When i think of mental illness i have to think of Jack Nicholson in the movie The Shining. However, as technology evolves and we begin to learn more about mental illness your views can really change on the subject. Most of the time a person can be labeled "mentally ill" and go completely unnoticed in society. A lot of times you might have a friend or relative that has a form of mental illness and hides it so well you will never know. I recently watched the movie Girl Interrupted with my girlfriend and i can actually say i really enjoyed it. By the end of the movie my mind was so blown about what had taken place we ended up having a twenty minute conversation about the movie. There's also the classic movie The Shining that i mentioned above where Jack Nicholson completely goes insane by the end of the movie. I feel like movies like these really don't accurately portrait someone who is labeled "mentally ill". For instance, our veterans of foreign wars such as the Iraq War and Afghanistan often return home "mentally ill" and try to live normal lives and can't completely adjust. I feel like in the last twelve years since 911, mental illness has been in the news a lot in the form of PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder).
http://www.youtube.com/user/VeteransMTC?v=SqjwV-lsVEs
This is a very interesting video I think you'd enjoy.
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