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Mentally ILL Barbadians Are Human Beings TOO!

Barbadians everywhere have been hopping on the bandwagon to express righteous indignation at the death of 12 year old Shamar Weekes. And rightly so. With only a few more days left to complete the 7-day cycle we should expect the talk shows and social media scrutiny to intensify. As a society we have become so…

Barbadians everywhere have been hopping on the bandwagon to express righteous indignation at the death of 12 year old Shamar Weekes. And rightly so. With only a few more days left to complete the 7-day cycle we should expect the talk shows and social media scrutiny to intensify.

As a society we have become so immersed in a world constructed on the back of materialism there is no sense of the values we should be prepared to always defend and uphold.  Will the country react to the inhumane way we are caring for the mentally ill in Barbados.

We should be so ashamed!

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11 responses to “Mentally ILL Barbadians Are Human Beings TOO!”

  1. Mentally ILL Barbadians Are Human Beings TOO!

    […] By David […]

  2. ac Avatar
    ac

    In a recent comment i asked the question what are our priorities ! Barbadians continue to answer the questions in a context as one of self.. Understandably there is nothing wrong with pleasing self, but their is also no denying that treading along that path can be dangerous as society falls into a deadly trap of being lackadaisical ! nonchalant! self serving and finally unresponsive to the call for action in reparing and correcting those necessary societal issues that makes all feel ashamed and guilt ridden when issues like mental illness is thrown in the spotlight and gazed upon not because of corrective measure but having to asked the questions :what happened ” or what went wrong,
    People getting our priorities straight should and must be our major concern so that we can looked ourselves in the mirror and gingerly walk across the path sufficiently and fully satisfied that we did our uttermost best not for our self but for those in society who are unable to do for themselves , whether B ! D! or C our efforts must be one of recognition to build a nation and a society that we can e proud of

  3. Rev. Buddy Larrier Avatar
    Rev. Buddy Larrier

    Until the philosophy which holes one race superior and another inferior is finally and permanently discredited and abandoned everywhere is war”. Legendary Bob Marley.

    All Barbadians suffer with some form of mental illness. We were (are) all victims of the above. There are four main aspects of Human Rights: firstly, Human Rights and Mental Health. It was Barbados in 1661 that enacted the Slave Code which gave the above quote its place in history.

    Secondly, Human Rights and the British Mental Health Act 1959. This act influenced how Barbadians who were returning from England during the 1970s were viewed by Barbadians at home who did not and do not understand white supremacy (Racism).

    Thirdly, Human Rights, Mental Health and Slavery. Barbadians need to appreciate that we are mentally enslaved.

    Forthly, Human Rights, Mental Health and Reparations. Barbados is playing the lead role in CARICOM Reparations Commission’s claim for Reparations (reparative justice) from the countries that participated in the enslavement of Africans and genocide of the indigenous people.

    Barbadians need to take the lead in repairing the psychological damage that has been done to African Caribbean people by ensuring that our young people and youth are made aware of whom they are as Africans. Our youth are angry, but do not know why, they do not like their blackness but do not know why.

    We need to help them understand. This will help with our mental illness, young and old in becoming aware that we are human being, the first such being on this planet earth.

    Reverend Buddy Larrier

  4. David Avatar
    David

    Most Barbadians are numb to the issue of mental sickness. A subject matter like this one will never resonate with a people who are more consumed with their data plan or some irrelevant issue.

  5. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    Speaking as a mentally ill Barbadian I know that we are human beings too. Seriously speaking though, we all have our mental health issues to contend with, some of us more than others. Most people are in denial and go about pointing at others and labelling them as mad and ridiculing them just because they do not fit the mould of the average Barbadian. It doesn’t really bother me as I can see that their mental challenges are far greater than mine, but this stigma is deep- rooted and deters many from seeking the help they need. I know nothing about the conditions at our mental health hospital other than what I have read in the press but I understand there is reason for concern. I am not numb, David, I am very concerned. But then as I said before I’m not the average Barbadian and am therefore often placed in the mad category. In my case though I say my madness is my gladness as I have never aspired to be the average Barbadian who I have found is stupid enough to make fun of mentally ill people and is really more concerned with the data plans he or she uses to post stupid pictures and other trivia.

  6. Dompey Avatar
    Dompey

    To say that some Barbadians are suffering from mental-illness is an understatement. The truth of the matter is, there is and has been a national psychosis sweeping the little rock, but the native Barbadians aren’t cognizance of this reality. It’s only those of us who stand aloof/abroad that are well aware of this mental hygiene problem which afflicts bewildering nation.

  7. Dompey Avatar
    Dompey

    Arrogance, impertinent, and lack of professional ethics, are just a few of the mental-disorders which handicaps our picturesque island.

  8. ac Avatar
    ac

    and dompey u can add to that list. self adoration . and bullying attitudes against those with whom they have disagreements,those are the tell tale signs of maniac disorder. Exhibit A bush shite.

  9. David Avatar
    David

    Is it possible for some of you to time out and allow a topic to breath for chrissakes? Even the Crips and the Bloods called a truce in Baltimore.

  10. Donna Avatar
    Donna

    David,

    Thank you very much! We are discussing mental illness and society’s relegating of the mentally ill to the category of subhuman. We should not make it all about us unless we have been so relegated.

  11. ac Avatar
    ac

    the issue of mental illness is a very important given the past days of superficial comments one would have thought that a more rigid and concerting debate would have taken a foothold on the issue, but as ac had said previously barbadians are pretentious and very gifted in the art of criticism and pretenders in the language of escapism.

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