Originally posted by Jedidiah
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I experienced a similar problem here on Tweb. I openly admitted in a thread that as approaching 70 (July 29) I was experiencing mild to moderate Dementia and aggressively and openly working for solutions. The ridicule and aggressive acrid posts that followed by some Twebbers in some threads was atrocious. The reality is many if not most Twebbers in my age range also experience similar problems.
Many people when there mental illness becomes 'known' often undergo subtle to blatant exclusion, and ridicule in life, and employment and by the way when running for political office. Many well known world leaders have been known to have moderate to severe mental illness, which were covered up, because of the stigma.
The apparent worst is to be open and honest, and admit publicaly the problem and you are pursuing treatment as Thomas Eagleton found out in 1987 when he was briefly was the nominee for Vice-President.
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