nonsense!!

Politically correct speech has been with us for a while now.We haggle about what to call somthing or how to describe it. Bipolar disorder has replaced Manic Depressive illness for example. Now we are being told that we should say one is "affected "by mental illness rather than is "suffering"from it. What nonsense!I think Manic Depression more accuratly describes the experience than does the new bipolar disorder.But bipolar disorder is more palitable maybe even more hip. But we shouldn't be going for hip. Calll something for what it is for god's sake , even if it doesn't sound good and might offend someones sensibilities. As far as being affected goes, it's just too weak of a description of what happens to a person hit by a chronic mental illness.Devistated, railroaded,at best challenged by, are better tearms.Yes, however, the majority of us suffer. Reoccuring symptoms, hospitalizations, destroyed friendships,relationships and lives are the hallmarks of these illnesses.Suffering is an apt descriptioon of what one goes through as one navigates the waters of recovery. To say a bipolar patient is merley "affected" is a weak attempt to describe the experience.Brutal honesty is the only way to combat the misconceptions about mental illness.If suffering evokes compassion,so be it.I'll take all the compassion I can get,Political correctness be damned!!