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by failedengineer 1540 days ago
With a lot of people, once they know (or just believe) you have some kind of mental illness, you no longer have a personality or character, you have a collection of symptoms. That's a big part of what the stigma is. Yeah, don't mention it to anyone at work, ever. If you happen to be at work and a bottle of prozac falls out... that's for your "premature ejaculation" problem (which while awkward and embarrassing, is less detrimental than your chronic clinicial depression.) Risperdol? Nope, not for anything antipsychotic. That's for your nerve pain in your toes. Etc, etc.