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Mental Health Stigma
By Lily Strange of Lily's Strange World
Perez Hilton is far from the only one, but his casual bantering of insulting terms regarding the mental health of the celebrities he writes about is insensitive. His reference to the obviously troubled Lindsay Lohan as "Lindsanity" is one example of this. His most recent use of this insulting nickname is in a post entitled "Makeover Your Self Loathing" in which he states his opinion that Ms. Lohan should appear on a forthcoming program entitled What I Hate About Me on the Style network. The program will be hosted by former women's boxing champion Laila Ali, a nutritionist named Rachel Beller, and a radio host named Emily Morse. Hilton opined: "If only Lindsanity could be their guinea pig." The post featured a recent picture of Lohan.
The following can be considered an open letter to Mr. Hilton and anyone else who still sees the mentally ill as second class citizens and open to ridicule because they are somehow "less human." Dear Perez Hilton,
Regarding Lindsay Lohan, it is unfortunate that she looks like she just got out of the ring with Laila Ali with her swollen lips. The trend towards plumping the lips with collagen is an unattractive one at best. Her eyes look glassy and she looks far older than she is, probably due to abuse of drugs and alcohol. For a long time I thought she was incredibly annoying but at this point I just feel sorry for her and think she needs help. I'm not saying that in a condescending way. I think there's something badly wrong in her life. And, seriously, it doesn't help to keep calling her names like "Lindsanity." As well, those of us who do have psychiatric conditions resent this sort of casual bantering about of terms like "insanity." This young woman is not "insane." She appears to have serious addiction issues. This is a health problem and deserves compassion, not sneering condescension at her expense, nor jokes about mental illness in general. Please choose your words more carefully. I for one am proud to be Out of the Attic with my bipolar disorder, and I am not going back in to appease an uneducated public which still places individuals with psychiatric illnesses under stigma. Educate yourselves before you dis others.
Sincerely,
Lily Strange While my words may largely fall on deaf ears, it is one of my life's missions to expose the stigma that those with psychiatric illnesses endure every day and, by doing so, to hopefully bring about positive changes in the way mental illness is perceived by society as a whole. |
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Contributed by bloomingpsycho. Published on November 8, 2009, at 1:31 AM UTC.
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