The vast majority of people who have mental illness problems never hurt anybody.
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The vast majority of people who have guns never hurt anybody.
People with mental health problems are almost never dangerous. In fact, they are more likely to be the victims than the perpetrators. At the same time, mental illness has been the common denominator in one act of mass violence after another.
One in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people.
Those who become mentally ill often have a history of chronic pain.
A lot of people are living with mental illness around them. Either you love one or you are one.
People get really irritated by mental illness.
When they are treated, the seriously mentally ill aren't more violent than the general population. If untreated, though, they are.
The only antidote to mental suffering is physical pain.
Playing someone who has a mental illness, the responsibility to not stuff it up is really strong. You have to get it right. Not just for the people who are sufferers, but for the people who care about them - their loved ones.
Mental illness leaves a huge legacy, not just for the person suffering it but for those around them.