“We expect mentally ill people to do the right thing once...

“We expect mentally ill people to do the right thing once diagnosed.
There is the first failure.”

Our expectations are based on ignorance

you see how ignorant people are on HC

every time we see crimes committed by people who are clearly suffering from mental illness

we see people asking ‘why would anyone do that?’

it’s like - why are you expecting someone who is psychotic to operate with reason and logic?

people are terribly ignorant- there are even boofheads who expect people with advanced dementia to act responsibly