Posted by yxibow on January 29, 2009, at 17:23:40
In reply to Re: Dedicated to those who cannot get better... » Garnet71, posted by SLS on January 29, 2009, at 7:44:23
> Hi Garnet.
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> You are a gifted thinker.
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> I just have a problem with your original subject line. I am not sure how you meant it.
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> I am not a big fan of the words "can't" or "cannot", especially when it comes to the treatment of mental illness. There is so little that can be proved at this point. How can one prove that someone will never respond to treatment unless they have tried all that is available and that will be available? For me, there are just too many variables extant for me to subscribe to what I see as an absolute statement. I guess I find the words to be a signal of defeat.
I also have some trouble with this -- the statement makes every case with terrific problems sound like fatal tissue necropsy, or something else to be rather blunt.Why assume the worst as if everyone had to be on a morphine drip when there could be some equally good combination around the corner.
Also, waiting until you are better (and this I have a lot of problems getting myself to get to this point) to do things in life means you may miss out on however much you can take from life at a given point.
Should you go out the door and walk around the block or sit inside the house with deep depression and regret you didn't walk around the block? I know it sounds capricious or something, but there is a point here.
-- Jay
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