Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Introduction

Mental illness has often been stigmatized as an excuse for one own's weakness, instead of the understanding the reality of the disease. This perspective places the fear of being ostracized by society, deemed as an outcast and unable to handle their own problems. It is for this reason why so many who suffer do not seek treatment, but rather bear it alone, self medicate, or at times rather take their lives than ask for help.




Here we will be discussing:
  • Whether mental illness is something that can be cured or only contained?
  • If societies perception on mental illnesses worsens the symptoms for individuals, or even causes them?
  • How can we remove the negative stigma for people, so they may feel comfortable seeking treatment?
Here we delve deeper into the issue surrounding mental illness in the United States, and center on the acceptance and appreciation of its reality in our society. It is important for all people to understand the large role mental illness has in our life and current issues that have been arising because of it. 
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2 comments:

  1. Kelsey Marie PollardMarch 3, 2013 at 7:47 PM

    I love how things were split up. It was pleasing to the eye to get a break from words and from pictures. It had good flow

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  2. Kelsey Marie PollardMarch 5, 2013 at 6:57 PM

    To add onto what I said earlier, I really like what is being said here and I think it is very clear to the audience what will be talked about in the blog. I like this topic because there is so many different directions that you can take within this theme and i like your approach. A lot of people in the world do not really pay attention to this and I like how you address this in the intro. You give specifics of what you will be talking about. One thing that I would suggest is to really pin point your point as well as how you feel about this topic so the audience can feel your emotion behind it.

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