Mental Illness

Explaining Your Mental Illness to Others
A Step by Step Guide to Explaining Mental Illness
Explaining your mental illness to friends and family is one of the hardest tasks to face when you're newly diagnosed. Embarrassment over your illness, not knowing the facts, and being in a rush can all lead to quick, misinformed explanations that leave more questions then answers. This guide is designed to not only simplify the process, but also to let both you and your loved ones walk away still feeling comfortable with each other.

Friends With A Mental Illness
What A Difference A Friend Makes
This lens seeks to bring attention to folks who suffer with a mental illness and how to be a better friend to them. Its absolute goal is to promote mental-illness awareness, and encourage acceptance and discussion. ...A big thank you to those who have commented on and promoted this lens in any way. My utmost respect to you.

Mental Illness: GAD - Depression Lobotomies
We Have Come a Long Way Since Lobotomies with Ice-Picks
Having suffered from G.A.D. and depression, as well as my sisters having suffered from various mental illnesses, I have found a deep interest in it over the years. I guess you could consider it a calling to learn more about it. I guess it's easier not to fear something if it's not so unknown anymore. This was a journey that lasted a couple of years. Information on mental illness was gathered throughout this span of time. I have included a number of links to separate pages for more in...

Mental illness
What is Mental illness ?.
In this lens I am going to answer the question "What is mental illness" in the best way that I can and in as accurate way as I am able with the hope that I can raise people's mental illness awareness, and maybe help some people that have a mental illness and their family and friends to see that maybe medical intervention is required where it hasn't been recognised as yet. The reason that I have chosen to write this lens is because although some lensmasters have already tackled trying to expl...