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Mental Health Information

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1. mentally ill, when used as a pejorative

Sun Apr 14, 2013, 05:09 PM

Apr 2013

I find that most insulting because it assumes any psychiatric diagnosis makes someone dangerous and or unstable.

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What words or phrasing are especially insulting do you think? [View all] Neoma Apr 2013 OP

mentally ill, when used as a pejorative BainsBane Apr 2013 #1

I think people misinterpret what unstable can mean. Neoma Apr 2013 #6

Yes, I mean unstable as in dangerous BainsBane Apr 2013 #9

I don't know if any word or phrase is bad rrneck Apr 2013 #2

Be kind to yourself, there's no reason to call yourself crazy. Neoma Apr 2013 #4

I wouldn't dignify him by calling him crazy. rrneck Apr 2013 #8

He's a scary idiot. Neoma Apr 2013 #10

I hate fools asking people if they stopped taking their meds olddots Apr 2013 #3

i hate that, too fizzgig Apr 2013 #14

This message was self-deleted by its author HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #7

Some of those only work in certain context. Neoma Apr 2013 #11

Alright, I can take care of that HereSince1628 Apr 2013 #13

I've heard high school kids tossing around theorpy jargon olddots Apr 2013 #12

equating conservatism with mental illness fizzgig Apr 2013 #15

Well, maybe they mean Narcissistic personality disorder. Neoma Apr 2013 #16