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Ohhh I see- guess I could've come off as excusing his behavior. Obviously, he's anti-Semitic, racist, an asshole, and a bad person all on his own without the mental illness. I'm just saying his wild spiraling behavior is typical of bipolar disorder, and that it's really hard to help people...

I guess I don't get what you're disagreeing with me about then? You believe that mental illnesses can be cured without meds? Or that pathologizing being an asshole is a scam to sell pills? Kanye has always seemed off to me, but I don't follow him.

I'm just saying I've seen the attitude from doctors that a pill will fix everything, and I agree that's harmful. I have a step brother with schizophrenia. With meds, he lives independently with grocery delivery from his mom, rarely goes out, chain smokes, loves his fish tank, and is a strange...

Therapy is learning coping mechanisms and ways to reshape how one perceives and internalizes things, as well as what triggers one's dysfunctional behavior to come out. It doesn't change the fact that the tendencies are still there, just gives you strategies to recognize and act on. Believe me...

No mental illness can be "cured," but they can be treated so that the person's life isn't so chaotic. Antipsychotics can work, but the side effects are difficult and some people won't take them. There's not a good answer.

Bipolar disorder is really, really hard to treat. I've been watching an old friend fuck up her life in increasingly bizarre ways bc there's literally no way to keep her medicated. It's sad. They can't keep her inpatient bc she's technically not a danger. She believes a lot of things that...