A narrow research took place to consider the conditions that contributes in the stigma of mental-illness. Goffman related stigma as a characteristic that is extremely shameful. He added that the people suffering from stigmatization, their status in the society really effects. He stated 3 conditions of stigma that mostly affect them:.
1. Physical Appearance: Goffman uses the word of "abominations" of the body" that means that the person is loathing, disgust and can be a cause of nausea. The Appearance of the person is not normal and there is some kind of malformation in the body.
2. Racism: Stigma effects diversely on people of different sex, from different cultures, diverse religion and dissimilar traditions. .
3. Flaw of Appearance: It includes that the person is mentally turmoil that makes him imperfect and defected. Goffman label them as "blemishes of individual character,".
Three-dimensional axis is portrayed to understand the stigma based on the study of interpersonal skills and relation within the surroundings. Perception, identity and reaction are included in three-dimensional axis. (Arboleda-Flórez, 2003).
"A central aspect of stigma for people with mental illnesses is the perception that they are dangerous and unpredictable" (Laurel A. Alexander et al 2003).
How Stigma Is Attested.
Stigma attested by the attitudes of the people in the surroundings. Some of the visible characteristics clearly states that those people are stigmatized like embarrassment, frightening, bias, angriness, and stereotyping. The people that experience stigmatization, their lives become so difficult to be survive. As well as their families faces difficulties and problems to cope with them. Scheffer quoted "Stigma leads others to avoid living, socializing or working with, renting to, or employing people with mental disorders, especially severe disorders such as schizophrenia" (Scheffer, 2003) .