One common perception of people who have mental illnesses is that they are violent or criminals. Although in some instances that is the case, there are also those who are innocent and have no choice but to cope with the obstacles that come with having a psychological disorder and it is unfair for us to categorize and judge them like that. When we do that, we give those who have been diagnosed with a mental illness a harder time to cope with the news. For instance, in the article “This Is What Developing Acute Schizophrenia Feels Like,” Daniel Smith shares his story of what it was like to be diagnosed with acute schizophrenia. Smith described having acute schizophrenia as having panic attacks and sleepless nights as well as being unable to identify certain senses such as hearing or seeing things to the point where he was too afraid
One common perception of people who have mental illnesses is that they are violent or criminals. Although in some instances that is the case, there are also those who are innocent and have no choice but to cope with the obstacles that come with having a psychological disorder and it is unfair for us to categorize and judge them like that. When we do that, we give those who have been diagnosed with a mental illness a harder time to cope with the news. For instance, in the article “This Is What Developing Acute Schizophrenia Feels Like,” Daniel Smith shares his story of what it was like to be diagnosed with acute schizophrenia. Smith described having acute schizophrenia as having panic attacks and sleepless nights as well as being unable to identify certain senses such as hearing or seeing things to the point where he was too afraid