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Originally Posted by PM_Mama00
You're totally right because a lot of people who do have mental illnesses don't show it and you'd never know. The few people I know never really show it until they get really stressed out. What I meant is that there were people who you would think, by their actions, may have something.
On a serious note, as far as doing evaluations, I've found that there are more people out there who are bi-polar and clinically depressed than you'd think. If we're talking about schizophrenia it's one thing. Some people have severe cases and some people don't show it at all. But I'm not sure if bi-polar or being clinically depressed would have much of an effect on their work. I guess it all depends on the severity of it.
In Cho's case, he did show signs of mental illness. Did this guy? Another thing I wonder is how China deals with mental illness.
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That's because the ones that are sometimes the most stressed are the same ones struggling to put on a 'happy face'.
Ever notice some of the same crimes that are considered 'senseless' when you look further on the inside, the perpetrator is seen as normal.
Went about a normal life
Was nice to people but because they thought that they were 'normal' that they didn't need to see anyone (and the average 'normal' person is likely to shrug off help), we fail to see the sign manifesting that this person is set to go off.
ON THE OTHER HAND...it's a build up of everyday things but you wouldn't think it would drive a person to murder...
Check this article out, and while you are reading it, we all may think, "Well that's not enough to go out and kill somebody for."
Excerpt:
The university said in a news conference Thursday that Zhu had not been under review by its ‘Threat Assessment’ or ‘CARE’ teams.
It also said Zhu had not come before the workings of the Virginia Tech or Blacksburg police departments.
Fellow graduate student and teaching assistant, Ken Stanton, paints a different picture of Zho.
“It’s hard to believe he would be involved in something like this, he says.“
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/n...new_him/25757/
Some people are just constantly in a foul mood and even then it may not be enough signs to say "Oh he is going to kill someone", just "Stay out of his way" and what do we do once they manifest? Ignore them.
This particular article states that the suspect was contantly belligerent and left signs something was about to happen that no one followed up on, and yes, in the link below I believe your question was answered about this fellow's mental state:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,482524,00.html
Forget about China and how they deal with mental illness, fact is, across all strata, we, in general are in denial sometimes about our own mental well being (genrally speaking, people, not quoting facts) we sometimes in daily situations try hard to handle our own problems without seeking professional help because we are too far from hitting rock bottom to declare that we are weak and not strong enough to solve our own problems. It's part of why we turn to certain addictions and not just drugs and alcohol, but why some of us do strange things to find an outlet and think that it's 'normal'.
I'll stop here....peep the articles and you all leave your opinions.