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Posted by Christ_empowered on July 9, 2014, at 20:49:04
it just dawned on me...I have real bad mental issues. Probably will for a long time, maybe forever. OK.
What kind of J-O-B should I focus on, now that I have my wits about me and I can go to school (online) ? The problem with my situation is that I can get a degree all I want to; if I can't cut it in the work environment, or if I'm too old to start (I'm 30 now), so on and so forth..what's the point?
A group home does not appeal to me. I hear they can be violent places, and I'm not real into that.
Posted by Phillipa on July 9, 2014, at 22:23:12
In reply to autonomy w/ mental illness, posted by Christ_empowered on July 9, 2014, at 20:49:04
Stay on your meds, continue with online degree and see how you do. Could be with a degree that you will feel better about you and be able to work outside the home. What is this about a group home? You haven't mentioned this before? Phillipa
Posted by Lamdage22 on July 11, 2014, at 6:40:44
In reply to Re: autonomy w/ mental illness » Christ_empowered, posted by Phillipa on July 9, 2014, at 22:23:12
Im going to co-found a group home. Whats wrong with it?
Posted by Christ_empowered on July 11, 2014, at 13:44:17
In reply to Re: autonomy w/ mental illness, posted by Lamdage22 on July 11, 2014, at 6:40:44
Nothing...where you live. Around here, the living conditions are bad and shrinks get to have all kindsa control over your life :-(
I was labeled a trouble maker and abused by shrinks. I mean...ECT, confidentiality violations, everything. I'm really not looking to have mental health "professionals" have too much control over my life, at least not around here.
Posted by babbler20 on July 11, 2014, at 22:29:40
In reply to autonomy w/ mental illness, posted by Christ_empowered on July 9, 2014, at 20:49:04
If you are good with numbers, I would say get a degree in accounting. Getting a degree in software or hardware would be an even better idea. Most of those guys have Aspergers and are very unhappy people.They don't expect accountants or IT professionals to be happy-go-lucky people and you don't have to interact much with people. If I had to do it all over again, I'd get a degree and a job in IT. Unfortunately, I got a job in Communication and I've only had sales jobs where I've had to fake it until I make it. Until I lost my most recent job, I'd go to work and make everyone think I was the happiest guy in the room and then I'd go home and think about how to kill myself. It was like living a weird double life.
Posted by Lamdage22 on July 21, 2014, at 13:07:13
In reply to Re: autonomy w/ mental illness, posted by Christ_empowered on July 11, 2014, at 13:44:17
> Nothing...where you live. Around here, the living conditions are bad and shrinks get to have all kindsa control over your life :-(
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> I was labeled a trouble maker and abused by shrinks. I mean...ECT, confidentiality violations, everything. I'm really not looking to have mental health "professionals" have too much control over my life, at least not around here.Well its not shrinks who have the control here. You seek a shrink independently of your group home. It could happen, that all patients have different shrinks. Or the same if they all like him/her.
Its only mandatory you see one if you are in trouble.I too have experiences you describe (except ECT). Im not labeled a trouble maker anymore, not by my current or past doctor.
Shrinks are only one part of a big machinery called society. In some ways society is right, in other ways its wrong. But thats the way it is and will always be.
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