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Things I've Noticed

Since being diagnosed with some serious mental illness I've noticed a few things. Here are a couple observations.

1. People say "I'm bipolar." I am not saying this because I do not want it to become my identity.

2. People say the following words. A LOT.
Crazy
Nuts
Wacky/o
Lunatic

Don't say them anymore. They have bad connotations.

3. Doctors are not perfect. There's always the last graduate of the class somewhere. Perhaps it was that person who sent me home from the hospital with a pamphlet. This was, it turned out, a pamphlet on a disorder that I had been diagnosed with but never told about. Never told about being diagnosed. Never told anything. Gold star for the teaching hospital. Lesson learned?

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Brianne said…
Whoa - wouldn't that fall under "malpractice???" Doctors are morons I've come to find out. Nurses are the smart ones.
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