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Originally Posted by pylon
However, anytime the mental health card is played, it is automatically assumed sympathy is required, terms like stunning and brave need to start being thrown around etc.
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If we’re serious about addressing mental health, that will have to change. Many people who suffer from poor mental health are unsympathetic. Some are awful. We’re not going to make much progress if we only offer support to the sympathetic ones. Or pretend that everyone with mental health issues is stunning and brave. We don’t deny medical care to unpleasant people, and we shouldn’t deny mental health care to them either.