How come manic depression got a makeover to ‘bipolar’ and we are stuck with this ‘split mind’ caca

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No fair!!! 15151515

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So true. Bipolar became trendy. Kinda jealous lol

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Bipolar still means crazy though. I hear people in the workplace throw that word around a bit.

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There’s still lots of stigma behind the bipolar name.

Yeah I wish they changed the name for schizophrenia and schizoaffective also.

Could possibly lessen the stigma a bit.

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But I must admit, the stigma behind bipolar is a lot less than schizophrenia or schizoaffective.

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I always thought that schizoaffective has the least stigma attached to it.

It qualifies as neither bipolar or schizophrenia alone. Therefore, no one knows much about it.

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I don’t wanna change. :sob:. I’m old and stubborn though. I think no matter what we call it, it will be the same old disorder. Also, I really don’t think the average person knows that schizophrenia means split mind, so that would only be for those of us who know. I really dont see how it comes into play.

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I think we should call it Prince…

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if i named the illness based on my experience it would be like persistent auditory hallucination syndrome. as that particular symptom was the fuel for all my other symptoms and once i found a med that got rid of it im basically normal. not the case for most sz’s tho

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Precocious Madness FTW!!

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Some countries actually have changed the name!

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“Japan was the first country to change the previously used name of schizophrenia, “Seishin-Bunretsu-Byo” (mind-split-disease) into the new name of “Togo-Shitcho-Sho” (integration disorder).’”

In solidarity with the Japanese the name should be changed to Sh!tshow

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Lol! Yes, I want it to be named “sh**-show”. Haha.

But in all seriousness, I do like the translated name that the Japanese picked, “integration disorder”.

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I’ve seen guys in a manic episode, and they were way out there. There was no way they could have functioned in society without medication.

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we get the worse stigma ever. they may as well ask us to wear a paper bag over our heads lol

i really dont get what they are trying to say? what does it mean? i dont get it lol,

Why cant they just say severe mental illness and then have subtypes (i feel that would be much nicer)

ie Severe mental illness

Featuring subtypes:

  • Delusions
  • psychosis
  • paranoia
    etc…
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It was fun telling people I had ass burgers.

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I think in Japan they call it Integration Disorder.

Edit: @anon84461028 beat me to it.

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