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  • Vote Up2Vote Down folklorefolklore
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    Previously the - Title courtesy of Ruby Wax's brilliant new book.

    Share if you'd like to, your experiences with mental health and mental health concerns :)
    Post edited by Halloween_Jack at 2014-02-19 05:57:40
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  • Vote Up0Vote Down StrangerStranger
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    You know what: I will delete this so people won't get accidentally offended when I referred to coping mechanisms for dealing with mental health issues.
    Post edited by Stranger at 2013-07-27 05:50:40
    “Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous." — Queen Victoria
  • Vote Up0Vote Down Border_MindBorder_Mind
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    Thanks a lot for opening this discussion folklore. I hope it works out constructively

    I have to remove my comments now, sorry folks
    Post edited by Border_Mind at 2013-07-03 21:30:15
    It's a re-creation
    Again I live another life
    My imagination
    Can't cross the borderline
  • Vote Up0Vote Down folklorefolklore
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    I'm glad this thread idea has gotten such a good response :)
    I agree with everything you have written Border_Mind!  I've suffered very badly from extreme OCD and depression. Constructive mental health services are few and far between, I prefer to rely on medication than talking to people.

    My thoughts have been terrible recently and have no idea why. I suppose like any rash, there are culprits that can inflame it. Stress. This mainly really is probably what has started depressive thoughts again!
  • Vote Up0Vote Down softladsoftlad
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    The forthcoming BBC 'Don't Call Me Crazy' season.

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  • Vote Up0Vote Down chokkachokka
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    In three months I'll be a fully qualified mental health nurse :)

    This is why I've had a protracted absence from the old GMB, due to.studying and being out on placement.

    If I can be of any help to anyone (shoulder to cry on online etc) please let me know.

    As for Don't Call.Me Crazy... That unit is literally up the road from me. I do.hope to work with adolescents with complex needs (depending on the job scenario)
  • Vote Up0Vote Down StrangerStranger
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    You know what: I will delete this so people won't get accidentally offended when I referred to coping mechanisms for dealing with mental health issues.
    Post edited by Stranger at 2013-07-27 05:50:59
    “Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous." — Queen Victoria
  • Vote Up1Vote Down CervusCervus
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    I cannot advocate talking to someone strongly enough....my brother in law passed away in 2009 which left our family reeling. Then the following New years eve I lost my partner and started grief counseling as I had been off work for nearly three months afterwards and could not see a way to get back I did not want to go down the med route as I had seen how they had affected a friend of mine. Whilst having the counseling Mum became ill and she then passed away....all three were long protracted hospital illnesses and that hit the remaining family to the core.

    I stopped seeing my counselor about three months ago....she was the most amazing person and also a real hoot....I don't know where I would be now if she had not been there at that time. I am so glad that we hit it off as well as we did to as if you don't have a connection you need to find another professional. It has been the most unbearably painful few years for the entire family and I know that we are not the only ones going through this and much much worse too.  I understand that these things do not always work for everyone though so you can only do what feels right at the time.

    As others have said stress can inflame the situation in either direction and sadly that is almost impossible to avoid 99.9% of the time.
    Post edited by Cervus at 2013-06-26 04:47:20
    '' Sometimes I think I've felt everything I'm ever going to feel and from here on out I'm not going to feel anything new, just lesser versions of what I've already felt ''
  • Vote Up0Vote Down KatRobinKatRobin
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    I think it's great to have this thread too. I support the idea that MH issues should be raised and discussed openly. I've been on anti-deps, mostly Prozac, continuously for the last 20 years and see no likelihood that I'll ever be able to wean myself off, much as I'd love to. There just isn't the support to help people do this. If I were to try I'd no doubt need an extended period of time off work which just isn't possible. I'm in a good place emotionally at present, with the support of a loving and understanding partner at long last. My well-meaning but inexperienced friends cannot understand why I still need the medication, but as we know, it's about brain chemistry and chemical dependence. I would like to hear from anyone who can offer any suggestions...
    I guess the reason I'm such a huge fan of Goldfrapp is (as I've commented before)  because there is music for every mood; melancholic, whimsical, upbeat. I listen to Supernature and Head First at full pelt when I need cheering up....I hope Al and Will know how much they are appreciated, there is no substitute for music and art therapy. 
  • Vote Up0Vote Down StrangerStranger
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    You know what: I will delete this so people won't get accidentally offended when I referred to coping mechanisms for dealing with mental health issues.
    Post edited by Stranger at 2013-07-27 05:51:11
    “Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous." — Queen Victoria
  • Vote Up0Vote Down chokkachokka
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    Be careful when guessing... And when labelling with terms such as personality disorder based on a few written words.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down StrangerStranger
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    You know what: I will delete this so people won't get accidentally offended when I referred to coping mechanisms for dealing with mental health issues.
    Post edited by Stranger at 2013-07-27 05:51:17
    “Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous." — Queen Victoria
  • Vote Up0Vote Down StrangerStranger
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    You know what: I will delete this so people won't get accidentally offended when I referred to coping mechanisms for dealing with mental health issues.
    Post edited by Stranger at 2013-07-27 05:51:27
    “Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous." — Queen Victoria
  • Vote Up0Vote Down chokkachokka
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    Stranger said:

    But it's nice you're looking after him. We need more of that in the world.



    It's the job but cheers, its hard to switch off from it. Even on here.

    A key aspect of it is language and I'm not a fan of personality disorder as a term, it encourages further stigma from public and professionals alike.

    As for self-harm (automutilation sounds like a reflex reaction.... What a terrible notion), yes there are always underlying issues that need addressing.
  • Vote Up0Vote Down StrangerStranger
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    You know what: I will delete this so people won't get accidentally offended when I referred to coping mechanisms for dealing with mental health issues.
    Post edited by Stranger at 2013-07-27 05:51:34
    “Beware of artists. They mix with all classes of society and are therefore most dangerous." — Queen Victoria
  • Vote Up0Vote Down whisperitwhisperit
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    Meds aside, I'm sure that no one person can know what will work for another. For me, here are the dos and donts:

    1. DO NOT make mix tapes of suicidal blues songs like Johnny Cash singing "Hurt" or "I See a Darkness". (Yes, I actually had to work this one out!)

    2. DO get out of the house and speak to the bloke down the corner shop. Even if it's only to say, "I'd like a Twix please".

    3. DO NOT pay any attention to any thoughts thunk between the hours of midnight and six am, no matter how wise and true they seem. They are the verbal diarrhoea of Satan himself.

    4. DO go and stare at some ants in the garden. See if you can work out whether they always milk the same aphids or are more promiscuous. Or bees. Or those little red mite things that you get on concrete sometimes.

    5. DO get out of bed. In the daytime. And the night, when you need a pee.

    6. DO make that phone call, especially if it's to someone who you know is feeling a bit sad, or lonely.

    7. DO love the world. Examine it with tenderness.

    8. DO take the meds. At least until you can do 1-7 above.

    There are people on this board who have helped me too. You know who you are .
    :x
    Post edited by whisperit at 2013-06-26 12:41:18
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