Utter Ridiculousness!

As a sociologist, I believe that 75% of "mental illnesses" are a result of environment and the people you surround yourself with. That's not to say that there are legitimate mental illnesses - of course there are. However, I think that it becomes a problem when every feeling and emotion turns into a mental illness diagnosis. I personally don't believe that children are capable of having bipolar disorder. I think the problem is the parents who don't know how to discipline their kids. Bipolar for sure is a real mental illness, no doubt - I just have a really hard time seeing how a kid in elementary school is diagnosed with it. Well, I guess I can understand how they are diagnosed, but did we ever stop and think to use a little consistent discipline on the kid? I would be willing to be that 99% of bipolar in kids would be "cured" if the child had a stable and structured environment. What happened to children going to bed at 8pm or 9pm? There shouldn't be any of this staying up until 11 or 12 at night...that's ridiculous! Children suffer from a lack of sleep, lack of discipline and a lack of expectations. At some point it became "cool" to have a kid with some sort of disorder that they can wear on their sleeve like a badge. Coming from a kid with a muscle disability, ITS NOT COOL! I've worked really hard and was so blessed to have wonderful parents who didn't allow me to become a victim.

More Ridiculousness!

This is the precise problem with society - they allow addicts to become victims to their "illness." I hate it for y'all, but ADDICTION ISN'T A MENTAL ILLNESS!! The same theory I talked about above applies here - if the addict were to change their environment and the people around them, you'd be amazed at how "easy" that addiction becomes manageable. Addiction is a CHOICE for the most part. I think that people have a certain predetermination towards addiction, but I think it's a choice to even start. If your mom is an alcoholic and you have a predetermination towards alcoholism, then DON'T START DRINKING! You are essentially CHOOSING the addiction - you are standing up and BEGGING for it.

I will have more rants later - I have to get back to work.