IIN that I'm afraid of the mentally ill?

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  • [Old Memory]
    5 years ago | pl

    Once a year? Sounds like you probably don't get out much. However most mental illnesses are not noticeable at all until you get to know them. Down Syndrome isn't even a mental illness. It's a chromosome disorder.

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    • Emokate
      5 years ago | pl

      I was commenting on the examples given, which are of course, noticeable.

      How many downs kids do you run into in a year? How many retarded or brain damaged people? Me, not often, and I live in major urban city.

      I agree mental illness is often unnoticeable but if it can't be noticed there is no reason for fear initially as O.P suggested.

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      • [Old Memory]
        5 years ago | pl

        I see people with chromosomal disorders all the time but I know people with all kinds of disabilities. More severe cases are noticeable but most the time these people blend right in and their symptoms only show when you get to know them. I'm a bit autistic and its not really noticeable if someone is talking to me, but over time people can tell I'm kind of weird. You likely know several people with mental disabilities and don't even know. It's only the few very low functioning people that are obvious.

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        • Emokate
          5 years ago | pl

          That's my point. OP is railing against something they likely rarely encounter.

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          • [Old Memory]
            5 years ago | pl

            Yes, I rarely see people who're obviously mentally handicapped. That's probably part of my problem; I'm not used to it.

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