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If you could choose to experience one mental illness for a day

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  • #102
    How Soon Is Now
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,136 ✭✭✭✭How Soon Is Now


    Every ****er and his ma suffers from something these days sure.

    Its got to point you could call in sick from work with "anxiety" and no one could say a thing.


  • #103
    Infonovice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 212 ✭✭Infonovice


    ChikiChiki wrote: »
    His mood was jovial and that morning he had got his haircut, fixed the lawnmower., and cut the grass. We said our good byes and he was sitting there on the couch turning on the racing.

    Then a few hours later I got the call of my brother who found him in the shed.

    I found someone before who had killed themselves, and I hope I never see that again.
    I'm so sorry for the loss of your Dad, for you and your family.
    I'm sure it meant as much for your Dad as it did for you, those last few weeks. I know he was suffering, but that time together with you, would have meant so much to him too.
    I wish all the best for you and your family getting through this.

    And the same as the other poster, thank you so much for sharing something so personal with us x


  • #104
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    How Soon Is Now wrote: »
    Every ****er and his ma suffers from something these days sure.

    Its got to point you could call in sick from work with "anxiety" and no one could say a thing.
    Attitudes like this are exactly why it might help if everyone got to experience a mental illness or disorder for one day.

    Anxiety is a very real, perhaps crippling illness. When I was in college, I worked in a cafe which, every month or so, a part of it was reserved for a social-anxiety gathering (bit of an oxymoron, I know :pac: )

    As far as I saw, a lot of the attendees were unemployed, or had managed to find work in places where they didn't have to endure much human interaction.

    For any of us who are sociable by nature, this can be difficult to understand. As can any form of anxiety - it is, by nature, irrational; and sufferers know it is. But the dread and anguish is very real, (it even has physical symptoms like vomiting and heart palpatations) and a little more empathy from the rest of us wouldn't take much effort.


  • #105
    Hobosan
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Hobosan


    As a schizophrenic, I was very curious what people had to say in this thread, until I read that the thread was actually an insult to people with mental illness.

    If I admit I'm not insulted, some people might think I'm crazy.


  • #106
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Hobosan wrote: »
    As a schizophrenic, I was very curious what people had to say in this thread, until I read that the thread was actually an insult to people with mental illness.

    If I admit I'm not insulted, some people might think I'm crazy.
    tell us about it, if you're comfortable doing that?

    Most people won't know much about the condition. I have a relative with it, and would be keen to know your experience, especially of mental health services.

    Not trying to pry, completely understand if you'd prefer not to discuss it.


  • #107
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,378 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    My first thought was depression, but I'd also appreciate experiencing the lupus fog and medical effects of my girlfriend's medication.


  • #108
    Wanderer78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,909 ✭✭✭✭Wanderer78


    No thanks, I've struggled enough with anxiety and depression


  • #109
    Hobosan
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭Hobosan


    A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »
    tell us about it, if you're comfortable doing that?

    Most people won't know much about the condition. I have a relative with it, and would be keen to know your experience, especially of mental health services.

    Not trying to pry, completely understand if you'd prefer not to discuss it.
    I don't get auditory or visual hallucinations and don't get depressed. I've had 2 episodes spaced 4 years apart which didn't last too long, so if it sounds like the condition isn't too bad from my point of view it's because it is not a chronic illness for me, as it is with many others.

    I'm quite sharp when I'm not manic and have no problems returning to work or education and excelling. The problem is that building a typical career seems an impossibility, as It only takes a few weeks of mania to nullify years of progress at work.

    I can't complain too much about the mental health services. There is massive variance between the temperament of those with mental illness so there's no system that will please everyone.

    I consider myself lucky in many ways. I was always very creative, so the idea that I may never have a typical career doesn't bother me. I was always predominantly driven by my creative work and though I enjoy socialising, I can equally spend all my time on creative work and don't get lonely, bored or depressed where others might.

    Where some people place a premium on high status jobs which is obviously a useful trait, I can imagine those people finding mental illness a heavier burden, as they may have little to fall back on if they become isolated or unemployable through mental illness.

    I was also extremely lucky to have many siblings that would take me in when I could no longer work to pay rent. I dread to think of how people cope when they have no support. Interestingly, the prognosis for schizophrenics in Africa is significantly better than in the West, in part due to their community oriented living. As the saying goes, it It takes a village to raise a child.


    Edit- I should expand a bit on mental health services since you asked specifically.

    It is clearly based on percentages. If 70% of patients react positively to medication and 30% react negatively, then 100% of patients are prescribed medication. Now apply that logic to everything. It is not catered to the individual and it can't be. There are not enough resources. Some patients believe they're over medicated and psychiatrists will fight them every second of the way if they want to reduce medication. Yes, there are people that do better with less and sometimes no medication, but most don't, so what are we to do about that?

    Another problem is being treated dispassionately. Mental health staff are polite but don't treat you like a real person no matter what your state. The reason is because the more staff treat you like they would a normie and empathise with your situation, the more the job takes a toll on them. It's similar to how psychopaths can make better military decisions; purposefully sacrificing troops without emotion if it means winning the war and saving more lives in the long run.

    Treatment is based on statistics. That's all you need to know about how mental health services operate in Ireland.


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