The Stigma of Mental Illness
Our society is pretty much able to embrace people with drug addictions or eating disorders. Alcoholics are hardly even worth gossip anymore. But, when it comes to people who live with mental illness, even just depression, there is still a massive stigma. Most people who take medication for mental issues find out that it is just not worth it to the share that information with anyone.
That is why I am s so shocked that football legend Herschel Walker plans to reveal to the world in his upcoming book “Breaking Free” that he lives with multiple personality disorder, sometimes referred to as dissociative identity disorder.
He’s a brave man.
There is not much information available that provides further detail. I’m looking forward to Walker’s book, though. Here is a man who obviously maneuvered a brilliant football career and maintained relationships with people to an extent that his revelation came as a shock to most who know him. He coped. He adapted. I’m excited to read the details.
I would not wish any person to have this disorder,it can be a living hell. My prayer is that with Hershel Walker coming forward,new light will be given to the research and validation on DID/MPD. To have a disorder considered rare that comes along with much skepticism makes for a lonely place for those who truly suffer.