Posted by Twinleaf on May 30, 2012, at 13:02:50
In reply to Re: What Is Passive Suicide? » Cecilia, posted by SLS on May 29, 2012, at 8:07:22
I think everyone here has a good understanding of, and empathy for, states of mind such as hopelessness, as well as of more positive, hopeful states. We have all probably been in both more than once. I feel that it can be a very helpful function of Babble to encourage others when they are really down - to point out to them that there are useful things they have not yet tried ( if this is true). To me, Scott's posts are especially inspiring, because, after 30 years of trying everything he and his pdoc could think of, and not having much success at all, his pdoc tried prazosin, and, against all the odds, it is really helping. Phillipa seems to be going through such a painfully low, hopeless state, and yet she has not tried nearly as many medications as Scott, nor has she been in long-term psychotherapy, as he has. It is very painful to me, personally, to read her posts describing her very real distress, without the addition of a constructive plan (not yet tried) which might have a chance of helping her feel much more hopeful and able to enjoy life. It is most probably time for me to stop reading them.
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