Mental Health Support

It still is to some extent.

I remember sitting with the dean of my university the first time I was "asked" to leave college in 1979. Nothing was written down, it was all hush-hush. "Take some time off," the dean said and I knew if I didn't I'd be expelled. Nobody wanted to taint me with the "crazy" label and screw up my future prospects, but they didn't want me around either.

It's very nice to be out of that closet and to know that other people, even very celebrated people, have suffered the same troubles.

What I'm not sure of about with this slide show is that some of those people crashed and burned. I like to think with modern meds and therapy, of which I've benefited greatly, many more of us will avoid crashing and burning and live entirely "normal" lives.

I'd like to see a slide show of people who take "crazy meds," get good modern therapy, and live as happy, functional, even celebrated adults in this modern world.