Socially Shunned in the 21st Century

This post is a little difficult for me to write. I'd like to start out by saying, I don't feel like I fit the typical "mold" of my community. I do not say this in a derogatory fashion. I respect and admire many members of my community. When I first moved into my neighborhood, I tried very hard to fit the standardized mold. Not only for appearances, but for myself as well. I truly believed that if I could just squeeze into that church-going, commandment following, always happy house-wife personality, best neighbor friend ever, mother of the year activities, coolest mom award winning, perfectly clean home, well manicured yard, Americana house with the white picket fence, this mold would encompass my happiness.

ER Discriminatory Behavior Toward Patients with Mental Conditions

Discriminatory treatment towards patients with mental conditions happens. It is sad. It happens. Mental illness does not know race, gender or age. Mental illness effects all walks of life. Medical professionals in emergency room departments are rarely professional with individuals they believe to be mentally unstable with absolutely no factual basis to back up their belief. Contrary to what media would have you believe, most mental conditions are treatable and stabilized in individuals every single day. Mental conditions are NOT equivalent to unstable threats to society.