mistybison
Donna Doyle2 said:I honestly never thought I’d be the one giving this kind of advice to anyone, but wouldn't it actually be such a relief for you to just check into a hospital for a little while and truly decompress? Wouldn't it feel amazing to just relax, hang out with people, laugh, eat some good food, grab a coffee, or even have a smoke, all while knowing deep down that you're finally safe because there are doctors and professionals right there to watch over you? They might even be able to adjust your medication to something that actually helps you feel a bit more comfortable and at peace, so don't you think that might be exactly what you need right now?
mistybison
It’s just how it works for everyone, you know? I mean, truly *everyone* without exception! It isn't even about people trying to hide their despair or whatever; it's more like you simply don't have any other choice but to cling to those few fleeting moments in a day or a week where the darkness actually lifts, only for it to come crashing back down and making everything feel even heavier than before because you had finally started to get used to the weight, right? So then you're just left waiting, aren't you, just praying to catch one of those tiny windows of good spirits where you can forget all the trauma and the absolute mess of it all for just a few minutes?
I’m telling you, it’s true for absolutely everyone, I swear! Is there even a single person on this entire planet who hasn't dealt with their fair share of absolute chaos and deep-seated trauma? You’re dealing with psychosis while your grandmother was wandering around like a lost soul and your father was never actually around to support you, but think about how many others have faced much darker paths—some survivors of horrific abuse, some raised by fathers who struggled with alcoholism and turned violent against their families, or even those who suffered physical tragedies only to be cast out by their own kin and sent away to state facilities. Some people get blindsided by betrayal in relationships until they just snap, while others face spiritual crises that leave them seeking exorcisms or living in constant trances, or perhaps someone loses a child entirely... Nobody is putting on an act here, right? People don't choose this; they simply survive because they have to, pushing through day after day just to stay upright. Honestly, what else is life if not that struggle?
mistybison
You should probably post that on an alternative forum, because they’ll likely just delete posts like that here. Isn't it just so sad that the core principle in medical training for anyone becoming a psychotherapist is to never actually engage with the content of hallucinations? The way things are approached today is just so fundamentally flawed, isn't it? They basically tell someone already experiencing a crisis that something inside them is "broken" and needs to be fixed, which is really just another way of telling them to reject their own feelings because those feelings aren't considered "correct"—as if they didn't receive enough support growing up to handle it (which is actually quite possible and often the very reason these emotional experiences happen in the first place)!
Quote:>Harold Anderson3 says:
Can psychotherapy actually change what we have lived through, and can it truly heal those deep scars we carry from our earliest childhood?
If it could, wouldn't a whole lot more people be running to see a psychiatrist or a therapist?
What is even the point of psychotherapy anyway? Is it meant to mold us into who we want to be, or is it just about learning to accept ourselves exactly as we are? |
I honestly don't see much purpose in psychotherapy at all; I mean, you can talk to someone until the sun comes up, but nobody is ever going to be in your exact shoes, right? No one can feel your pain for you, no one can take your emotions away so you don't have to feel them anymore, and no amount of talking is going to convince you that you shouldn't feel the way you do (especially since you already know how you feel!)
Quote:> So, I’m a full thirty years old now, and when I look back at my life, I just feel such deep pity for myself because most of the time I've just dealt with nothing but problems, whether it was with the people around me or within myself.
I don't know, maybe it would have been better if I had never been born, and I frequently find myself thinking about death, whether through suicide or some other way.
I know I'm rambling a bit here, but I just don't know a better way to express myself. |
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It’s all just a matter of perspective, isn't it? Sometimes it just isn't a good idea to believe everything your own thoughts tell you!
Quote: Nash fell ill over fifty years ago, back when the side effects of the medications used then were sometimes even worse than the illness itself!
He wasn't even close to being functional, yet he completed the work that earned him a Nobel Prize before he ever received a diagnosis. He was unemployed for nearly his entire life until retirement, and even when he returned as a lecturer at Princeton, he was never fully healed. |
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I know a professor in London who had a schizophrenia diagnosis and lived on social security for years, but now he teaches at a university and writes incredible articles about how society treats people with psychiatric diagnoses!
Harold Anderson3 says:
Heyyy Joseph Bailey41, why don't you post your picture for us? 🙂🙂
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Luckily, I don't have any formal training in this field, so I've just been doing some light reading here and there. I found it really interesting...
R. D. Laing I can't quite recall the name of the specific psychiatrist who worked with people during acute psychosis and achieved such incredible results. If my memory serves me right, his theory suggested that the state would resolve on its own within about 40 days, meaning the most critical thing you can do is simply ensure the patient has a supportive environment to recover in. In the meantime, other thinkers like Stanislav Grof have explored states similar to psychosis, and even Carl Jung intentionally induced those kinds of experiences in himself.
In looking through modern authors who specialize in trauma recovery, I’ve come across this idea that psychosis can actually be a way for the mind to re-experience an old, deep-seated trauma—usually something from early childhood—in an attempt to finally "flush it out of the system." It often happens when something in the present unexpectedly triggers those buried memories. Peter Levin once shared a case about a veteran who essentially had a breakdown after his wife gave birth; seeing his own child triggered such intense, suppressed memories of what he had witnessed during the war. Because of this, there's been a real shift lately toward somatic psychotherapies for severe trauma. Even things like art therapy—drawing, singing, or drumming—are becoming preferred methods. The logic is that since the trauma is stored in the body and the emotions, you have to meet it there to heal. Trying to talk your way through it using just the logical brain doesn't always cut it.
Another way to look at it is through those famous support groups—the kind that never quite took off here in the States, though they definitely have their pros and cons. On the plus side, you get to talk through things in a controlled environment with people who’ve actually walked in your shoes. It can really help take the edge off that sense of isolation and make problem-solving feel a little less daunting. On the flip side, there's a risk of getting stuck. You might find yourself circling back to a victim mentality or just dwelling on the trauma itself—kind of like how some veterans tend to stay in constant contact, endlessly rehashing their wartime experiences. For those of us who aren't experts, I think the most important thing to realize is that all trauma is fundamentally similar. Regardless of the circumstances or how old you were when it happened, we’re all dealing with something. At the end of the day, we’re all navigating the same thing: our own internal emotions and the ways we react to situations that don't actually pose a threat, even if our brains are convinced they do.