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 10:04:23
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and I collapsed on the floor and was even more shaky and paranoid.
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10:04:02
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My doctor thought I had ADHD so he gave me Adderall which fucked me up pretty bad over time. I went to him shaking badly and couldn't sleep for days so he gave resperidone because he thought I was a little bit like my uncle. That made my vision black out
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10:02:32
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In my case, what seemed to be depression was actually a physical issue.
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10:01:40
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And indeed, incorrectly diagnosing mental illness.
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10:01:16
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It's comparing very visible diseases with something that you may not even notice even after diagnosis.
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10:00:34
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It's also very easy to misdiagnose things.
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09:59:57
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"Schizophrenia? Tell your invisible friend I said hi."
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09:59:55
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For how much psychiatric and neurological issues affect people, research funding is amazingly little compared to the likes of cancer and heart disease.
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09:59:49
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It doesn't help that my uncle's a severe schizophrenic and the state refuses to acknowledge that he's incapable of taking care of himself so he doesn't get the treatment he really needs.
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09:59:40
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"Anxiety disorder? Guess you sit on the floor shaking half the time, huh?"
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09:59:21
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"You're bi-polar, that means you have crazy mood swings just randomly, right?"
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09:58:29
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"Oh you're depressed, so you feel sad all the time?"
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09:58:04
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It's strange. The brain is a sensitive thing. You think they'd at least vaguely understand.
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09:57:54
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And as time has gone on, a lot of misconceptions are getting around about what various mental illnesses are like.
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09:57:22
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It's more ignorance than anything else.
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09:56:54
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I think a lot of it isn't malicious, it's just not understanding.
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09:56:28
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And a lot of people don't understand that it can manifest physically, as well.
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09:56:16
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I can't even tell one of my best friends I was seeing a psychiatrist.
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09:56:01
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"If you just tried, you could will it away."
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09:55:46
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"If you were simply strongerrrrr"
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09:55:25
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But you acknowledge that you're "not right", and try to get help for it, and suddenly you're weak, it's all in your head and you need to get over it.
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09:54:46
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Around here a lot of people think that mental illness is just a result of being weak.
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09:54:43
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People treat you like a leper because you're "not right", no matter what the issue is and regardless of its severity.
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09:54:35
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In Asian families, you simply don't talk about these kind of things. It's pretty much expected that you just deal.
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09:53:36
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The same stigma Western societies have against it. In addition to the whole family honour crap.
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09:53:16
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The same thing a lot of people have against mental illness: You're broken and therefore not fit to be around people because, hey, you're fucking loony.
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09:53:07
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I hope all goes as well as possible Shannon.
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09:52:46
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Good luck with that, Shan.
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09:52:34
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What the hell do Indians have against mental illness?
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09:52:14
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He lives in a really Indian area of London.
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09:51:55
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But I might wait until she's gotten over the stress. 
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09:51:41
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Now that my sister's out of the house, I may have to come out to my mother.
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09:51:27
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09:50:42
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09:50:41
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Because mental illness is apparently just as big a stigma in Indian society as homosexuality.
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09:49:57
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Considering that he's come out to his parents, I'd imagine that he's probably conscious of not wanting to put his parent's name into disrepute for having a gay, mentally-ill son.
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09:49:21
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I can understand that either way.
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09:47:57
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Is it a disclosure issue or does he just not feel comfortable talking about it with someone close to the family regardless?
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09:46:34
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My friend refuses to go to see his family GP for a mental health assessment because the doc's friends with his parents, even though legally he can't disclose anything.
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09:44:15
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Some places of course consider rape a punishment and not a crime.
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09:43:56
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Think Shannon's pretty much summed it up, we can all go home.
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09:43:20
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From what I've been told, the gender favouritism is even more skewed than that of China, which is saying something in itself.
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09:42:29
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Seems like it's a patriarchal society that engenders abuse of women and then has that Asian aspect of just not talking about it because it's a personal thing and you don't bring anyone into that.
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09:42:15
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She died and now I'm hearing about a 5 year old victim.
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09:41:26
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The last time I heard about rape in India 4 guys took turns not just raping but sodomizing the girl with a metal rod over the course of 2 hours on a bus that as far as I know didn't eve stop.
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09:40:58
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Because I actually don't know a whole lot about the culture.
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09:40:07
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I wouldn't even know where to start with India.
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09:38:08
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09:37:32
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09:37:24
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Not even specifically relating to Rolf Harris, just in general. It's like having a bit of the devil on you - even if you're completely cleared, no one will want anything to do with you.
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09:36:59
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If someone hasn't been charged, I'm not entirely sure it's fair to be throwing their name out in relation to something as severe as systematic child abuse.
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09:36:44
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Indian's are all about their honour and stuff like that, to the point where huge lies are upheld as to not appear as a disgrace, not that that's an excuse.
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09:34:54
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What the fuck is with rape in India?
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09:34:23
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"It is understood that Harris was arrested last month but not charged with any offence. He has been bailed until May."
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09:33:06
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As for the greater legal debate, it's a tough one.
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09:32:07
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True.
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09:31:35
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There's only so many 80-something, well known, Australian-born entertainers residing in Britain.
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09:31:06
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When all that was released was a description, it was pretty clear that it was Rolf Harris.
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09:30:32
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09:29:29
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And then when the father might go around telling everyone what useless pieces of shit you are, you try to throw money at him to get him to shut up.
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09:29:21
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09:28:42
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But it takes a special kind of scum to ignore a families pleas to help find their daughter, when your fucking job is to help in situations like these.
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09:28:04
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Is not anything new, but still disturbing nonetheless...
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09:27:50
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There's bad people in the world and children are, as regrettable as it is, going to fall victim to them.
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09:27:28
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The accusation that the police tried to buy the father's silence on their alleged inaction...
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09:22:27
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Get your shit together, India.
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