the bat. Don’t make fun of us even in jest, and this goes for all serious mental health issues. Scizaphrenics, Bipolar , Major Depressive, and all the rest. We struggle, and you demean all of it in simple snide statements.DON’T. I know you don’t mean it like that, i know its not truly intentional. But I and “WE”, have hard enough time explaining, without added stress from ignorance and stupidity. AM i being oversensitive, maybe… BUT this is after years of hearing…”oh hes just Mental…all i and is that you think before you speak. So that one day i wont wince as i hear statements like these behind my back… 

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