Posted by Christ_empowered on July 5, 2011, at 9:53:46
I talk to myself. Mostly, its due to social isolation, not mental illness per se; my mind gets worked up, I have nobody to talk to, so out it comes when I'm alone. Today my mother was doing some stuff upstairs and came down and asked "who are you talking to?"
I had to admit, I've been so socially isolated that I've taken to talking to myself. It relieves pressure in my brain, I can't really explain it. She calmly asked me how I'm going to get un-isolated, and I went on about how I'd recently made an appointment with the local mental health people and how I'm looking for work, etc. etc.
SO EMBARRASSING! Somebody, anybody, tell me that its normal to start acting a bit off if you've been all alone for way too long. I mean, at least I'm not trying to medicate my loneliness beyond just the Abilify...I used to do that (learned my lesson I suppose).
I'm just so embarrassed. I guess this is how you get re-socialized, though; embarrassment is part of the process.
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