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A wonderful quote by Bill Clinton that I wanted to share.I wholeheartedly support putting an end to discriminating against the mentally ill. As someone with bipolar, I've found that my illness has closed many doors for me, and lost me many friends. I hope that the next generation of sufferers don't have to face the same stigmas that people in this one do.
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Thank you so much for making this. I feel relieved to know that I'm not alone.Β
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Here's my opinion on autism, which may be relevant to stigma in the way I think the label promotes bias... Or so.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba3kweβ¦
And on Asperger's:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGciSTβ¦
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THANK YOU.
People are such asses when I tell them I have it. Yah, MDD. Yes, it sucks. It's like "thanks for reminding me how much it repulses people, people who DON'T EVEN HAVE or SUFFER FROM IT". It's sickness, not a "choice". We don't "choose" to be sick.
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I've had people in the past say that I was "fake" or just "overreacting" whenever I said I was feeling depressed. I used to get made fun of it last year because I didn't even see the harm in being honest.
I never thought that people would be so harsh and think that I was a sociopath or crazy.
I don't understand people. Ever since then I haven't told anybody about my problems except for one of my friends who is very understanding and supportive.
The stigma really needs to stop. People don't discriminate against people with physical illnesses such as cancer.
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I've never told my friends or anyone I know in real life that I have a form of autism and selective mutism.
Selective mutism I'm getting help for..
But I've had people come up to me or pop up on Facebook being all "Why are you so quiet?"
I just shrug or answer "Idk"
And thank you for this stamp
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I've always wondered what my life would if I didn't have ADD, bipolar, and borderline personality disorder. I hate that I have to be on medication, and I have to see therapists to see what exactly is wrong me, it embarrasses me and people are very ignorant of what I have to deal with.
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ADD and Social Phobia here. Quite neurotic as well they say. I have to say that I have always been ashamed for it and there are those people who tell me, itΒ΄s my own fault so I try to avoid talking about it. Most people donΒ΄t wanna know it anyway...
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I can't read what it's saying in that second part *is on ipad*
What is it saying?
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Awesome stamp. 
The green's a good choice. It represents childhood depression and sometimes other mental disorders.
I hope the next generation has an easier time too. ^^ The disorders themselves are hard enough to deal with, never mind the stigma.
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Wow Bill Clinton said it? Yay. The green colour of this stamp... it's the bipolar colour
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It's why I picked that colour, and he most certainly did.
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Thank you!
I'm so tired that everytime I say I have BPD, people think I'm a crazy bitch who's gonna stab them with a knife, or that every time I say I have psychotic problems, they think I have multiple personalities or see pink, flying elephants 
(it doesn't help if I also say I'm bipolar and suffer from paranoid personality disorder and social phobia)
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a lot of bipolars have co-morbid disorders, I've got URC Bipolar type I with mixed anxiety-depressive disorder. And yeah, people treat me like I'm nuts too.
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Yeah, unfortunately. And I was blessed with no less than 3 other diagnoses beside from bipolar disorder, and that's not counting in social phobia, and some possible anxiety-depressive disorder (I think my anxiety and depression are counted into one of my other disorders, though I'm not really sure, my doctor and psychologist is reaaaaally vague. Like they never told me the fact that I'm at risk of developing schizofrenia, which I first heard of in my medical journals)
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As someone who knows a lot of people struggling with bipolar my heart goes out to you. I have schizophrenia myself, and I agree there's just plain ignorance in society at large in regards to mental illness. But there's a lot more people living with mental illness of all kinds, functional, that people have no clue about. It's saddens me that so many people get perceptions about it from bad hollywood thrillers and inaccurate news reports that try to make mentally ill people in general as violent dangerous individuals, when in reality 'normal' people are actually way more dangerous statistically.
The mentally ill are more harmful to themselves, and what they have to deal with on a day to day basis doesn't help anything. Thanks for making the stamp.
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You're very welcome. Stay strong.
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Thanks for saying it. I'm dealing with something unrelated right now, but it was nice hearing that tonight.
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I've never come across this quote before, but it says it all for me. It reminds me of something else I heard a few years ago, which went along the lines of 'I don't suffer from mental illness, I suffer from discrimination and stigmatisation by those who do not even attempt to understand.' No idea who said it, but like this, it's a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with.
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I have HFA but when i have telled this to my friends, they didn't changed their views of me. One just said: 'Now i understand!'
And everything has remained the same.
But pregiudices still remain around us.
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I lost my best friend because of it, and she swore she'd never go. I'm glad you have better friends than I do.
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I suffer from asperger's syndrone nice to meet'cha!
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Its said when one becomes ill, one finds out who their true friends are.
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As someone who, when informing people about my situation, has gotten as the most common question, "Are you dangerous?" YES. That quote is great.
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This stamp means alot to me, thankyou so very much for making it
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You're very welcome.
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It still doesn't take away the shame and misunderstanding though..
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I totally agree with you
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You deserve a nice, fat Internets for this. 
By the way, I'm sorry you've lost friends because of bipolar disorder. Unfortunately, like schizophrenia, it's an illness that many people don't understand very well. I hope things get better for you.
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It really is inexcusable. People with mental illnesses need more respect, it's sad how acceptable it is to be prejudice against them.
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I always hesitate to express myself in any kind of way be it written or verbally because mostly I am always hurting from my mental illness. I honestly don't think there is any answer regarding the idea of stigma, so far I haven't been wrong. Pain is no fun to be around, it seems that simple rather than an us and them thing. I honestly don't know for sure, but maybe I do.
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By the way, I do very much like the quote. I love the pro boxing on YouTube, and wrote to someone that had commented about Alexis Arguello and depression.
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I have Schizophrenia and alot of the time I am ashamed, not that I've told anyone.
I just don't feel I could tell anyone, having a mental illness people suddenly change their views on you and treat you differently.
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As someone suffering from a mental illness, this stamp made me smile <3
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I'm glad it brought a smile to your face.
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I hope you like it (and don't forget to 
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It sickens me knowing we still live in a world where people will willingly dismiss information concerning mental illness, and where the easiest and most encouraged option is to isolate/ ignore a person... along with assuming the individual like toootally made that up *shakes head*.
They are the same people who sit back and enjoy the creations great people contributed to our society, majority who had a mental illness of somesort.
I appreciate the fact you made such a stamp, come on, it's the 21st century- we have got to get our act together!
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I myself have Bipolar disorder as well as depression and OCD, and I couldn't agree more with this statement. Thank you so much for this stamp!
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I'm glad you really like it.
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Cannot thank you enough for this stamp!
I'm currently living with depression, and I've gotten all sorts of bullshit, from "the meds are making me this way" to "I'm just oversensitive".
I serioulsy think there should be more attention to the fact that mental disorders are just as "normal" as any disorder like diabetes or high blood pressure.
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