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Sara Johnson
Abnormal Psychology
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How I Can Help
Often times, people with mental illnesses are portrayed as being untrustworthy, strange, and not worth being befriended or helped. Even in everyday conversations I’ve heard people disparage those with eating disorders or self-harm. As someone who wants to protect and help those with mental illnesses, I can make it known to those around me that language like that is offensive. I can do my best to educate friends and people who talk to me about how people with a mental illness are not the stereotype. I have friends who struggle with depression, eating disorders, and bipolar disorder. To hear someone make light or make fun of them hurts them dearly.
Also, the webpage mentions writing letters to television shows and movies that portray people with mental illnesses in an unflattering or false way. This is another way to help fight the stigma of mental disorders. Television shows have such a large part in our society, that the message they send about people with mental illnesses shapes societies views significantly.
Also, I realize that I myself might be perpetuating the stigma that mentally ill patients live with. By making light of schizophrenia or “hearing voices” I belittle those that actually deal with those issues. I will start to be more aware of the phrases I use and the people it effects. Throwing words like “anorexic” out in a conversation to describe a skinny girl casually is belittling those that are diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. My language could make someone embarrassed to come forward with their mental illness and get help. By making it clear that mental illness is not something to be ashamed of, but rather something that is not their fault it could make them feel more

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