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Mental Health Support

neversaydie

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4. not a necessary connection

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #1)

Sun Oct 28, 2012, 03:57 PM

Oct 2012

a person can talk passionately about their views on politics or any other subject; that alone does not suggest or determine that the person might have a mental illness. They are not necessarily connected.

But if you care about this person, you might want to do some of your own reading on the subject of mental illness and/or see what you can do to offer her some help, or point her to someone who can help her.

Laleling someone as RWNJ isn't helpful. It's judgemental and is a very effective way of shutting down communication.

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Clinical name for extreme RW nuttery? [View all] ErikJ Oct 2012 OP

Really? HereSince1628 Oct 2012 #1

I said that was mild. ErikJ Oct 2012 #2

I'm not flaming I'm actually trying to be informative about something you need to understand HereSince1628 Oct 2012 #3

not a necessary connection neversaydie Oct 2012 #4

That person has just been lied to and mistaken it for the truth Tobin S. Oct 2012 #5