I Know that I Shouldn't Bitch

But that is just the point. People with a Mental Illness tend to internalise their anger until some of them race out and kill twenty people at once and then we ask WHY WHY WHY? In spite of not having a tendency to violence myself I find it all too easy to answer WHY. Our Society, as it is, tends to only value people that are successful. We don't include each and every citizen and give them a chance at participating and having dignity we can fully expect that the level of violence will only increase. Already our Police are turning to their fire arms and we are following the American example. We used to have a country that was considered a "Fools Paradise" and now instead we have more and more people live in gated communities because of the gap between rich and poor. That's all very well if you're not a Statistic but more and more people are in one form or another.

As for the Mentally Ill we allow them to live in "freedom" whilst shunning them or judging them or pitying them. No wonder John Kirwan had visualisations of becoming a Hobo. No wonder so many people are so frightened of Mental Illness that they condemn people's weakness because there is no where for people to go but down unless you are either very strong or lucky. In the three years that I was 'training" for work I hardly had one sick day. Living with the hopelessness of not quite making it into the work force and just languishing is enough to precipitate Mental Illness in itself. It also predisposes people to rely heavily on Drug and Alcohol use to numb the pain. All these things have a negative impact on our Society as a whole. Psychiatry and Psychology become Big Business when it is the framework of our Society that needs to go under the microscope if we are to create a "Wholesome Society". As it is I no longer see myself as being "fit" for work even if I had opportunity because unemployment only feeds insanity.