mental illness?

[billy]

I've seen people who you could understand wouldn't be OK after their experiences. It's an unfortunate reality that if you grow up in an abusive family, you're more likely to fall into substance abuse, rape, and other such events. A mixture of these almost always leaves a mark on a person.

the trouble with the net is we can't say what experiences those writing have had i was molested as a kid, beaten on a daily basis by different stepdads/uncles, in care for most of my preteens. i was a coke head, speedfreak, heavy drinker and while they left a mark they didn't leave me disabled because of all those things i feel i got to know myself better. i know for instance i have an addictive nature, i know none of the bad things were my fault. i realised most of this by the time i was 16 or so, the addictive knowledge came later

when i say damage themselves or others, i mean through violence etc. not drugs but sheer mental screw up violence. lashing out for no reason. dissecting house pets for fun...for me, that's some scary shit

i know a cartload of people who are screwed up because of their upbringing or experiences but i still can't see ho they let it get them down, my mind isn't geared up that way. i absolutely know they are like that for a reason but i just can't see it

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my niece is disable, she has downs syndrome, (she can't be repaired and she can't function normally, she's broken but beautiful) she's not a lesser human being for being the way she. i think political correctness has a lot to say sorry for.

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Mental illness is caused by being able to think freely, at it's basic. It's an eventuality that it will deteriorate - for organic life as we know it, old age has proved that (sorry billy ).

AI's haven't developed far enough yet to be able to think freely, and so don't experience mental illness. This all doesn't explain the exact causes of mental illness, but gives a fair insight into the way to combat it (with medication).

tell that to countless kids with downs syndrome, at a certain age all they think about is sex, simply because they don't have the capacity to think about the atom.
if im born without a hand or leg (without the aid of a drug or foreign substance) i'm disabled even with the aid of those things i'm disabled, the cause is irrelevant, i'm there with three and a half flippers. it's same if im born with part of my brain not functioning properly (a child born with an oxygen deficiency to the brain for example) one of the major differences is that they seldom make prosthetics for the oxygen starved brain. with prosthetics physical disability can be sorted out.