Posted by pedr on October 12, 2003, at 3:39:25
In reply to how do you explain your illness, posted by delna on October 10, 2003, at 11:07:20
>>> If you do reveal the real nature off the disease saying that it is a chemical imbalance and that only anticonvulsants stabalize you (asin my case)- u are considered as someone eratic and people would rather avoid you as they dont really want to take on the complication of dealing with a seriously mentally ill person.
- IMHO then you're better off without that person as a friend anyway. Ignorance w.r.t. mental illness is rife but I find that increasingly someone knows someone with head-problems (family, football team-mate, someone famous etc.). If they decide that you're somehow wholly deficient as person due to one aspect the **** them as far as I'm concerned - they need to grow up.>>> so which one is better- being mean/nasty: weak: or 'crazy' neither as far as i am concerened. so how do you build a life- especially a social life or deal with romantic relations.
- the romantic bit is really tough. I recently started coming out of 8 years of deep depression and being single and didn't have a clue. I couldn't drink (so that rules out bars&pubs here in the UK!) and was struggling. Then I tried internet dating where you actually get to know someone (via anonymous messaging) before meeting them - it saves a lot of time meeting people who are ignorant w.r.t. mental illness.>>> any one else with these problems??
- yes =0) Soooo many times I just wished I had something "normal" like a broken leg/torn ligaments/going bald =0) : people don't have a problem understanding those and not judging you wholly as a person by them.Good luck on your journey,
pk
poster:pedr
thread:267791
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/psycho/20031011/msgs/268596.html