Thread: Do mentally disabled people know they are mental/retarded?

Good question, pal.


I don't think anybody knows.


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I think it depends on the condition and the person.
I had 3 retarded uncles when I was growing up. One uncle, in particular, thought everyone else was retarded. He had a major speech problem and became angry when people couldn't understand what he was saying.

I had a half sister with spinabifida (sp) who was unable to walk and had the mentality of a 7 year old. Every now and then she would become depressed because she was different and unable to do the things other people did.

I think it differs with the condition. Some people are very far out of it mentally, so they can't completely understand that they're "different". Some people are fully able to understand this. That's my guess.

My mother works to rehabilitate people that suffered brain injuries, she says some of them remember how they were before their accident and get frustrated because they aren't able to function as well.

I am not mentally disabled.

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

I think it depends on the condition and the person.
I had 3 retarded uncles when I was growing up. One uncle, in particular, thought everyone else was retarded. He had a major speech problem and became angry when people couldn't understand what he was saying.

I had a half sister with spinabifida (sp) who was unable to walk and had the mentality of a 7 year old. Every now and then she would become depressed because she was different and unable to do the things other people did.

Originally Posted by Puffin

I think it differs with the condition. Some people are very far out of it mentally, so they can't completely understand that they're "different". Some people are fully able to understand this. That's my guess.

Well, there you are. That's my answer, no sense in reposting.

Yeah, it does depend on the condition. I've met some mentally handicapped people who were aware they are mentally handicapped.

Originally Posted by Frollo

I am not mentally disabled.

Nobody said you were.

I think some do, especially if they are borderline. Of course they might argue it. But that isn't so much a mental thing, as much as its a pride issue.

Yeah... being borderline is probably one of the keys.
If my uncles (they were actually my Great Uncles) were born in even the 70's instead of the 30's, they would have had more of a shot at a more "normal" life. The Uncle with the speech problem (Eddie) had his motorcycle license (the test was read to him) and held a job at a Pepperoni Roll Shop/Bakery for many years.
My Uncle Hank, though.... eh... he had the mentality of a child/young teen and couldn't differentiate fact from fantasy.
My 3rd Uncle, Jimmy... well, he should have been put to sleep. He was a pervert/child molester who always had Chew running down his face.

My sister lived, against all odds, to be in her early 20's. She was happy most of the time, but had her moments.

Originally Posted by Lucidness

Or is it like they are basically asleep all there life?

we are all just some "Mentally disabled" person's dream.


I wonder when people with disabilities will collectively decide it's time to reclaim the word "retard" & start using it a positive manner?
I hope they campaign for its use as a something with a friendly descriptor.

Yeah, dont buzzkill the picture mate...

No I'm!... Doesn't...

Relation to self is inadmissible for any degree of functionality.

Linguistically it may be expressed as predication is the inverse function of abstraction. And thus, consider it this way. The ear does not hear itself. Lungs do not breathe themselves. The hands do not craft themselves. etc.,

The best we can do is find a standard, and then be compared against that standard. This is the primary function of say, religions which establish a "God" as the ultimate creator, the maker. This is because every environmental acquisition system crafts the environment, even the human mind. Functionality and dysfunctionality is then measured against the metaphysics of craft.