Dear Friends
Over the many months that I have been running my mental health forums I have received much support from you and many kind comments. I truly believe that through our sharring of experience and knowledge we have touched many lives in a positive way.
together, we have spread a message of hope to those with mental illness and their families. It saddens me to report on a matter that has presented itself in this community recently. A fairly well respected member of this community has delivered a severe blow to anything that we have stood for in these mental health forums. The following is a copy of a PM, and my reply to that PM from a member of this community.
Personally, I am appalled at the lack of compassion and the willingness to pass judgement on those of us with a mental illness, by this man. Please read this message and feel free to express your feelings about this by replying to this forum. Or, for that matter, you may want to respond to this person directly. Thank you all for your continued support and I look forward to hearing from you again soon.
Sincerly, Bill Vanderbilt
Bill....
- messages to/from John Sanchez
From John Sanchez: Bill....
Date: 3/15/2006
Hello Bill, I don't know if you had a chance to read my last post in the forum but it has been brought to my attention that I should stop the debate with you because you suffer from mental illness and depression, I verified by checking your forums and I saw were you did say you suffer from these things. It is in your best interest that you don't debate these topic, you may do yourself more harm. I see now more clearly why you reason things the way you do. John
To John Sanchez: Re: Bill....
Date: 3/16/2006
John. You have stoopeed to an alltime low with this comment. First of all, I don't have mental illness and depression. Depression is the illness and it has nothing to do with ones ability to reason. I know about mental illness John and you do not. You have no right to make any assumptions here because this is one topic about which you have no knowledge, obviously. Besides that, I haven't even had a depressive episode at all for over two years. get off your high horse here John and climb down from your pulpit. You have somehow developed the Idea that you have the right to pass judgement on others based on your own perception of how things are. You must consider the possibility that at times, you are going to be wrong. This is a cheap shot and I will bring this to the attention of this community. I suppose God told you it was alright to pass judgement on me huh John? I believe that this will expose you as the relegious zealot that you truly are. You are wrong again and again you made an assumption based on something that you do not understand at all. If this is your idea of being a christian then it might very well be you who has the mental illness. get the facts straight John and quit thinking that you are the only one who knows right from wrong.
Sincerly, Bill Vanderbilt
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