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Originally Posted by flylock shox
Boy. Some ugly comments in this thread. A lot of posters so far come across to me (and, I would think, to most outside observers) as likely being arrogant and ignorant; coming from privileged backgrounds with healthy families, who were given plenty of opportunities to succeed, and simply don't care to try to understand how the other half lives.
I don't think a lot of people on this board understand what it's like to grow up in a household with an alcoholic (and usually absent) father and a heroin-addicted mother - parents who've kicked you out on the street when you were 14 or so, or who effectively got you involved in the drug world when you were a kid, or who sexually abused you. And I doubt most people posting here understand just how bad things can be when you find yourself unloved by anyone, alone, poor, and living in a situation where you can't see a way out. Some of the people you're criticizing deserve credit for at least one thing - they haven't committed suicide in circumstances where a lot of people would have done. A lot of the people you're describing have never been given any reason to hope for anything better in their lives, and it's a minor miracle they've held on to what they've got.
In fact, the number of people you're talking about who are homeless or poor because they have a mental illness is actually very small. The number of people who have a mental illness because they're homeless or poor on the other hand, is much larger.
There are, among this population, an exceptional sub-group who are, in fact, making a lifestyle choice. For them, I have no sympathy.
But seriously, the blanket statements... yeesh...
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Okay, I have got to say one thing on this. So that is basically saying that these people have had a crappy life and because of this reason, they dont want anything better? And thats a good thing? And is reason for the rest of the "normal" people to feel sorry for them and give them handouts, give me a break. There are a lot of people that have had a hard life growing up in tough situations with alcoholic parents and what not that turn out to be a productive person, but to say that these people deserve sympathy because they had a rough life is absurd. I havent had the smoothest ride growing up, especially with death in my immediate family when I had just turned 16. I have worked since I was in high school, after high school I worked two jobs so that I could afford to go to college. And still while my friends travel the world and have school paid for I dont feel the need to feel sorry for myself and have others feel sorry for me.
Youre a human being, you
should have the desire to succeed and if you dont, then I dont feel for you.