why are so many people still reluctant to seek mental health treatment?

[xmas1997]

Thanks xmas. But good luck to them. I'm making a facebook page for them and letting the truth be known. Everytime I e-mail my sister about it I get veiled threats like "GOd Bless You and Your Family!!" "God Bless You!!" "Good Luck to You and Yours!!!" She will not comunicate by e-mail and just says my Mom and Dad are nuts.

Your only defense, and offense, is twofold - forgiveness.
And shower them with as much humor as you can.
Laughter is ........ well, you already know.

[I. Hustle]

Remember in HS when I spoke to this emo girl about it. I asked her, "Why do you do that?", she said, "Sometimes my mind feels like it's in a box so the only way I can get out of that box is by cutting myself.". I didn't really take stuff like that seriously at that age and just judge her as a weirdo and walked away.

Wonder if she grew out of that...

She didn't.

[Oh, Gee!!]

some people don't know they need help

[bigzak25]

Trill, do your duty and give that boy some weed, stat!

[I. Hustle]

I wish that were true but forgiveness puts my family in danger. My sisters husbands family is apart of this whole scam. I'm fighting about 15 purto ricans right now. I've never owned a gun before all this. I'm ing stacked now.

Puerto Ricans? Those are the worst type of Mexicans.

[I. Hustle]

Oh and you wonder why I hate Christians. All they talk about is God and Joel ing holesteam.

So you lump them all together? Makes sense.

[I. Hustle]

The worst type of Mexicans in order:

Puerto Ricans
Dominicans
Mexicans
El Salvadorians

[I. Hustle]

I'm not perfect. You're right. I shouldn't. Just hate Christians that use Christ to cover up their evil ways.

Now THAT makes sense.

LeBomb and I are going to fight behind the Lowes sometimes soon. You should meet up with us and take out some of your agreesion. You can fight the winner. First rule though... you don't talk about our little club that involves fighting. I'll think of a good name for it later

[I. Hustle]

Yeah, that sounds fun tbh. Just no ing cops man.

I used to a cop. Well at the time she worked for Bexar County Sheriffs dept.. She is an Austin cop now.
I'm married now and the wifey isn't a cop so you don't have to worry about that from me.

[DJR210]

how would it up the family? if the kid is deppressed or 'cutting' then wouldn't getting some help do the family some good?

CPS may end up taking the kid out of the home which would probably get them into a home with a more involved guardian, but if you were that kid would you want to removed from your home and placed somewhere else? Even if that meant being placed with a relative, if I was the kid I would want to be in my home with my parents unless they were severely abusing me.

[I. Hustle]

Awesome. Being with what I'm dealing with it's in my best interest not to get in any trouble right now. Waiting to go to court for a restraining order. I don't need "fighting behind Lowes with I Hustle" on my record.

So you immediately recognize that I would whip LeBombs ass. Makes sense. You know I would.

[The Gemini Method]

The worst type of Mexicans in order:

Puerto Ricans
Dominicans
Mexicans
El Salvadorians

Hustle...you got Salvatruchas too low on the Mexican lists...they're up there wit 'em Ricans.

[DPG21920]

At least the boy has a father. That alone goes a long way to making it through tough times usually.

[I. Hustle]

Hustle...you got Salvatruchas too low on the Mexican lists...they're up there wit 'em Ricans.

You are right. I forgot about MS3 or MS13 or whatever the it is. All I know is it stands for Mexican Salvadorians, right?

[The Gemini Method]

You are right. I forgot about MS3 or MS13 or whatever the it is. All I know is it stands for Mexican Salvadorians, right?

Yeah that's what it stands for but out here in L.A. they are way more stupid and obnoxious and their women are treacherous...more so than the traditional Messicans.

[Frank Dux]

I believe people don't seek mental health support for a few reasons:

1. Stigma
2. Cost barriers
3. Perceived cost barriers

[The Gemini Method]

I believe people don't seek mental health support for a few reasons:

1. Stigma
2. Cost barriers
3. Perceived cost barriers

Stigma for sure...especially with the notion that the medications that most serious cases of depression are prescribed. That seems to bring down the most worrisome of fears and to feel that, "they change who you are..." is big enough to deter many.

[HI-FI]

At least the boy has a father. That alone goes a long way to making it through tough times usually.

i hypothetically agree with this.

[Koolaid_Man]

i was talking to my neighbor last night and he was telling me he found out his son was a 'cutter' but he doesn't think its serious because other kids at school are doing it. so i ask him if he was going to get some counseling for his son to see if he's suffering from anxiety or deppression and he said nope. he's going to take sharp objects out of his room and keep an eye on him.

he's basically refusing to admit his son needs professional help and was shocked i even suggested it. he then went on about psychiatrists and counselors being scam artists and when he was a kid how there was no such thing as kids being depressed or having anxiety. i tried for over an hour to convince him there is nothing wrong with having a mental illness or at least getting an evaluation before i gave up.

i'm thinking about calling CPS on him for not getting some medical attention for his son. i'll give him another week and if i don't see any signs of improvement or if he doesn't tell me he made an appointment, i'm calling in a report.

not trying to be insensitive here but tell him if he didn't know he can apply to the government for a crazy check for his son....many people do it

[Koolaid_Man]

At least the boy has a father. That alone goes a long way to making it through tough times usually.

sounds like you have regrets

[silverblk mystix]

Unfortunately, people don't really get help - because the counselors, doctors, therapists, etc...

Have other agendas - which is not to actually face the problem - but to get the person on dependent drugs instead to keep them in business.

This kid has a programming problem - not a sickness, weakness, ailment - but a programming problem. If your car is malfunctioning you go to a mechanic and get the issue fixed. If a human being has a problem with reality - you re-program his thinking - get under the hood and work on his false programming,his false beliefs, his illusions.

Problems don't need to be fixed - they need to be understood.

If this kid understood what reality and life are - he would not have to hurt himself - he would not feel that self-mutilation is the way.

The only exception to this - is if the kid was diagnosed with an actual chemical imbalance - and then the only way for him to "function" was to re-adjust that imbalance. In that case - then yes- a medical professional could help.