Posted by morgan miller on September 30, 2011, at 9:34:33
In reply to Re: What a biased title » morgan miller, posted by SLS on September 30, 2011, at 6:07:22
> > Oh geeze, may have made a bit of an inflammatory post. Scott, I was just making a point. I hope no offense was taking. I sure did not meant to piss you off at all. I just get a bit fiesty sometimes and impulsively spit out whatever comes to mind. Peace..
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> No problem. As always, I agree with your thoughts on the critical importance of environment on the development of many cases of mental illness. However, I believe that there is still a lack of understanding and appreciation for how biological these illnesses are once they are triggered. It might take environment to precipitate MDD, but it can be necessary to intervene biologically in order to "trigger" remission. Of course, many people will have psychological / emotional issues to process afterwards, but this is not true of everyone with MDD or BD.
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> - ScottI also want there to be the right amount of focus on the biological components and medical treatment advances. Though, I have become concerned in recent years over the focus on genetic causes. It seems every time you read an article or see something on tv, the movement is towards finding a genetic cause and a pill to fix it. This accommodates many people, the pharmaceutical industry and parents included. If this movement continues the way it is, without a good balanced focus, we will get away from the other crucial half of the fight against mental illness. People just want a simple easy explanation and cure, most do not really want to face reality and take responsibility.
I am one that believes we all have psychological wounds that need to be dealt with. I have a hard time believing there is a single person suffering from any mental illness that had a consistently loving and nurturing environment. That said, some may not find relief from their depressive symptoms even after working very hard in therapy. I do believe though, that all can-if they stick it out and do all the work-benefit from therapy. If you find the right therapist, and do all the work(this may take some time), you will be able to know yourself better than before, love yourself more than before, rid yourself of inner anger(that's inner anger, not the misguided crap that's driven by inner anger), and be able to communicate better with people in a way that will improve your ability to maintain healthy relationships. All of these things will eventually increase someone's chance of having a better life, and should increase chances of remission and recovery. Like the saying goes, "the mind is a powerful thing". I'm not saying we can just will ourselves to get better, just that we can influence the outcome of things at least a little if we stay the course and do the work.
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