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Sharop · 07-14-2006, 06:28 PM

Does anyone else think it's wrong?

I know that most people who call people "schizo" - whether they're referring to people who actually have schizophrenia, or another mental illness, or whether they're referring to people who they think are just eccentric or weird or a little bit crazy - don't mean to be offensive. However, I don't really like it when I hear someone refer to people with schizophrenia as being "schizo" or calling someone who is a little bit mad that.

For one thing, I think that for someone who actually has schizophrenia, the term "schizo" seems a little dismissive and disrespectful. I know most people who call them that don't intend to be that way, but that's how the term seems to me.

I also don't like the term "schizo" as an insult - i.e., if someone is a bit strange, weird, acts in a crazy manner, I don't think they should be told they're "schizo" as an insult.

JT · 07-14-2006, 08:59 PM

I am driven UP THE WALL when people use "schizo" or "schizophrenic" to describe someone who has frequent changes in personality.

Get your damn facts straight, all you people who want to sound smart!

Sharop · 07-14-2006, 09:24 PM

I tend to find it annoying that it's used as an insult - people wouldn't say to others, "You've got cancer" or "You've got AIDS" as an insult. At least, I hope they wouldn't (and I've never heard anyone say that) because they're both horrible diseases, and I feel that using them as an insult trivialises them, even if that's not what people intend.

Unfortunately, I think there are some people who don't understand that mental illnesses are serious too, and shouldn't be laughed at, or used to insult people.

PrettyinPink55 · 07-14-2006, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Sharop

I tend to find it annoying that it's used as an insult - people wouldn't say to others, "You've got cancer" or "You've got AIDS" as an insult. At least, I hope they wouldn't (and I've never heard anyone say that) because they're both horrible diseases, and I feel that using them as an insult trivialises them, even if that's not what people intend.

Unfortunately, I think there are some people who don't understand that mental illnesses are serious too, and shouldn't be laughed at, or used to insult people.

Amen to that!!!!!
Very well said!!!!

dawsongirl · 07-14-2006, 09:50 PM

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Originally Posted by JT

I am driven UP THE WALL when people use "schizo" or "schizophrenic" to describe someone who has frequent changes in personality.

Get your damn facts straight, all you people who want to sound smart!

Especially since that's not what schizophrenia even is. That's bipolar, folks.

Georgia's on my Mind · 07-14-2006, 10:04 PM

sometimes its warrented

Ireneparalegal · 07-14-2006, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Georgia's on my Mind

sometimes its warrented

this comment and the other one you made on the suicide thread are not at all funny nor appreciated.

Hollow · 07-14-2006, 10:33 PM

god damn, i could never get it off my chest how annoying it is when people:

1 - use the word "schizo" as an insult
2 - call others who have conditions like depression, suicidal tendencies, bipolar disorder, or even schizophrenia "schizos"
3 - judge people who are on medication, seeing a psychiatrist, or have been in a psychiatrist ward, and assume that they're crazy
4 - think that people with schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like disorders don't matter, aren't as adequate of human beings as everyone else is, and are nothing but crazy in the head; and that laughing at and making fun of them is ok.

stupid, stupid, stupid. i hope those kind of people develop schizophrenia one day so they can realize what scum they were before.

Brad Russ · 07-15-2006, 12:38 AM

I agree, it pisses me off just as much as words and phrases like ******, f*g, trailer trash and any other term that's used to describe someone in a derogatory way. Just because it's a more accepted word in society, doesn't make it right to say.

PrettyinPink55 · 07-15-2006, 12:43 AM

It just goes to show how ignorant a person can be who uses the word as an insult, or even as an adjective! They probably don't even know what schizophrenia really entails, and just throw it around like it's an everyday word.

It's a shame, because it is a very serious disease and should not be thrown around like that. Along with many other mental illnesses. They are just so misunderstood.

Sharop · 07-15-2006, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Georgia's on my Mind

sometimes its warrented

At what times and in what situations would you feel that it's warranted?

JT · 07-15-2006, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dawsongirl

Especially since that's not what schizophrenia even is. That's bipolar, folks.

Well I was going for multiple personality LOL, but yep, bipolar is incorrectly called schizophrenia a lot too.

BTW, anyone who is wondering, multiple personality is called...multiple personality. Or Dissociative Identity Disorder.

dawsongirl · 07-15-2006, 09:05 PM

Oh, lol, I was thinking mood, you were thinking whole new person.

Sharop · 07-15-2006, 09:12 PM

Another thing I dislike is people thinking that depression isn't a real illness. And people being under the impression that mental illnesses are less important than physical illnesses.

