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Within over many decades there has been growth of mental illness that can be seen as a sin yet a sign of insanity. In the article by Richard A. Friedman he has announce that there is a solution to cure a mental illness such as Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). Mental illness has impacted people and many scientist of what is a mental illness, in the podcast 81 Words, it tells a story of how homosexuality has been known as an illness and has impacted people from the beginning of time to the recent years. Both of the material of the article for Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder and the podcast 81 Words will give a new insight of how we should view mental illness and detect if there is such as a things as a mental illness. Broadcasting …show more content…
As Friedman would imply that mental illness, “is not a disability...can be asset (Friedman).” As he explains this it can be seen as the that there should be no rush in discovering any cure yet any reason to not accept humans and their flaws. Dr. Spiegel has pushed forth that people have turned into a “paranoid fool.” Dr. Spiegel has spoken that for himself that he himself is a homosexual. He explained that he has always been this way since the beginning. Proposing that mental illness is something that you do not grow out …show more content…
Both of these give a new look of how we should view mental illness, either as a stage of our lives or as a way of life. Mental illness should be not seen as an act of illness but seen as an aspect that there are people who have encountered different variations of life that no one has yet. Finding a solution has evolved us into fools of science and has influence of who we see as a friend and a foe. As mental illness is viewed as a sin and as chaotic, we as Christian should stop finding a cure and try to find those who are in need of help, Romans 14:1 “As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.” Mental illness is something that we should not be afraid of but to accept that this is the way of

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