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Mental Health Support

Terra Alta

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6. I know the feeling..

Reply to hunter (Original post)

Sat Dec 15, 2012, 06:28 PM

Dec 2012

Reading about it is just so damn depressing... but I just can't help myself.

And I am so tired of mental illness being blamed as a reason for the shooting... it just amazes me how ignorant some can be.

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I'm staying out of the school shooting threads. [View all] hunter Dec 2012 OP

Yeah, I can relate. Denninmi Dec 2012 #1

It's hard libodem Dec 2012 #2

Grammar looks right. Denninmi Dec 2012 #3

I haven't been watching the news haikugal Dec 2012 #4

i can't really watch it either. mopinko Dec 2012 #5

I know the feeling.. Terra Alta Dec 2012 #6

I don't think people realize that mentally ill does not always mean Jamastiene Dec 2012 #7

I was surprised how many people on the GD threads called bullshit on this. Denninmi Dec 2012 #8

Yeah, without meds or support I'm just a harmless homeless guy... hunter Dec 2012 #10

I have never been a violent person Terra Alta Dec 2012 #11

I think I have to agree at this point. Denninmi Dec 2012 #9

Many of the posters talking down mental illness in GD are scared and unaware HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #12