Mental Health

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Im the opposite, im deadly terrifted of physical harm.

 

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my ex wife had chronic depression and extreme anxiety problems...which led to agoraphobia and all around non-dependability

People become very self absorbed when they have those issues. Ultimately it played a role in breaking us up

 

yeh i know what you mean about self absorbtion.. mental health effects everything.. you and everything you do.

 

I spent New Years '07 in a nut house. Met a girl I dated briefly there too. We had this hierarchy there to help round up people for meals and to lead groups. On my second day there I got elected president. President of crazy town.

I was having a lot of serious things going on in my life at the time, and I was dealing with them by drinking copiously.It led me to be really self destructive so I admitted myself.

I'm healthy as a clam now.

 

i go through bouts where i get help - don't get help

now i'm command directed to get help

 

I could probably use some counseling on occasion, but I am one of those people you can't make go

my parents took me to a drug counselor in high school, and the lady told me i could get away with what I was doing for a few more years.....I was happy

 

heh, i mention to my dad sometimes that i might need counciling but he always says i don't.. i guess the only way you end up in counciling is when your sent there.

 

I was advised by my neurologist to look into psychiatric programs, but i think im good.

 

Of course, these tiny men trying to crawl inside me think I'm crazy.

 

ive had mild mental health problems for years now. winter depression/seasonal affective disorder, panic/anxiety attacks, etc. not hugely major things, but they do impact my life negatively. could be worse. you find ways to cope or you floudner until you find another way to cope
my university has free counselling for students so thats definitely helpful

 

er, um, if you were to be seriously hurt physically, you would end with mental issues from that

so its probably better to deal with one than both (one being brought on by the other)

 

yeah what you're not realizing though is the mental damage, being physically hurt does to you.

Try not being able to move. And not being able to move, takes away everything you love. And takes away your life. That indeed affects your mental health.

I think there are ways to overcome mental illness and physical harm, but that both suck.

 

When I picture mental illness I’m reminded of Vincent van Gogh’s Self-Portrait with bandaged ear




The battle is within, and it's a war you can't win



Hotwater

 

i once knew someone who pretended to have several mental health issues to get drugs and pity. well maybe he really had issues, but he lied about everything else he ever said, so i have trouble believing this one too

 

Meh, everybody has something wrong with 'em. It's just a matter of severity.

I think it would be way worse to be a quadriplegic, stuck staring through a window all day, getting your diaper changed because you can't use the bathroom, not ever having sex again.

I think that even if you were mentally healthy before the accident, your mentality would decline severely and you probably be plunged into depression.

Any sort of long term physical ailment comes with some sort of mental repercussions.

So, really, I think it would be worse to have physical problems.

But mental issues are no walk in the park either.

 

I was mentally ill for a while.. well.. just really anxious and delusional and out-of control really.. but.. meds made it worse.. I guess because maybe I wasn't really mentally technically damaged.. unlike some people who really got their brains wrong.. I've known some.. way too neg really.. downer.. I guess I feel sad for some but.. some people just.. I dunno.. they suck. whatever.

 

Hipforums seem to be a potent place for mental illnesses... maybe hippies are the psychotics.

 

what's "mentally healthy" anyways.. you know? maybe those who we call insane actually are the "normal" ones..

well I dunno.. I just don't like psychos and avoid them. that's pretty much it. I don't care as long as you're not involved with me..