Why is there a stigma for people with mental illness?

Question: I just find that people who suffer with depression seem to have to hide their illness as if its something to be ashamed of you should be able to speak about it with out feeling guilty or like your being a burden on people

Answers:
The press doesn't help in my opinion.
It is also hard for others to see a mental illness.
If someone has a broken leg others can see it.
I have chronic pain and I also find others find that hard to understand normally if you have a pain if goes away.
With mental health it tends to be a long standing problem people prefer things that go away.
They don't really want to hear other peoples problems a lot of the time it is a question people ask but don't really want to hear a bad answer to it.
I used to reply I am fine how are you?
My dad died in January so my depression has been really bad this year. Most people I know are aware of this.
I have learned if I am feeling bad and someone asks how are you today I generally reply I am depressed but don't feel you need to do anything or say anything about it but I am not hiding how I feel anymore. I generally get a I hope you feel better soon or others will ask if I want to go for a cuppa with them to talk.
I don't tell people I have BPD as that tends to scare people so in someways I am also ashamed of my diagnosis.

Other Answers:
Its the way in which people like me in general are treated when diagnosed with mental illness. We feel that society just dont know enough facts and we get labelled as 'off the rails' there is not enough support and as a result we just get on with it in silence

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because when you think about it you fall into a vicious cycle of thoughts which you cant get to leave your head Perhaps it is because they don't seek appropriate treatment or have not been referred to get appropriate treatment.

Depression for example can easily be cured with NLP techniques.

I suggest you look up your local practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming for help.

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