Something's up... anyone else?

Look, find a moment to check out this link and this one.

I suspect your friend is wearing you thin.

Does she have anyone sane in her family? Because if things are actually as bad as you're describing, she needs professional help immediately.

Betty Rivera14 said:Come on, find a little time and take a look. Here? I think you missed the rest of your thought there. You just dropped an "i" and nothing else. What are we even talking about? Give me something to work with here. Here. .

I honestly think that friend of yours is just draining you.

Is there anyone even remotely sane in that family? Because if things are actually as bad as you’re making them out to be, she needs professional help, like, yesterday.

I'll check it out.
Angela Kelly has absolutely nobody. No brothers, no sisters... no mom, no dad. She isn't even on speaking terms with any of her relatives. Just totally alone.
Maybe she’d go back home if she actually wanted to, but she lives way too far from where she grew up. Plus, she went through some seriously heavy trauma during the war. It's a lot to carry.
It’s just a dog. That's it. Nothing else.
Got my appointment with the psychiatrist lined up for next week. But honestly? She already told me she isn’t going to touch on my "vibes" or whatever. Apparently, if I bring that up, she’ll just write me off as crazy. Great. Just great.
I'm just sitting here hoping my psychiatrist actually has enough sense to grasp what's really going on.

Hannah Davis18 said:You really aren't qualified to be handing out diagnoses like that.
And if you honestly think she’s just doing this for attention, it might be better to just stop acting like her friend instead of wasting her precious time...

If you actually want to help, then maybe help her find some real professional support.

I'm with you on this one...

Besides, a woman doesn't necessarily have schizophrenia—given everything she’s written about the war and those horrors she went through, it could easily be a severe case of PTSD, which is something quite treatable...

But for heaven's sake, please don't patronize her by acting like she's making it all up, or being lonely, or just being dramatic...
🙄

Angela Kelly said:I'll look into it..
She doesn't have anyone at all—no siblings, no parents, nothing. She isn't even in contact with any extended family.
Maybe she would reach out if she actually wanted to go home, but she lives far from where she grew up, and frankly, she went through some absolute nightmares during the war.
Her only companion is her dog.
She has an appointment with a psychiatrist next week, but she mentioned she won't bring anything up regarding her "vibes," fearing they'll just write her off as crazy.
I'm just hoping the doctor is sharp enough to see what's actually going on here.

I don't mean to scare you, but if she truly has these serious paranoid delusions and is genuinely terrified, please don't get too deeply involved. You’ll start noticing things that suggest she needs psychiatric help, then she’ll start noticing that *you* are noticing, and her reaction could be unpredictable. If you happen to know who her primary care physician is, try reaching out to them or perhaps a specialist; because if this really is schizophrenia, there will come a point where hospitalization becomes unavoidable.

Taroth said:Haha,

If you head over to a TM center in a place like Columbus, you could find about 500 scientific studies specifically designed to measure the actual impact of TM.

I’ve actually dug through some of those studies myself.

I just started typing this, so I hope someone hasn't already jumped in with an answer...

There is definitely a mountain of research out there regarding the positive effects of meditation (Mahatma Gandhi realized that was the hook to win over Americans when, back in the early days of its Western expansion, headlines would run stories about some guru from India curing headaches without any aspirin—suddenly, spirituality wasn't such a hard sell! 😂)).

But at the same time, the consensus is usually that people dealing with mental health issues shouldn't practice it, or if they do, it absolutely shouldn't be without professional supervision. I can't recall the exact details of the training sessions since I was just in elementary school back then, but if my memory serves me right—and correct me if I'm wrong—there's a process where you fill out a questionnaire that asks you to disclose if you have any mental health conditions. I'd love for someone to confirm or deny that, because I'm not entirely certain. 🤔

What I am sure of, though, is that no sane person would recommend mental exercises to someone struggling with mental illness. While it might actually help them, it could also potentially cause more harm. These techniques are meant for "typical" people. I mean, maybe something like this *could* help those struggling, but only under the guidance of a clinical professional who knows exactly what they need—not through some generic course or by picking up techniques from a book. And let's face it, finding a real expert among all these self-proclaimed "specialists" is nearly impossible.

Oh, and besides people with mental health struggles and addicts (including former addicts), there are others for whom meditation is either discouraged or requires extreme caution.

Balkanijan Pig said:😂 )

But then again, there’s also this general sentiment that people dealing with mental health issues shouldn't be messing around with this stuff—or at least shouldn't do it without supervision. I can't quite recall the specifics of how the coursework was structured back in the day (I was just in elementary school at the time, a lifetime ago), but if my memory serves me right—and I might be mixing things up here—there was some sort of requirement, perhaps an application or a questionnaire, where you had to explicitly state that you don't suffer from any mental illnesses. I would love for someone to confirm or debunk this; I'm not entirely certain. 🤔

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Any witch worth her salt knows better than to advise someone struggling with their mental health to drop their medication while undergoing her treatments.

Michelle Patel78 said:Any seasoned healer worth their salt knows you never, ever suggest someone dealing with mental health issues drop their prescribed therapy while undergoing your treatments.

Look, I’m not talking about ditching medication entirely. I mean staying out of the meditation business when it comes to people struggling with mental health. It should always be an addition to their existing therapy, never a replacement.