This show has touch me more then I can explain. I live with bipolar myself and often find it hard to explain how it really feels inside. This show could actual give a true view of a taboo subject cause fact is it how we feel at time. Yes it a tv show and it a little more drama and the extreme side of the illness but glad finely someone went there. My heart hope for this show to make it.
shareI agree totally. I don't have bipolar, I am diagnosed with schizoaffective but I can relate to this show amazingly well.
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What exactly is the purpose of this nasty post, Tav-El? Is this the reason you are on the net? To play teacher? I'm sick of innocent well-meaning people coming to the net to share, which they have every right to do, being blasted by smug mean people.
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If you are spell checker you missed Metal.
They are even better when they write them like this with absolutely no punctuation at all it is actually hard to do for me it but that was a funny one ha ha it is like skidding across the pavement and TO ALL OF you people who are just oozing with this sense of relief that finally, now you can feel this kinship with this fictional character - if this highly functioning professional woman who has her business together (let us think, how many years does it take to become a doctor, go through an internship, residency, etc. -holy potatoes, you are sure successful!) is an example of your mental illness, then you are among the overly diagnosed trendy mentally ill, who filled out a questionnaire either online at Psych.com or at your Family Practitioner's office and were told you were Bipolar. If you don't think nor believe there is a population out there that is part of the `trendy` mentally ill, there is. They so are impressed when they get to be on MEDS and talk about them - they are most likely experts on mental illness even though they have always appeared totally normal, so when something in the news relating to the topic arises they can say `oh, I would know. I'm Bipolar.` SUUURE ya are. If you are one of the people who has to show people clips from a tv show so they `understand` what it is like have a disorder, that is a problem. Do you also host one if those `look at me! I need attention!' vlogs?
There is a thread that someone started on this board that really goes into alot of examples as to why this particular television show is not necessarily the best example of Bipolar Disorder, and people seem to forget the massive amount of time that surrounds real people in their real lives, and although yes, everyone is different, this is almost like saying that CSI Miami is very realistic.
Girl, Interrupted was a popular one many years ago. I think all the women who got drunk and slept around during the time that movie came out suddenly had Borderline Personality Disorder. Trendy.
then you are among the overly diagnosed trendy mentally ill, who filled out a questionnaire either online at Psych.com or at your Family Practitioner's office and were told you were Bipolar. If you don't think nor believe there is a population out there that is part of the `trendy` mentally ill, there is. They so are impressed when they get to be on MEDS and talk about them - they are most likely experts on mental illness even though they have always appeared totally normal, so when something in the news relating to the topic arises they can say `oh, I would know. I'm Bipolar.` SUUURE ya are.
by Tav-El » Thu Apr 24 2014 22:28:02 Finely a post that shows just how important it is to learn to read, as opposed to just hearing language and guessing how to spell things.That was mean. How do you know English isn't his 2nd language?
Unless...
You knew exactly what you were doing. Because it could be interpreted as fairly sophisticated wordplay.
I agree! I have mental illness with severe depression and many anxiety disorders - panic attacks, OCD, claustrophobia, etc. my niece is bipolar and I had a high school friend who was bipolar.
I've seen my friend who would stop taking his meds because he thought he didn't need them. His personality changed drastically, and he did more strange behavior than is in this show. Everyone behaves differently.
I've been suffering for 8 weeks with severe panic attacks and OCD that made me choke, not be able to swallow or eat, and have breathing problems. I have been in bed and home and heavily drugged, but I'm finally over it with relaxation techniques, therapy, and meds.
So I was glad to see this show since it was therapeutic for me, and I could relate.
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Mental, House, Mind Games, all showed the real side of mental illness, and people stopped watching because it scared the crap out of "normal" people.
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House was on for 8yrs and now reruns.
It was liked by fans and critics.
So what you are saying is wrong.
I havent heard of 'mental' nor of 'mind gamees'.
Perhaps those shows were cancelled bc they were as bad this 'black box' 's first ep ?
I think that's why its getting so many negative responses from people. Oh well they need to suck it up and be educated because this is life people.
shareUm, I have been stabilized on medication for YEARS and work, have friends and lead a realtively normal life, so what is the "real" side of mental illness?
shareActually, Google Drive corrects words for me all the time when it notices I'm using them wrong. The AI does exist. IMDB just doesn't use one that advanced. It would defiantly be better if it did, doe.
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That is good to know, because from the outside looking in it seemed to portray exactly what it was like living with my aunt when I was a teenager. It was interesting getting insight into what it was like from her view. I had wondered how accurate it was.
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I so agree... so much more fully realistuc tban all the one-sided bad press bipolar usually gets in so many venues fiction and news events... And it shows realistic consequences to choices. I truly hope the so-called "normal" people in the audience can open up to the science the show offers (based on some true stories) that could potentially educate the so many badly informed and prejudice-against-mental-illness "normal" people who affect ratings... and have already made ill-informed pleas to cancel this show in this message board and others.
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I understand, which is why i wrote "so-called 'normal.'" I like that in ep1 Dr. Black addresses the misuse of the word "normal." And the elderly more traditionally trained psych asks her about "normal." Addressing both sides of the use.And I like a llittle thinking and lack of thinking in my tv entertainment experience.
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Agreed. "Normal" is one of those words that always shoots up a red flag for me... I love to challenge it... very lol
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Labels can be very useful. Especially when communicating with other people using the same or similar definition of those labels... hence the correction above re "normal," esp as used in Black Box... Your use of it is antiquated & useless from a modern scientific and medical pov. But have fun using your own definition... several labels available for that, including your name-calling. Rubber and glue, you know (:
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:-D lol
shareWe'll see if the writers can construct enough positives as an offset to
the tired normalizing of bad behavior - mentally ill or not, it's wrong
to cheat and deceive. Its painful to see her fiancé complying with her
crazypants episodes. Methinks he's in for an asswhoopin'
extraordinaire....
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Totally agree. Like it or not... "Argue with Reality and you lose, only always."
sharePerhaps your vocabulary is somewhat limited. As a professional writer (amongst other things) I can tell you that google spends an inordinate amount of time, in a VERY arrogant way, trying to correct my searches, because most people do not have a very extensive vocabulary. I despise google search, but bing is worse, sigh.
Life is a journey not a destination. Fear nothing.
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I have a hand condition that makes it very difficult for me to physically type. You are the arrogant one. You're also ignorant for being completely unaware of the fact that you are not cognizant of Google's search algorithm. Here's a hint...Google doesn't employ a little elf that tries to guess what you're going to say. It uses maffs.
Douchebag.