What else can you expect? The government has led the way in deliberately NOT addressing issues but only making noises and ineffective policies which APPEAR to be helping. If it's good enough for the government, then the example has been set for businesses and associations. (Although I think in the old days, it was called sleight of hand or distraction, and practitioners were called snake oil salesmen.)
Posted by
Denise, NC on May 17, 2007:
Interesting that the two letters you noted were from BP suffers like myself. Even doctors agree that a sense of humor is a vital part of making it through any prolonged illness or disease, and I vouch for that. I have seen shirts with similar slogans at numerous stores, and if only I had more petty cash I would buy every one of them!
As it stands I have to make due with a hat my husband bought me. It reads "Mood subject to Change without Notice" in such a way that "Mood Change Notice" are the most prominent words and I wear whenever I'm having one of my difficult times.
And let it be a warning to anyone who says I shouldn't appreciate jokes made at my expense!
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Great hat. I have a good friend who is bipolar, and have learned a lot about it by talking with him. He would be the first to agree that a sense of humor is key to coping. -rc
Posted by
Lauren, WA on May 19, 2007:
I see a psychologist as part of the treatment plan for chronic pain, and according to her, and her predecessor (who retired), I'm reasonably "normal" -- no mental illness or personality disorders, no depression. My only disability is my pain.
When I talk to myself, I hear voices in my head, and when other people are doing nasty or stupid things, I sometimes call them names in my head. That's one way that some people deal with stupidity and rudeness in the real world without getting themselves hurt.
When I see exceptionally nice looking men, I call them other names in my head.
The t-shirt doesn't necessarily imply mental illness, violence, or anything. Beauty and discrimination are often both in the eye of the beholder.
Posted by
Ray, Loveland on May 20, 2007:
I have a good friend who suffers from mental illness. She and all of her friends are very aware of it. She has a whole repertoire of funny T-shirts like this one. Wearing them when she feels like it is one way of dealing with the problem and staying, um, sane.
Posted by
Mike from Dallas on May 23, 2007:
Am I out of the mainstream here? I have voices in my head all the time. In 50-odd years, I've exceled in my job, raised a family, established a consulting firm dealing with companies, and enjoyed high social popularity. I've never been diagnosed bi-polar, schizophrenic, manic-depressive, or the myriad other labels tossed around.
Some of the voices in my head are my own, some are other people I know, and a few that I don't know. The purpose of the voices range from simple conscience to self-debate to further understand my own viewpoint on many things. I would say that none of those voices has ever told me to do things counter to my convictions, but in fact, they have. Like the guy who cut me off in traffic. A voice in my head says, "I oughta run you off the road and kick your ...!"
But my convictions have prevailed. Had they not, the problem would not have been the voices in my head, but my own strength of character.
I'm not trivializing the problems faced by people who are diagnosed with the disorders mentioned above. I just find it condescendingly presumptuous of those who purport to be helping them by stigmatizing them with 'protections' of Political Correctness (or Moral Correctness, if you choose).
Posted by
Allan, California on August 6, 2007:
I once heard a small child define "conscience" this way:
"Conscience is the little voice in your head that tells you that you should brush your teeth or clean up your room."
I love that definition -- and I hope that nobody would say that this small child must have schizophrenia!
Posted by
Matt23, Slovenia on September 20, 2007:
I have voices in the head too. A little uninsult voice from one girl shows me promises something in the future. But I have been diagnosed as "voices in the head" maybe just for "Moral Correctness" as Mike said. Many thanks for your comment I don't find this voices telling me something counter to my convictions too. Sometimes were pretty annoying to deal with all but that was maybe my wish coz of huge amounts of loneliness.
The Voices in My Head - Comments
Posted by Mike from Dallas on May 15, 2007:
What else can you expect? The government has led the way in deliberately NOT addressing issues but only making noises and ineffective policies which APPEAR to be helping. If it's good enough for the government, then the example has been set for businesses and associations. (Although I think in the old days, it was called sleight of hand or distraction, and practitioners were called snake oil salesmen.)
Posted by Denise, NC on May 17, 2007:
Interesting that the two letters you noted were from BP suffers like myself. Even doctors agree that a sense of humor is a vital part of making it through any prolonged illness or disease, and I vouch for that. I have seen shirts with similar slogans at numerous stores, and if only I had more petty cash I would buy every one of them!
As it stands I have to make due with a hat my husband bought me. It reads "Mood subject to Change without Notice" in such a way that "Mood Change Notice" are the most prominent words and I wear whenever I'm having one of my difficult times.
And let it be a warning to anyone who says I shouldn't appreciate jokes made at my expense!
---
Great hat. I have a good friend who is bipolar, and have learned a lot about it by talking with him. He would be the first to agree that a sense of humor is key to coping. -rc
Posted by Lauren, WA on May 19, 2007:
I see a psychologist as part of the treatment plan for chronic pain, and according to her, and her predecessor (who retired), I'm reasonably "normal" -- no mental illness or personality disorders, no depression. My only disability is my pain.
When I talk to myself, I hear voices in my head, and when other people are doing nasty or stupid things, I sometimes call them names in my head. That's one way that some people deal with stupidity and rudeness in the real world without getting themselves hurt.
When I see exceptionally nice looking men, I call them other names in my head.
The t-shirt doesn't necessarily imply mental illness, violence, or anything. Beauty and discrimination are often both in the eye of the beholder.
Posted by Ray, Loveland on May 20, 2007:
I have a good friend who suffers from mental illness. She and all of her friends are very aware of it. She has a whole repertoire of funny T-shirts like this one. Wearing them when she feels like it is one way of dealing with the problem and staying, um, sane.
Posted by Mike from Dallas on May 23, 2007:
Am I out of the mainstream here? I have voices in my head all the time. In 50-odd years, I've exceled in my job, raised a family, established a consulting firm dealing with companies, and enjoyed high social popularity. I've never been diagnosed bi-polar, schizophrenic, manic-depressive, or the myriad other labels tossed around.
Some of the voices in my head are my own, some are other people I know, and a few that I don't know. The purpose of the voices range from simple conscience to self-debate to further understand my own viewpoint on many things. I would say that none of those voices has ever told me to do things counter to my convictions, but in fact, they have. Like the guy who cut me off in traffic. A voice in my head says, "I oughta run you off the road and kick your ...!"
But my convictions have prevailed. Had they not, the problem would not have been the voices in my head, but my own strength of character.
I'm not trivializing the problems faced by people who are diagnosed with the disorders mentioned above. I just find it condescendingly presumptuous of those who purport to be helping them by stigmatizing them with 'protections' of Political Correctness (or Moral Correctness, if you choose).
Posted by Allan, California on August 6, 2007:
I once heard a small child define "conscience" this way:
"Conscience is the little voice in your head that tells you that you should brush your teeth or clean up your room."
I love that definition -- and I hope that nobody would say that this small child must have schizophrenia!
Posted by Matt23, Slovenia on September 20, 2007:
I have voices in the head too. A little uninsult voice from one girl shows me promises something in the future. But I have been diagnosed as "voices in the head" maybe just for "Moral Correctness" as Mike said. Many thanks for your comment I don't find this voices telling me something counter to my convictions too. Sometimes were pretty annoying to deal with all but that was maybe my wish coz of huge amounts of loneliness.
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