bias

When dealing with critics always remember this: Critics judge things based on what is outside of their content of understanding.

The author observers that better technology actually increased division because rival outlets funded by rival parties could get their slant to the partisans

Some people would regard people who look like they do as ugly if they did not look like them.

Intuition matters but, pay more attention to the unconscious bias.

Even though the Judge would charge the jury that they should listen to all the evidence before they made up their minds, the chances were likely that 100% of them will have already decided if William was guilty or not before the trial was over.

He wanted AFFIRMATION rather than INFORMATION.

Satan will make your own principles and inclinations to betray you.

I am a tourist of the emotions, visiting only the most well-worn spots. It is romantic, that is, a distortion, to imagine whole lives from the barest observation.

Their attempts to make sense of the world had carried heat but little light.

Stigmas speak to the idea of difference and how difference shames us and those we know.

Results of two independent factor analyses of the survey responses of more than 2000 English and American citizens parallel these findings (19,33):- fear and exclusion: persons with severe mental illness should be feared and, therefore, be kept out of most communities;- authoritarianism: persons with severe mental illness are irresponsible, so life decisions should be made by others;- benevolence: persons with severe mental illness are childlike and need to be cared for."World Psychiatry. 2002 Feb; 1(1): 16_20.PMCID: PMC1489832Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illnessPATRICK W CORRIGAN and AMY C WATSON

There will always be people afraid of the monsters in the night. They are usually the ones that look for them because they have proven they exist in themselves.

Mental illness is not something you misunderstand in this era. Get educated because bias is no different than racism.

This disease comes with a package: shame. When any other part of your body gets sick, you get sympathy.

Public stigma Stereotype Negative belief about a group (e.g., dangerousness, incompetence, character weakness)Prejudice Agreement with belief and/or negative emotional reaction (e.g., anger, fear)Discrimination Behavior response to prejudice (e.g., avoidance, withhold employment and housing opportunities, withhold help)Self-stigma Stereotype Negative belief about the self (e.g., character weakness, incompetence)Prejudice Agreement with belief, negative emotional reaction (e.g., low self-esteem, low self-efficacy)Discrimination Behavior response to prejudice (e.g., fails to pursue work and housing opportunities)Understanding the impact of stigma on people with mental illness. World Psychiatry. Feb 2002; 1(1): 16_20.PMCID: PMC1489832

I had people saying 'it's all in your head'. Do you honestly think I want to feel this way?

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.

1 in 5 people have dandruff. 1 in 4 people have mental health problems. I've had both.