tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448784347127419176.post6475571526830825966..comments2023-09-04T08:58:09.190-07:00Comments on mental health: Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16136857995733594210noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448784347127419176.post-48700322560708336942012-08-12T05:12:30.379-07:002012-08-12T05:12:30.379-07:00Thanks!
A few people have got in touch to share ...Thanks! <br /><br />A few people have got in touch to share their stories which I'm very grateful for. I've been asked a couple of questions, which I'll attempt to answer. <br /><br />Am I on any medication?<br /><br />Yes, in consultation with my GP and Psychiatrist. I'm not qualified to advise anyone else on the best course of action for them so I'd rather not publish details. I can say though that the stabiliser I take is a bit like carrying Indiana Jones's lassoo. It won't stop you falling into a pit if you aren't looking where you're going. It might help you climb out though, as long as you learn to be skillful with it.<br /><br />---<br />You say "I don't know why people feel uncomfortable around depressed people, and want to explain it away." ...I think it's just coz people feel a bit useless when confronted by something they don't understand, and it's hard for them to empathise when they've no experience of it... does *anything* anyone says help?<br /><br />Two things stand out as having been useful. When I was first in a pit of suicide my mental health caseworker asked me what had changed in my life since I had been feeling fine. Then months later when I was feeling better he asked me what had changed since I was in the pit. <br /><br />I didn't have any answers, but thinking about the questions helped me realise a few things. When you are down it is tempting to blame it on everything that is going on around you. When you are up, life is a marvellous privelege and you are the luckiest person in the world. <br /><br />I think now that any circumstances are neither good nor bad, they just are. You can choose how you feel about them, and what you do about it. The Dalai Lama doesn't let the oppression of Tibetans and their culture get him down. He sees it as an opportunity to spread messages of compassion across the world. There is always a way to find good in any situation, no matter how black it seems on the surface.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16136857995733594210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5448784347127419176.post-58338455922495619592012-08-10T12:33:27.379-07:002012-08-10T12:33:27.379-07:00This was probably the best personal explanation of...This was probably the best personal explanation of mental illness I've ever read. I was really touched by it and just wanted to tell you that. Wishing you all the very best! Christinachristinahhhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104209017531806469noreply@blogger.com