Posted by poser938 on March 3, 2014, at 12:51:29
In reply to Re: Severe Mental Illness is treated like a joke, posted by Tomatheus on March 2, 2014, at 15:59:32
> So, how can we convince more people that the reasons why we're not functioning the way we used to have nothing to do with not trying hard enough and/or having given up? I think that the answer rests with finding proper treatment so that we can thrive once again and prove those with the misguided ideas wrong. Unfortunately, doing the first part of what I wrote (finding proper treatment) can be so difficult for some of us. The treatments that we have available to us don't seem to have the best success rates and may even make our physical and mental health worse -- and I know that for you, they seemingly have. When the treatments that we try don't work, those who say that our problems are due to us not putting forth enough effort or failing to "pull ourselves up by our bootstraps" will see the fact that we didn't respond to treatment as a confirmation that they were right all along. But that's one reason why we have to keep trying. In my opinion, we'll have our best chances at proving those whose ideas I think are misguided wrong if we find the right treatments and then go on to truly recover from our illnesses.
>My thoughts exactly. I cannot wait to become a functional, independent person again and prove everyone wrong. I've told my mom, I don't actually expect them ton"get it" until either I get better from this, or when I'm dead. Until then i expect they're going to continue to live in denial.
But I can't help but think that part of the problem is, that if they were to take my mental health situation seriously, then they would feel morally forced to "put their money where their mouth is". I am 26 and still have to live with my parents because of this disabling illness. But I feel they don't want to actually have to put themselves under the mental stress of taking me seriously.I cannot wait to prove them wrong about all this.
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