humans have lost their humanity

this weekend i watched as a young girl sat in a circle of 30 people and shared that she is bi-polar...i watched as her hands shook and her eyes began to well up with fear of the group not hearing her. I know she was afraid cause her voice shook. She was with us in the summer, she looks back and can't remember much cause she was in a state of mania. She was afraid she said all weekend that someone would tell her to be quiet and get angry with her. But she was quiet and she even asked that i give her her pill.(and i couldn't even do it, i remember now that i almost did everything, to not have to do it, i didn't even want to hold the pills in my hand. I made my husband do it...pathetic? i know) I loved the way she was before...she laughed she interupted and she even really frustrated me. But she made me learn to love and she made me learn to cry and she made me want to open my home to her.

Now she is quiet and reserved. she says that she has to sleep lots because of the lithum that is in her meds. Is that right? Should she be changed into us? Should she be told unless she does take this medication she won't be able to contribute to society?

i care about her, and i really feel like she has so much to offer, more than any other 16 year old that i know. She was the only one who would admit that she may no longer believe in Jesus that whole weekend? She is the only one who would tell you who she really was! Now she is the only one who has to mask her excitment, and blur her thoughts, and become lithargic, so we can feel safe!

what kind of people are we that we allow the people who are different to be put away, put on meds and told they need to conform or else?

I don't know do you?

Humans have lost their humanity...