I myself am gay so I know. I have faced much more discrimination for being schizophrenic than for being gay. Gay people might have a hard time coming out, but schizos have it worse. In some areas, gay teenagers are kicked out of their homes for being gay, but I’d say the lack of access to proper medical treatment, the humiliation of the American mental health system, and the discrimination are worse for schizos. And I think schizophrenics are more at risk for police brutality than black people, but nobody talks about that.
I truly believe the mentally ill should be considered a minority and treated as such, with people fighting for social justice and stuff.
Controversial opinion, but you have to admit I have a point.
I think don’t talk about human rights or minority consideration for mentally ill people. If govt provide medical treatment to all of them it is enough and if govt provide pension than it is great. In my area I often read in news paper that some mental ill people killed their family person or neighbours or suicide because they don’t achieve the proper medical treatment or left it. Some also found in street and for women it is unbelievably (I have no words). There are law in my country but no one is to implement it. Some social worker come forward when he died for funeral.
I think it is better to deal with people as individuals than to lump them into one group. Schizophrenia is terrifically hard on most of us, but before the gay community gained some of their rights being homosexual was terrifying. Gays were likely to be fired from their jobs, beaten up, and ostracized in the most severest way. Homosexuality was “the sin that dare not speak its name”. I’d say that today sz’s might have it rougher than gays, but in the past gays had it much rougher than sz’s. By the way, I’m straight.
People with a disability, including mental illness, have federal non-discrimination protection under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). People who are gay have no federal non-discrimination protection. Gay people can marry at 10:00 AM, be overtly fired from their job at 12:00 PM, and lose their apartment at 2:00 PM.
The ADA does provide important protections for those with disabilities. However, stigma and discrimination against those with severe mental illness is still pretty pervasive in our society.
Ok, but there is a question on people’s mind about gay " what is the body part they use for sex. And I think it gives a lot of imagination. So that they react. I am sorry if I say wrong.
I remember the police that thought I was schizophrenic when I first developed sz. The way they talked to me I thought they were really in the mafia and wanted to kill me. The police in the hospital after my suicide attempt treated me nicely. In fact I wanted them to stay in the room because I thought that someone was outside of the room with a gun waiting to kill me. Also I mentioned the suicide and that is another point. What is the suicide rate of gay people. Trans people might be more at risk from suicide than us from what I heard but after their surgery.
Also there is an additional cost with sz in the way of meds too. I don’t know how likely it is that someone not hire you because you are gay but I’ve not been hired for my sz. Also being gay doesn’t affect cognitive function. Being gay doesn’t put you at risk for developing other health issues either like sz. Just adding on to what you said not being combative. I agree with you even though I was born straight and am now pretty much asexual because of the meds.
Lol it’s not like that doesn’t happen to us too. If we are lucky enough to get married that is.
My Dad’s friend was saying how he met a person with sz who got stuck over seas then called for help. He said if he ever came back he would beat the ■■■■ outta him.
I think it’s easier being gay than sza. That said, I’m an actively transitioning transgender male, give myself testosterone shots weekly, etc, for just over 9 months. I have a way more difficult approaching healthcare providers with that issue than I do with my sza issues. I told one pdoc I was transitioning and she assumed I was just buying my T off of the internet when I’m doing everything under an endocrinologist…she never assumed I got my Seroquel on eBay.
It’s really hard telling ppl u have sz i totally see ur point. Most my family doesnt even know and its been 10 years. Smh till they kill me. And then if u tell em u live off disability they think its cuz ur nuts cuz they dunno about negative symptoms. This whole thing is like a whirlpool of ■■■■
BTW, I was pretty much asexual since 15 years old when starting psych meds killed my libido…starting the testosterone has made me a regular horny-toad! Lol!