Board Thread:Rant and Rave/@comment-33386384-20180525212302/@comment-1916997-20180616034507

Walecs wrote: Aine1989 wrote: ShadowLian wrote: Aine1989 wrote: I am really not a fan of the "taking medication is bad because it restricts you" narrative they are pushing with Tilly, especially in episode 4. Tilly's pills erved to keep her under the curse and keeping her from remembering. Could have done without that tbh. I thought it was a nice metaphor for how we treat people with mental illnesses in our world. We make them take medication so they fit into societal rules and orders and so we can have control. Tilly was given the pills so she wouldn't wake up from a curse, so she wouldn't get out of control. I liked it personally. We give people stuff like anti-depressants for the same reasons we give people with cancer chemotherapy or give people with infections antibiotics. To fight off illnesses. This whole thing about medication being "bad" and a way of "forcing conformity" is part of the whole stigma surrounding medication. Taking medication for your mental illness is a good thing. To go back to my metaphor, would you tell someone who cancer "don't take that chemo, they're just trying to make you fit in". It's not, but we're going off track here. It depends on the person and what the medication does for them. Many people become able to better function and deal with things with the medication. Like legit they can be a fully functioning member of society with the medication, but not without it. So for them, yes it would be a good thing. And trust me, things like extreme anixity, mood swings, hallutionations, paranoia, etc. are not things people want or need. So if they can take medication to fix those issues they can and should.