http://mamavision.com/2009/03/19/no-insurance-no-cash-no-dice/ Love me or hate me I'm going to be here. Wed, 16 May 2012 04:46:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://mamavision.com/2009/03/19/no-insurance-no-cash-no-dice/#comment-18056 dub Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:55:12 +0000 http://mamavision.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/no-insurance-no-cash-no-dice/#comment-18056 MamaV: I know you were just expressing what was said at a particular meeting. I'm not saying that "you" have this attitude that people suffering from EDs are somehow "superior" to people suffering from "other" mental illnesses. I'm saying that I sense this attitude from family members of ED sufferers. Whenever I read about EDs I always hear parents complaining in horror about their daughters being "thrown into a psychiatric ward". Ummm, anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness so what's so wrong with being put into a psychiatric ward? One article even quoted a father saying, "They threw her into a general psych ward with a bunch of schizophrenics." That definitely sounds elitist to me. As if the father doesn't want his daughter to associate with "those" people. I mean, who cares about the dirty, crazy schizophrenics? But his precious little straight A student daughter deserves special treatment, right? I doubt that a parent of a leukemia patient would be able to get away with saying, "Oh my god! They threw her into an oncology ward with those brain cancer patients!" Yes, I know that eating disorders require specialized treatment. But you could say that about all mental illnesses. How come they have treatment centers devoted exclusively to EDs but you don't see treatment centers devoted exclusively to schizophrenia? I'm not saying that "you" have an elitist attitude when it comes to mental illnesses. I'm saying that this seems to be a general SOCIETAL attitude. I'm not belittling or trivializing the experiences of ED patients. Instead, I would like to see ALL mental illnesses being treated with the same COMPASSION. Do you think there is a sense of elitist among parents of ED patients? I'd like to know what other people think. I don't know if I'm being overly sensitive or if I might actually be right. MamaV: I know you were just expressing what was said at a particular meeting. I’m not saying that “you” have this attitude that people suffering from EDs are somehow “superior” to people suffering from “other” mental illnesses. I’m saying that I sense this attitude from family members of ED sufferers. Whenever I read about EDs I always hear parents complaining in horror about their daughters being “thrown into a psychiatric ward”. Ummm, anorexia nervosa is a psychiatric illness so what’s so wrong with being put into a psychiatric ward? One article even quoted a father saying, “They threw her into a general psych ward with a bunch of schizophrenics.” That definitely sounds elitist to me. As if the father doesn’t want his daughter to associate with “those” people. I mean, who cares about the dirty, crazy schizophrenics? But his precious little straight A student daughter deserves special treatment, right? I doubt that a parent of a leukemia patient would be able to get away with saying, “Oh my god! They threw her into an oncology ward with those brain cancer patients!”
Yes, I know that eating disorders require specialized treatment. But you could say that about all mental illnesses. How come they have treatment centers devoted exclusively to EDs but you don’t see treatment centers devoted exclusively to schizophrenia?
I’m not saying that “you” have an elitist attitude when it comes to mental illnesses. I’m saying that this seems to be a general SOCIETAL attitude.
I’m not belittling or trivializing the experiences of ED patients. Instead, I would like to see ALL mental illnesses being treated with the same COMPASSION.
Do you think there is a sense of elitist among parents of ED patients? I’d like to know what other people think. I don’t know if I’m being overly sensitive or if I might actually be right.

]]> http://mamavision.com/2009/03/19/no-insurance-no-cash-no-dice/#comment-18055 Heidi Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:02:03 +0000 http://mamavision.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/no-insurance-no-cash-no-dice/#comment-18055 I signed it. I also sent it to 10 friends to sign. And posted a bulletin on my myspace for people (120 friends) to sign it!! I hope it helps! I signed it. I also sent it to 10 friends to sign. And posted a bulletin on my myspace for people (120 friends) to sign it!!
I hope it helps!

]]> http://mamavision.com/2009/03/19/no-insurance-no-cash-no-dice/#comment-18054 FreeEternallly Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:01:44 +0000 http://mamavision.wordpress.com/2009/03/19/no-insurance-no-cash-no-dice/#comment-18054 There is actually a correlation between severe mental illness and high creativity, intellegence and stuff like that. The book Touched with Fire is a fabulous exploration of the idea focusing specifically on the correlation between bipolar and creative people in history. Ironically some of times greatest contributors were mentally ill. There is actually a correlation between severe mental illness and high creativity, intellegence and stuff like that. The book Touched with Fire is a fabulous exploration of the idea focusing specifically on the correlation between bipolar and creative people in history. Ironically some of times greatest contributors were mentally ill.

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