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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
You can certainly say you won't stab someone?
You clearly are not aware that mental illnesses, like Schizophrenia that Bill and Li suffered, can manifest at any time throughout your life then. You have a far less understanding of mental health than Bill.
To say that you won't be stabbing someone even in the short-term, shows a general lack of understanding of mental health. If at noon today, God told you that your coworker was an alien out to steal your soul, and the belief that you have that you are "immune" to mental illness would be a hindrance and a potential danger as you don't seek help. This is a reason that stigmatizing mental health is an issue. Of course it's incredibly unlikely you would.
But with people like Bill, they have probably been repeatedly told that anything can happen and not to assume or ignore anything.
If Bill were to say "there's absolutely no way I will relapse and be a danger" that is actually far more dangerous than him saying "I believe I won't relapse, but I realize there's a chance." This gives him the ability to recognize the early warning signs, and the realization that (even if incredibly slim) he could pose a threat. This would have been hammered into him for the last decade.
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Wow. I cannot believe I just read that.
So you're telling us that we are all ticking time bombs and will lash out violently if all of a sudden a voice starts telling us to knife the guy next to us?
Good to know.