It's generally accepted that 50-percent of Americans will experience some type of problem and need mental health 'help' at some point in their life. Just in an average year, it's also generally accepted that one out of five Americans will need some mental health assistance in an average year.
On Paranoid Schizophrenia? If you dig into it....it's figured around 3-million Americans have an ongoing problem....going from 'lite' to extreme.
I used to not think much about this statistical business. In the past five years? I'd say on a daily basis....viewing things going on....via social media and the news...it's a couple of times a day that I question people and their irrational behavior now.
It's nothing personal or a slam against your irrational behavior....but I'd rather stay thirty feet away, and frankly....on topics of discussion....I'd rather not hear your list of woes in life.
In previous generations of life....we probably did run a few mentally ill folks out of town, or deliver some folks to a long-term stay hospital with guys in white jackets. Our compassion was settled upon the idea of limiting our daily interaction with mentally ill folks....not accepting them as an equal (they weren't).
The question on my mind usually? Is there a trend going on, with more than the average number of mentally ill people out there? If so....why?
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