Make sure you're kind people, you don't know what battles they're dealing with.
Everyone can see and understand a physical disability. We tend to go out of our way to help them, such getting to door, letting them go first, we feel sorry for their circumstance, etc.
Not many people can see a mental disability, even fewer people understand it. Hence we do very little or give two thoughts about why they are acting the way they are. Many times we pass judgement, they're a bad parent, why don't they discipline him, I wouldn't do that, if he can just control himself and so forth.
Just because someone looks all right on the outside, it doesn't mean that they're alright on the inside. Make it a habit to be kind to everyone.
Bad week Sihing?
ReplyDeleteI agree Sihing. I know people with mental illness and they completely go misunderstood and without help. It's an incredibly hard thing to deal with and hopefully one day more people will feel more comfortable talking about it and helping one another. Too many people with mental illness suffer in silence because they know they're different than others but don't understand why or that there's is ways to help cope with it and people willing to listen. All the best to you.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you too! Sending support, understanding, and dreams of a more tolerant and inclusive society your way.
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