We Should All Be So Crazy

hagalaz333 09:55:16 AM Jan 25 2010

I wanna start off with saying that before anyone judges, they should actually go there, experience the store, have a donut, and talk with the "nurses". I myself have been through extensive treatment for my bi-polar disorder, as well as depression, obsessive compulsive trichotillomania, and anxiety, I know all about hospital wards, restraint beds, soporific injections, and institutions far from home with strange people. However, upon going to Psycho Donuts, I didn't feel offended at all. People use the words "smug" to describe the owner, where I found the store manager to be very friendly and cordial. My buddy, currently serving in the army, San Jose born and raised, is of the same opinion. We are Psycho Donuts fans, here in San Jose and Campbell.Another thing I gotta wonder about; I hear all these people saying veterans and people suffering mental health issues are offended. I wish you'd stop putting words in the mouths of other people. I know I'm not offended, and I certainly haven't

j99a99s99 05:17:54 PM Sep 22 2009

As someone with bipolar disorder, I wouldn't want to buy a donut from this place. There's a good chance the smug owners of this shop or someone they love will someday experience a mental illness - I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy, but it sure would be an eye opener for them... It is hard enough to have this illness without people making fun of it.

hugnkiss4903 09:43:10 PM Sep 01 2009

I think the biggest issue here is that this shop is furthering the stigma on mental illness. Too many people with mental illnesses go without treatment because they don't get help. Unfortunately part of the reason for this is because we make such a joke of it. If someone with a mental illness who was considering getting help walked into this donut shop and saw the way mental illnesses are being made fun of, they could decide not to get help.

nh65203 01:49:54 PM Aug 21 2009

I agree with cardsbydianaatl and others, it's not the name of the store, it's the mockery the actually doughnuts make. I want to know who thinks it is funny to look an Iraq War vet with a traumatic brain injury in the face and show them a doughnut filled with red jam and has a face with crossed out eyes that's been named after the horrible injury they've received? Seriously, I want to know who reading this article thinks that is a good idea? It's not the name, it's how far they go to mock serious disorders. Oh, and by the way, for those who don't believe in mental illness... whatever, but do you not believe the soldiers coming back from war missing chunks of their skulls? I don't care if you call the store psycho doughnuts; I don't care if you advertise being "crazy about doughnuts" I care when you mock serious injuries, that is afflicting mostly service men and women.

nysongbird1 06:04:53 AM Aug 19 2009

I give them kudos for creativity, imagination and humor. They have taken a product that a majority of the people love and added a humorous twist to marketing and advertisement. Why are mental health groups so offended? They (the donut shop folks) aren't singling anyone out for public ridicule or to minimize mental illness. They aren't criticizing or condemning those with an illness or disease. But what they have done is given us something positive to help offset a negative. Yes, there is often a negative stigma associated with mental illness (by those that don't understand it or haven't either experienced it in themselves or with a loved one) or mental illness being the result due to drug/alcohol abuse/addiction. The concept of taking something that often brings sorrow and turn it around by adding a touch of humor and incorporating it with yummy tastes... that same sorrow quickly turns to smiles on otherwise frowning faces. I love having the freedom to laugh at my own illnesses, regard

cardsbydianaatl 01:00:32 PM Aug 18 2009

If you all read the article it is not the name of the business that is the issue so much. It is the name of the actual donuts. If they called one Vomit for Bulimics, or 12 step for Alcoholics ... I think you get the drift. A name with a negative condensation is the issue. We as ADULTS have learned from the past that pointing a finger or putting a label on ANYTHING is open for debate, You don't think for a minute that if they called their donuts God like or Abortion .. picketers wouldn't be outside their doors? C'mon people.... Now if Psycho Donuts wants to be an Ambassador to a Mental Health Organization and dough-nate 10% of their earnings to that organization... .. PS to Fathertimema Just because you are in denial and have not been diagnosed... doesn't mean you immune.

cardsbydianaatl 12:58:33 PM Aug 18 2009

If you all read the article it is not the name of the business that is the issue so much. It is the name of the actual donuts. If they called one Vomit for Bulimics, or 12 step for Alcoholics ... I think you get the drift. A name with a negative condensation is the issue. We as ADULTS have learned from the past that pointing a finger or putting a label on ANYTHING is open for debate, You don't think for a minute that if they called their donuts God like or Abortion .. picketers wouldn't be outside their doors? C'mon people.... Now if Psycho Donuts wants to be an Ambassador to a Mental Health Organization and dough-nate 10% of their earnings to that organization... .. PS to Fathertimema Just because you are in denial and have not been diagnosed... doesn't mean you immune.

xkm97 04:46:05 AM Aug 18 2009

The problem is that there are ignorant people like those on here who believe mental illness is a joke--people like fathertimema. Those people discriminate against people who have problems or are in he minority. Sure, they are "pissed at the way things are today" because they can' use the N word for blacks or the F word for gays. They are angry that the "good old days" when you could denigrate people are gone! They are crybabies who can't accept change that is for improving human dignity. Yes, there are 1st amendmnt rights to call your store what you will and to be insensitive but there is also the right to march in protest outside that store and to encourage others to boycott the place which is speaking through dollars. If you ever saw a friend or relative suffer from mental illness you might not like "the joke" which continues stigma that at one point had the mentally ill locked up in chains in horrid conditions. The people who brought about change are the heroes--the m

milflatinamia 11:11:42 PM Aug 17 2009

I think the problem with America is that we care about such trivial and asinine things as the names of stores or the labels on wine.

raeromanoff 10:42:37 PM Aug 17 2009

Do they call the donut holes "rocks from someone's head?" I am willing to volunteer my name as the person who furnished the rocks! It's a great idea in great company...in Milwaukee there's a place called The Safe House and it's built around a secret agent theme, at Disney's MGM, "a Mom" serves meals in a restaurant themed to kitchen atmosphere. And then there's the pirate from Free Credit Report Dot Com... So far...no protests from spys, moms or pirates. If he meets health codes and the donuts taste good, then allow the "artist" his freedom of expression and enjoy the tribute he is paying to one of the world's greatest directors. If you want to get invited to SNL - rename the donut the Amy Bi-polar and add a lunch item - the Hammond Cheese!