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Monday, April 23, 2007 12:00 AM

I'm mentally ill but I'm no mass killer

Will people with schizoaffective disorder be lumped in with psychotic murderers?
By Cary Tennis

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  • Monday, April 23, 2007 06:26 AM

    Me too

    I'm glad someone wrote about mental illness and the VT tragedy. I am bipolar and get into trouble very, very quickly when I am off my meds, and like the LW have a few people who will probably never forgive me. I think it's important about Cho that he was acting on reality as he knew it to be. I don't think he was a monster, he really (or at least it seems it) to think he was being persecuted, etc. The failure lies in the mental health system and the ease of getting a gun. I have noticed over the years that there is less compassion than there used to be for people with mental illness, and Chos rampage will definitely make it worse.

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