So I have had some lessons on mental illness lately.
First came at a bar where a guy explained to me that he was able to cure his bipolar by taking vitamins and amino acids at specific times in specific doses. He also explained that Autism is also completely curable. I refrained from asking too many questions regarding his cure of chemical imbalance of the brain as I would have hated to get him upset into a manic episode if he had skipped his vitamins that day...
The second was at the job I temporarily worked at the other week. The boss, big D, came in and explained to me and his assistant how 20% of the population is certifiably insane, 60% of the population had some sort of mental illness of varying degrees leaving only 20% of the population sane. He went on to explain how people usually associate with people of the save level of crazy as themselves. The best part of the conservation was when he explained to us that biologists can prove that most mental illness is caused by viruses but they can't get the research money to study it. Being as I was a new employee, I did not question how they could prove something that they did not have the money to have studied yet. A lot of time and money in science is researching and finding out how what you thought you could prove is wrong but I digress. He then said that because they did not have to money to research they did not know how the virus was transmitted. He pointed out that it is stupid to think that there were virus and diseases that could effect other organs and that the brain was immune to such things. This is just not true - most people know that diseases such as syphilis or brain cancer can cause mental disorders as opposed to a mysterious virus that is transmitted mysteriously.
Then, I got the warning to avoid hanging out with crazy people or people with mental disorders since they don't know how the virus is transmitted, you could end up crazy.
I think this is a lesson for everyone that 1. if you have friends with mental illness avoid them as you might catch the virus and end up crazy 2. if you do end up crazy take a few vitamins - that should cure it...the brain virus is one of the few viruses that can be cured with vitamins...or that 3. you're probably already crazy like 80% of the population and maybe it's time you start working from home to avoid spreading it to the rest of the population (that won't make you seem crazy at all when you call work to explain why you now have to work from home)
Perhaps I should introduce big D to bar guy...I think they could learn a lot from each other!
