If We Treated Other Medical Ailments Like Mental Illness
No one would ever say these things to someone with diabetes or a broken arm but people seem to think its fine to say to someone with mental illness.
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I’ve only experienced a very mild form of depression many years ago...but luckily I quickly snapped out of it....
My son’s girlfriend dumped him a month ago and less than a week ago, he got news that he didn’t make it to the national basketball team that would be playing in Myanmar in December. I was really worried of his state of mind and was watching out for signs of depression.
I think having a supportive older sister that’s gonna beat your coach up does help, huh?
Anyway, from my observation, my boy is doing well emotionally....and when I heard him laughed out loud when watching some comedy clips on YouTube yesterday, I know he’d be able to handle rejections in the future.
I do think many don't realise there is a difference between feeling depressed and being clinically depressed.
Itchy
Nevertheless, the choice is staying in the state of clinical depression or find ways to build self esteem and belief to overcome it and not allow others to place stigmas and labels that they are too dysfunctional to be human. How I wish I could just shut it off like a switch but, its not that easy. Anyhow, its best to stop running this topic to the ground. Time for new thoughts and happy thoughts.
Anyhow, its best to stop running this topic to the ground. Time for new thoughts and happy thought.
You accuse us of loosing interest when the one that is ... is you
G'night Track
I'm off to my cot.
It was like this person had remembered what it was like to be free from crippling anxiety.
Is that the kind of doctor who has no personal experience of difficulties ever in their lives, or the kind who should be on their own couch? Because there's only those two extreme categories of doctor, right?
There has to be those two stereotypes so we can get angry at them for not making everything better. Of course, the third category is the magician, if only we could find and afford them.
Prometheus, I agree there are issues, big, serious issues with regards to how society manages and values mental health, but there are also issues with how we manage and value mental health.
Hitting out at anybody and everybody may be a part of that process, but at some point we need to reflect on what we're doing and why in order to move beyond that.
You mentioned people not knowing how to go about creating change. Mindfulness, anxiety management, anger management, bereavement models, feeling rules and emotional work, self-actualisation, models of attachment - there is a wealth of stuff on the internet. Some are more complex and inaccessible than others which is why I put mindfullness first and attachment theory last, and it's by no means an exhaustive list.
One simple exercise: After interactions with others write down the answers to
What was I feeling?
What was I thinking?
How was I behaving?
What does it remind me of?