I don't think that mental illnesses are more important or serious than diseases such as cancer. But I think they're equally serious. But I suppose someone would have to experience the illnesses to offer a proper insight.

dawsongirl · 07-15-2006, 09:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Sharop

Another thing I dislike is people thinking that depression isn't a real illness. And people being under the impression that mental illnesses are less important than physical illnesses.

I don't think that mental illnesses are more important or serious than diseases such as cancer. But I think they're equally serious. But I suppose someone would have to experience the illnesses to offer a proper insight.

!!!!!

People who don't suffer from depression, or who haven't read much on the subject, lump all that under being "crazy." F that. And F the people who try to tell you "oh, cheer up" like you're just sad because you didn't get your way or something.

Oh how I hate the ignorant about depression. pissed:

07-14-2006, 06:28 PM	#1
Sharop Andy Gibb aged 12 Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 03, 2004 Location: Courthouse Square, Hill Valley, beside the clocktower, 10:04 p.m., November 12th 1955 Posts: 3,912	Calling people "schizo" Does anyone else think it's wrong? I know that most people who call people "schizo" - whether they're referring to people who actually have schizophrenia, or another mental illness, or whether they're referring to people who they think are just eccentric or weird or a little bit crazy - don't mean to be offensive. However, I don't really like it when I hear someone refer to people with schizophrenia as being "schizo" or calling someone who is a little bit mad that. For one thing, I think that for someone who actually has schizophrenia, the term "schizo" seems a little dismissive and disrespectful. I know most people who call them that don't intend to be that way, but that's how the term seems to me. I also don't like the term "schizo" as an insult - i.e., if someone is a bit strange, weird, acts in a crazy manner, I don't think they should be told they're "schizo" as an insult.
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07-14-2006, 08:59 PM	#2
JT Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Apr 29, 2001 Location: USA Posts: 7,223	I am driven UP THE WALL when people use "schizo" or "schizophrenic" to describe someone who has frequent changes in personality. Get your damn facts straight, all you people who want to sound smart!
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07-15-2006, 12:38 AM	#9
Brad Russ Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 17, 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 10,085	I agree, it pisses me off just as much as words and phrases like *****, fg, trailer trash and any other term that's used to describe someone in a derogatory way. Just because it's a more accepted word in society, doesn't make it right to say.
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07-14-2006, 09:24 PM	#3
Sharop Andy Gibb aged 12 Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 03, 2004 Location: Courthouse Square, Hill Valley, beside the clocktower, 10:04 p.m., November 12th 1955 Posts: 3,912	I tend to find it annoying that it's used as an insult - people wouldn't say to others, "You've got cancer" or "You've got AIDS" as an insult. At least, I hope they wouldn't (and I've never heard anyone say that) because they're both horrible diseases, and I feel that using them as an insult trivialises them, even if that's not what people intend. Unfortunately, I think there are some people who don't understand that mental illnesses are serious too, and shouldn't be laughed at, or used to insult people.

07-14-2006, 10:04 PM	#6
Georgia's on my Mind Senior Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Aug 19, 2001 Posts: 25,054	sometimes its warrented

07-14-2006, 10:33 PM	#8
Hollow Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 16, 2001 Posts: 30,406	god damn, i could never get it off my chest how annoying it is when people: 1 - use the word "schizo" as an insult 2 - call others who have conditions like depression, suicidal tendencies, bipolar disorder, or even schizophrenia "schizos" 3 - judge people who are on medication, seeing a psychiatrist, or have been in a psychiatrist ward, and assume that they're crazy 4 - think that people with schizophrenia and schizophrenia-like disorders don't matter, aren't as adequate of human beings as everyone else is, and are nothing but crazy in the head; and that laughing at and making fun of them is ok. stupid, stupid, stupid. i hope those kind of people develop schizophrenia one day so they can realize what scum they were before.

07-15-2006, 12:43 AM	#10
PrettyinPink55 Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 11, 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 24,601	It just goes to show how ignorant a person can be who uses the word as an insult, or even as an adjective! They probably don't even know what schizophrenia really entails, and just throw it around like it's an everyday word. It's a shame, because it is a very serious disease and should not be thrown around like that. Along with many other mental illnesses. They are just so misunderstood.

07-15-2006, 09:05 PM	#13
dawsongirl Member Forum Icon Join Date: Jan 04, 2001 Posts: 53,140	Oh, lol, I was thinking mood, you were thinking whole new person.

07-15-2006, 09:12 PM	#14
Sharop Andy Gibb aged 12 Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 03, 2004 Location: Courthouse Square, Hill Valley, beside the clocktower, 10:04 p.m., November 12th 1955 Posts: 3,912	Another thing I dislike is people thinking that depression isn't a real illness. And people being under the impression that mental illnesses are less important than physical illnesses. I don't think that mental illnesses are more important or serious than diseases such as cancer. But I think they're equally serious. But I suppose someone would have to experience the illnesses to offer a proper insight.