Growing up in New York City, my early perception of someone with a mental illness, came from using the NYC subway system and seeing people who appeared to be homeless, talking to themselves, screaming at others and being aggressive. One day, while in Manhattan I was walking down the street when, all the sudden I felt someone tug on my ponytail. I grab my hair and turned around to see who pulled my hair and it was a homeless man, that looked dirty and was talking to himself. He did not pull my hair hard enough that hurt me in anyway, needless to say, I was startled, taken back, it was a scary moment.
A mental illness is a disease that causes mild to severe disturbances in thought and/or behavior, resulting in an inability to cope with life’s
A mental illness is a disease that causes mild to severe disturbances in thought and/or behavior, resulting in an inability to cope with life’s