Replies to 'Fears, Phobias and Anxiety Disorders'

My personal story is 49 years long. This message is to help and let others know, I want more research and recognition about mental diseases. Mental disorders have always been ignored, denied, referred to as dumb, and shameful misfit, mental issues are not anyones fault. A person should not be punished or mistreated for having this disease.

There is a need for places, research, and help for people that have this.

Mental disorders eat away at a persons mind faster, and more damaging then cancer.

A person with cancer, draws multitudes of attention

A person with a mental problem becomes alone, people don't want to be around that kind of person, "there's something wrong, I don't want to catch it"

I'm ANGRY! This sickness has raped me of 30 years of my life, caused me to be separated from my family, it has not allowed my life to be able to have people in my life, it's caused me to push my children away, it's present every day I wake up. But I taught myself to except it and learned to cope with it.  But now it's gone to far, My son is now laying in a hospital, lonely, scarred, confused, and he don't understand why he feels so empty.   What has me so up set. I took him to 2 different hospitals, called  3 different help centers, and not any of them would help us. We were told he wasn't bad enough  to receive emergence help, Because he hadn't hurt him self or anyone else. We were told to go home and wait until a week day, and make an appointment. This young man was having a mental break down, reaching out for help, he was smart enough to know he needed help and there was no where for him to go and be safe, and not hurt himself or anyone else.  I know he isn't the only person that has experienced this problem. It's time our country, government, scientists or who ever start recognizing this is a growing problem, and it can't be ignored any more.  mental disorders in America should be just as important in politics, and in research as cancer, health coverage, etc...

I would like to know if I'm alone feeling this way about something that effects so many lives but always gets diagnosed and blamed on some thing else.

    THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED TO OUR GOVERNMENT, THIS DISEASE EFFECTS OUR COUNTRY AS MUCH IF NOT MORE THEN ANY OTHER DISEASE.

 FINDING CURES, PROVIDING PLACES TO GET HELP, MORE EDUCATION,  SUPPORT GROUPS.  ALL OF THIS WOULD HELP CUT DOWN ON FRUSTRATED. ANGRY, CONFUSION WHICH ALL FEEDS CRIME. ROAD RAGE  JEALOUS COMPANION KILLING, RAPE, CHILD ABUSE, this ONLY NEEDS EDUCATION AVAILABLE, AND TAUGHT ABOUT,  IT'S PRESENT AMONG US AND IT'S NOT GOING AWAY OR GETTING ANY BETTER.

AM I ALONE?