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I'm not sure. I think that

Submitted by Anonymous (guest) on Fri, 05/08/2009 - 4:12am.

I'm not sure. I think that looking normal and portraying your 'self' to be normal is a very large pressure for someone who suffers from a mental illness. It is difficult for people to understand that there is more to someone than just the exterior. The demon of mental illness, when untreated, can lead to such misleading expectations and misunderstandings about a person that it leads to destroyed reputations, social judgements and weight for the person carrying the illness to bear. the illusion is that perfect form does not mean healthy in every sense of the word - which can lead to truly superficial values which are detrimental to all who remain ignorant and without compassion.

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