Posted by yxibow on January 10, 2006, at 2:36:21 [reposted on January 10, 2006, at 22:05:49 | original URL]
In reply to Do people get tired of hearing your problems?, posted by rjlockhart on January 9, 2006, at 23:30:40
> I jsut had a confrunation with my brother. He is a lawyer. He told me feelings dont matter, it is what you do that matters.
That's a hard one to parse. Actions matter in life, even if you have feelings -- even if you feel awful, one can't take it out by slapping someone or something. But it sounds like you didn't really have a good talk with your brother because your feelings are a part of your self and definately do matter.
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> I have posted so much on what i have gone through, and i feel its at a point of not even talking about anymore.Why? That's what everyone is here for, to talk things through, both here on the medical side and on the other sections of the board. Don't ever give up. Life is for living. That may be a simplistic phrase, but its true. And part of life is not always feeling good. But when you find something that really stimulates you, and engages you, that's when you have a hold on life. No pit of despair can't be climbed out of and put the pieces back together.
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> The feeling of people ignoring what you put as your troubles hurts.
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It does hurt. A lot of people don't understand psychiatric problems. They think its something that a rich person on a sofa talks about. Or you're just "crazy." Or lazy or all sorts of epithets because depression can really sink in.
But that's what people like us are here for, to listen to your troubles, and to try to put some pointers on getting your life in shape. And that's what your doctor is for or should be for.Mental illness has a stigma still even today; it is not covered nearly enough under most insurance, when in fact it is the cost of millions if not billions of dollars of lost time in business because people don't get themselves treated for what is a chemical imbalance. If it were ever classified as a medical illness to the same extent that diabetes is one or whatever, it would be put on the same level as that. And it should, but that is just my opinion.
> Does anyone else feel this way?
I think you're just going through a downswing period at the moment, Matt. Babblemail some of your friends on here, I dont think anyone would grow tired. As they say, there is always someone with something worse.
To good feelings. Tidings.
- J
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