# Mental illness is exaggerated

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-illness-is-exaggerated/660522>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [June 9, 2013, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-illness-is-exaggerated/660522 "2013-06-09T03:18:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-illness-is-exaggerated/660522/218 "2013-06-12T19:50:44Z")

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> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#):
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> All you people who think you’re mentally ill? Well, **matt357** has some good news: you’re not ill at all, you’re just a failure.

And nobody can help you, so suck it up and stop being so weak. **matt357** has been kind of stingy with the details but he doesn’t seem to have any other advice or opinions on people with problems.

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