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laurell3 -> RE: Mentally Ill submissive (11/14/2007 10:12:46 AM)
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ORIGINAL: scottjk
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ORIGINAL: laurell3
I hate to tell you this people, but most americans have some form of "mental illness" under the DSM. A huge number of americans are estimated to suffer from untreated depression and according to a national article (newsweek or one of the major news mags, reported a few studies, sorry I don't remember which) I read a few years ago, over 50% of the female population has been on some type of anti-depressant or mood stablizer for depression in the last decade. Many mental illnesses are easily treatable and monitored.
Good luck actually finding someone that's truly honest that doesn't have some form of mental illness or history of it. I would suggest to you that those of you that would reject someone for merely having a "mental illness" aren't being all that honest with yourselves or don't understand how encompassing the term actually is.
In response to the OP's actual question, which isn't this ongoing conversation carried on here, if someone was truly self-destructive, I would have to look at why they were into d/s and/or bdsm. If one truly desires to be treated badly ie: it really does feel bad for them to participate, I wouldn't want to be part of it personally. However, to each their own. I sure wouldn't discard a human being for depression unless it was severe enough they were a danger to themselves and didn't seek help.
Umm, half the female population? Allowing for the fact that most women see the doc more often than men, statistically, I'd still add an additional 25% to that. THEN, if all things being equal, most men are coping with untreated depression, or at least equally to women, that puts a total population of 225 people either being treated or not treated coping with depression. Folks, this is not an epidemic. It's catastrophic. Granted, personally, I'm coping with drepression ALL the time, but I see no need to treat a natural response to a considerable amount of stress. More often than not, depression is a natural response to conditions that cause stress, so why treat it? What's more, why are so many depressed? Usually it means that a basic need isn't being met. That many people can't possibly be depressed without an underlying fudemental issue. Perscribing drugs to treat depression is typically due to a chemical imbalance in the brain or body. So, are 'feel good drugs' being doled out because of some mass internal biological disorder? Corporate influence to boost profits?
Damn, this statistic is just astounding to put it lightly.
So many people so depressed and yet no one has identified a possible cause worth headlining news reports, government support or otherwise any general disemination of information? If these numbers were reported for something a virus or bacterial infection, the whole country would be turned upside down.
Just amazing. I bet I could write a book on this.
Sorry scott I wasn't trying to disregard men and I didn't do the study, just trying to point out that the numbers on simple depression alone without even considering any other mental illness are staggering. I believe what you say is correct, the numbers are probably much higher. I believe this study was based on the prescriptions of anti-depressents and self-reporting. I'm sure self reporting of any mental illness isn't the best indicator of statistics.
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