Anyone else here suffer from mental illness?

[MrSquished]

its pretty fucking nuts when you think about it.

it is. I mean he had it all. Adulation. Stardom. He must have been severely torn up to take his life. It's just sad.

 

[BudAshes]

it is. I mean he had it all. Adulation. Stardom. He must have been severely torn up to take his life. It's just sad.

No matter what you have and who you are we are all trapped in our own minds.

 

[darkswordsman17]

I have some concern that I might have some, so far, benign bipolar. But reading up on this stuff and it's easy to convince yourself that you have all of it (or none of it if you don't want to believe that you can be a narcissist, sociopath, psychopath, etc), let alone sort a real disorder from the general "happens to everyone" type of deal, especially when dealing with various stressors.

My Mom is almost definitely bipolar and has had a few serious episodes (generally came about due to major stress events). I can't be certain it is that specifically and not something else, but it's definitely there. There's some personality tendencies that I notice run in the family as well. One sister has PTSD due to a traumatic event, she got some help for it around the time it happened, but didn't keep up with it, and she has similar personality to my Mom and had issues before the event. I have another sister that suffers from panic attacks and migraines. I'm not too much like any of my siblings or other family though, but I try to be objective. Dealing with some of this stuff, I guess second hand (dealing with people who deal with it) I know it sucks, and would want to get help for it ASAP and not let it fester and turn into serious situation.

Of course none of them are willing to seek any actual help for it. But I guess they make do, but creates issues. Honestly the whole family group has a lot of issues, and it's like they have no real awareness of how much it fucks up their (and others') lives. My one sister has 5 kids and between her, their father(s), and others, can definitely tell it has taken a toll on the kids. I try to make them aware of it and get them to work to be better, but it gets exhausting. They do at least work to get better and have seen tangible improvements in how they handle things. And I've gotten the Mom to take it seriously as well and not try to dismiss it.

I've been wanting to kinda get a mental health check-up (and undoubtedly could use some therapy due to some things over the years; losing family members after taking care of them, some other life stuff here and there), but sadly do not have the money or insurance that would cover it. Objectively it's nothing severe (would absolutely seek help if it was), and I work to make changes when I notice things that could lead to issues (even stuff like if I get to a routine of sitting on my butt too much, to say nothing of if I feel depressed, etc).

But does make you worry, as you get older, you tend to get more isolated and so could easily lose support system. It's easy to see how people can go off the deep end. Just wish as a society we could better talk about and address it.

 

[MrSquished]

I have some concern that I might have some, so far, benign bipolar. But reading up on this stuff and it's easy to convince yourself that you have all of it (or none of it if you don't want to believe that you can be a narcissist, sociopath, psychopath, etc), let alone sort a real disorder from the general "happens to everyone" type of deal, especially when dealing with various stressors.

My Mom is almost definitely bipolar and has had a few serious episodes (generally came about due to major stress events). I can't be certain it is that specifically and not something else, but it's definitely there. There's some personality tendencies that I notice run in the family as well. One sister has PTSD due to a traumatic event, she got some help for it around the time it happened, but didn't keep up with it, and she has similar personality to my Mom and had issues before the event. I have another sister that suffers from panic attacks and migraines. I'm not too much like any of my siblings or other family though, but I try to be objective. Dealing with some of this stuff, I guess second hand (dealing with people who deal with it) I know it sucks, and would want to get help for it ASAP and not let it fester and turn into serious situation.

Of course none of them are willing to seek any actual help for it. But I guess they make do, but creates issues. Honestly the whole family group has a lot of issues, and it's like they have no real awareness of how much it fucks up their (and others') lives. My one sister has 5 kids and between her, their father(s), and others, can definitely tell it has taken a toll on the kids. I try to make them aware of it and get them to work to be better, but it gets exhausting. They do at least work to get better and have seen tangible improvements in how they handle things. And I've gotten the Mom to take it seriously as well and not try to dismiss it.

I've been wanting to kinda get a mental health check-up (and undoubtedly could use some therapy due to some things over the years; losing family members after taking care of them, some other life stuff here and there), but sadly do not have the money or insurance that would cover it. Objectively it's nothing severe (would absolutely seek help if it was), and I work to make changes when I notice things that could lead to issues (even stuff like if I get to a routine of sitting on my butt too much, to say nothing of if I feel depressed, etc).

