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Originally Posted by Ashley V  Excuse me, but I take offense to that too. I suffer from mental illness and I am CERTAINLY not crazy.
People do NOT understand what a mental illness does to a person and I am SICK AND TIRED of hearing people call that woman evil and everything else. SHE is not evil, her disease is.
Bobo probably had a great life up until then. The woman stopped her meds and for what reason, we don't know. It could have been that she couldn't afford them. She probably was having delusions, severe paranoia, was having hallucinations, or was in pyschosis.
No one should be judged unless you stand in their shoes and I have been in those shoes and this is why I'm talking like this. Unfortunately, the dog did have to suffer and it is a shame. I wish Bobo wouldn't have had such a traumatic experience and I really feel bad for him, but this was an uncontrolled situation. Her brain told her to do something awful and she did it. It's uncontrollable and it's a shame it had to happen. Say what you want to me. I don't really care.
So yorkiepuppie... since I suffer from a mental illness, should I be hog tied and burned to death?
How about everyone else that says that a mentally ill person should never be given a pet... what about Chip and Smokey...? Should I not have the privilege of owning them, because I have an illness? |
yes, i would be offended too if i suffer from mental illness and people were attacking mental illness people. and no, i do not think you should suffer something so horrible!(you know i don't think that...i hope)
i just want to say that from other people's point of view, i think it's normal human reaction to say all the things that they are saying. but that's just how people deal with sadness and anger. and you know that as well as i do. (i think, i am of course making an assumption here) just as i think its very normal for you to be offended.
i just really think that people need to be able to vent, and name calling is obviously one way for many to deal with this sad/stressful event.
like right now, i can sit here and type this to you calmly, but it i go look at bobo's pictures again (there is a slide show of it, not sure if you've seen it) i know i would be too angry with this woman again.
we are emotional beings, and please know that those comments are not directed at you at all(you know this i think, but subconsciously it's hard not to get offended i know), it's how people deal with their emotions. i know it would be hard to not be offended, but put yourself in their(our) shoes. if you didn't have mental illness, don't you think you might just be in with the majority as well calling names at this woman to deal with your sadness/frustration/anger/helplessness/grief? i mean, is that not a possibility?