What's with men overly using emojis? 馃
they appear to be happy... suspiciously too happy
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AndrewC1993 路 31-35, M
AndrewC1993 路 31-35, M
@Melpomene Yet, when we have decent people around and they understand you and they get it. I know you'd be a lot more content. You feel like you are carrying a load because you perhaps feel that you have no one to really talk to.
How you feel, the depression, the anxiety? It stems from some kind of trauma and more I understand about depression and people who talk about their life that have it? The more its beginning to look like a fact.
So, my questions is, do you have anyone to talk to, to lighten the load? Have you shared a traumatic experience with anyone?
How you feel, the depression, the anxiety? It stems from some kind of trauma and more I understand about depression and people who talk about their life that have it? The more its beginning to look like a fact.
So, my questions is, do you have anyone to talk to, to lighten the load? Have you shared a traumatic experience with anyone?
Melpomene 路 22-25, F
@AndrewC1993 You can't always talk things through, that's why there are therapists. I can't let my emotional baggage hold me back from moving forward.
AndrewC1993 路 31-35, M
@Melpomene Yet you don't want it to go unresolved either. The only way to truly move forward is to lighten everything, you'd even move a lot faster. Hell, ye might even be happy that someone is willing to take the time to sit with you and to listen. Sometimes a really good friend can help in ways a therapist can't and vice versa.
AndrewC1993 路 31-35, M
@Melpomene We all know that :)
AndrewC1993 路 31-35, M
@Melpomene I have mania, so I'm the polar opposite of you. Something I written not too long ago. Maybe you'll get something out of it? :)
https://similarworlds.com/9-Health/3055102-Mental-Health-There-is-a-lot-of-assumptions-out
https://similarworlds.com/9-Health/3055102-Mental-Health-There-is-a-lot-of-assumptions-out
Melpomene 路 22-25, F
@AndrewC1993 I'm actually bipolar, type 2, so most of the times I'm depressed.
So I've read your post and:
1. not everyone is comfortable talking about mental illnesses
2. always surrounding yourself with people that are better than you won't always do you good
3. are you sure you're getting proper treatment? it sounds like you're still very hyper (more than most of the people)
P.S. avoiding people that are "negative" and "bad" for us might strip someone a chance to get help. Most of the people would be happy by default but their problems are making them miserable.
So I've read your post and:
1. not everyone is comfortable talking about mental illnesses
2. always surrounding yourself with people that are better than you won't always do you good
3. are you sure you're getting proper treatment? it sounds like you're still very hyper (more than most of the people)
P.S. avoiding people that are "negative" and "bad" for us might strip someone a chance to get help. Most of the people would be happy by default but their problems are making them miserable.
AndrewC1993 路 31-35, M
@Melpomene yeah and that's why I have written it because it should be talked about because the more we talk about it, the more we break the stigma because its ok to not be ok.
I am on Olanzapine. It is the right treatment and it works for me. The hyperness? I want it. I need it. Without it? Its not me. How do we separate the personality from the illness?
Its a question I thought about, but it is a difficult one to answer. At least I'm not psychotic right now. :)
And as for the negative people, some may just be realist and their heart is in the right place but on the otherside of it, you have people that are just controlling, manipulative and just toxic.
I am on Olanzapine. It is the right treatment and it works for me. The hyperness? I want it. I need it. Without it? Its not me. How do we separate the personality from the illness?
Its a question I thought about, but it is a difficult one to answer. At least I'm not psychotic right now. :)
And as for the negative people, some may just be realist and their heart is in the right place but on the otherside of it, you have people that are just controlling, manipulative and just toxic.
Melpomene 路 22-25, F
@AndrewC1993 Yes but that's not what I meant. It's not always appropriate to talk about it.
What's the difference between having and not having a treatment. I agree it shouldn't make a drastic difference between real personality and illness treated one but what's the point if you're still very much hyper? Also, how would you know if it's working the right way or not?
I was a toxic person too and what really pushed me back to the good side was help from a dear person. She could've just left me like everyone else but instead she reached out.
What's the difference between having and not having a treatment. I agree it shouldn't make a drastic difference between real personality and illness treated one but what's the point if you're still very much hyper? Also, how would you know if it's working the right way or not?
I was a toxic person too and what really pushed me back to the good side was help from a dear person. She could've just left me like everyone else but instead she reached out.
AndrewC1993 路 31-35, M
@Melpomene And for you, she was your light. And yeah I agree, you'd have to be willing but I'd always stress the importance of sharing especially to someone who ain't gonna judge.
And I like the hyperness, its that energy I need for creative work. I was on other meds that might as well made me clinically depressed, high dose. Depakote, it made me horrible, I couldn't cry at the movies at a really sad part and I hated not being in touch with my emotions. I didn't feel human and I felt like a zombie and I didn't get much enjoyment out of things I would have normally liked, but on a certain level that I am on now?
I can and its so me!
And I like the hyperness, its that energy I need for creative work. I was on other meds that might as well made me clinically depressed, high dose. Depakote, it made me horrible, I couldn't cry at the movies at a really sad part and I hated not being in touch with my emotions. I didn't feel human and I felt like a zombie and I didn't get much enjoyment out of things I would have normally liked, but on a certain level that I am on now?
I can and its so me!