But does make you worry, as you get older, you tend to get more isolated and so could easily lose support system. It's easy to see how people can go off the deep end. Just wish as a society we could better talk about and address it.

That's tough bro. I wish you the best. Therapists are a great thing if they are good. I had therapists for over 15 years before they diagnosed me proper. That;s the greatest challenge, if you are willing to actually see a therapist it's finding a good one. If your family members aren't willing to actually seek help that's a problem. But like I said you can see therapists for years and they have no fucking clue what is wrong with you. Or you could get lucky and find a good one off the bat. But if you aren't willing to attempt to find help then it's a bigger problem. I'm sorry you lost family members, that's something I never had to deal with and I'm scared for when it actually happens. It must be brutal. My mother is my rock. I think you should reach out to a therapist and find one that is recommended for being good. It's a small investment but a good one. Maybe $150 an hour at least in a place like the NYC Metro area. It can't help to talk to someone. At least you get some sort of release if not nothing else. If you're lucky you can get actual working advice.

 

[nakedfrog]

how to cure mental illness? ''its all in the head'' same with depression there's no cure its the individual.

I'm not sure exactly what this is intended to mean, but it's in the brain, a complex organ with a bunch of interactions between chemicals and such. We've only in the recent past been able to start understanding how it works, and are generally at the treating stage, cure is a bit more complicated.
Removing the stigma attached to seeking treatment is a good step for society, people who don't comprehend the cause and nature of mental illnesses tend to brush it aside as people "just being weak" and not "stepping up" and just "getting over it".

 

[nakedfrog]

That's tough bro. I wish you the best. Therapists are a great thing if they are good. I had therapists for over 15 years before they diagnosed me proper. That;s the greatest challenge, if you are willing to actually see a therapist it's finding a good one. If your family members aren't willing to actually seek help that's a problem. But like I said you can see therapists for years and they have no fucking clue what is wrong with you. Or you could get lucky and find a good one off the bat. But if you aren't willing to attempt to find help then it's a bigger problem. I'm sorry you lost family members, that's something I never had to deal with and I'm scared for when it actually happens. It must be brutal. My mother is my rock. I think you should reach out to a therapist and find one that is recommended for being good. It's a small investment but a good one. Maybe $150 an hour at least in a place like the NYC Metro area. It can't help to talk to someone. At least you get some sort of release if not nothing else. If you're lucky you can get actual working advice.

Even here in the midwest a therapist is still $150/hour :|
My ex was bipolar as well, being on the other side of it could be pretty hellish. Fed into a nasty cycle with alcoholism, and she passed away at thirty-six.

 

[BurnItDwn]

Hmm, ADD, claustrophobia, & some of the anxiety and mania that bipolar types seem to go through, but thankfully not having to deal with depression type stuff.

Mostly I just want to get away from all the noise and hustle and bustle and traffic and congestion. I hate the open floor plan at work, sooo many distractions, can never focus on the dreary mandatory paperwork.

 

[BoomerD]

SUFFER from it? Hell no...I enjoy the hell out of it!

 

[Platypus]

Yes

 

[LPCTech]

I suffer from the mental illness of Trump and his impossibly stupid supporters. As do we all, and them too. lol

 

[Darwin333]

I wish ..... then finally I'd be able to cash in on some of them government money checks. 1.2 years without sex has got me pretty fvcked up right now though, no females in the San Francisco bay area will give me any pussy.

I did get the chance to meet someone who faked his way into that sh*t though. He got loaded on a bunch of meth then ran out onto a freeway and proceeded to play chicken with cars ..... guess that was enough for a mental health professional to write him of as mentally insane and unable to work. Has a kid, respectable looking wife and such ..... no place to live homeless and sh*t but hey, that's what these chicks wanna fvck on these days I guess.

You could always pay for it and get a nice mid/top end pro that really knows what they are doing. Make sure you get one that will stay for the whole hour (or whatever you pay for) since you will probably pop in a minute or two, js...