Mentally Ill Viewpoints

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Even if a person is mentally ill, that person's viewpoints, opinions and observations are still valid. I agree very strongly with this statement. There is a big stigma around people who are mentally ill, but that is the point, they are people like us just sick. It may not be the cold kind of sick, but the kind where they just don't think or feel the way society thinks they should. When you have a cold you take cough medicine and you get better, but when you have a mental illness it is a little bit different. You take medicine and it helps but it doesn't necessarily go away. People that have a cold or a flu, their viewpoints are still considered valid, so why can't a person with a mental illness be the same?
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