And get two paramedics fired? For a personal vendetta?I want people to recognize mental illness as a serious deadly disease. And no one can do that. How many celebrities have come out as bipolar or alcoholic? And still no one cares about these things. No one respects them. No one bothers to understand. Call Sarah Palin kid a retard? Fucking firestorm. Margot Kidder is bipolar and she's a joke on Family Guy. No outcry. I say retard and I also say crazy but I can't say one in public media discourse. I don't call people bipolar but anyone in the media can use that as a valid criticism. That or OCD. Or schizophrenic. The mentally ill are the only group that it's acceptable to openly mock because no one cares to learn about those diseases no matter how many celebrities say they're going to end the stigma

People think they know depression because they've been sad. They haven't stopped eating or bathing for two weeks. People think they know OCD because they have to have all the condiments in the fridge turned one way. They haven't had to flip the light switch exactly 18 times, pull out 18 hairs and check the lock 18 times before they left the house. They think they know schizophrenia because I don't know. They don't even use the word right.

And you know what? I'm used to it and I'm not going to change it. But if a man needs to cry for whatever reason he should be able to. I guess my example for a woman would be seen as a hormonal female. But still. Guys really can't cry for any reason without judgment

PS: I hate writing on my phone