Psycho-Babble Social Thread 1104969

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Hello from a newbie; Shared peer experience?

Posted by GwenM905 on June 25, 2019, at 23:35:59

Hello, I'm curious if anyone else here has experience leading and participating in peer to peer mental health support groups. I'm currently in one, and am starting another to dispel stigma around mental health issues in the worldwide Muslim community. All shared experience appreciated!

 

Re: Hello from a newbie; Shared peer experience?

Posted by rjlockhart37 on June 29, 2019, at 23:15:12

In reply to Hello from a newbie; Shared peer experience?, posted by GwenM905 on June 25, 2019, at 23:35:59

i've been in cognitive behavior therapy groups, one was at psychiatric hospital...they would have a board and teach about CBT, would write people's issues then apply the program. The unit we were in, we started having recreational time, and support group time. After i left the hospital, they had outpatient program which was more peer to peer, talking about addiction, and depression. It was more like a alcoholics anonymous or narcotics anonymous mixed with issues like co-dependency, depression.

when i was younger...i went to a church youth group, we would have service and connect with each other, go eat or do things. It was like a support group, people would tell me call them if i needed somebody to talk too. Support groups are good because they let you talk, and get issues out in the group, then having a team support.

 

Re: Hello from a newbie; Shared peer experience?

Posted by alexandra_k on June 30, 2019, at 12:49:16

In reply to Hello from a newbie; Shared peer experience?, posted by GwenM905 on June 25, 2019, at 23:35:59

my experience is that dispelling stigma is important when it comes to alleviating individual shame and guilt. it can be nice to feel like one is not alone in the experiences that one has.

on the other hand...

my experience is that `normalising' mental illness can start out 'it's okay that you are like this / that you experience this' and transition into `you must be like this / you must experience this'.

for example...

`normalising' illness might start out with it being okay that you work less hours or that you take longer to accomplish the same amount of work.

'normalising' illness might then be that you are forced to work less hours (for less pay) or that you are only credited with the work you have done at 1/2 rate.

the idea seesm to be that from `normalising' illness we get this idea of accommodations... to `help' the person with disability.

from there we get to people `feigning' illness to get the accommodations. or (even if that isn't an issue) we get wide-spread resentment that some people think they are `special' that the standard rules don't apply to them or whatever...

so then they think they are justified in discriminating against people with disability. they think that actively discriminating against them amounts to fairness because they are putting right the unfair advantage they had because of the label.

so... if a person with disability is only required to do 1/2 the work... the response is to only give them 1/2 the pay...

which leads to a cycle of oppression, rather.

i have an issue at the moment where people are refusing to accept a thesis that I wrote in accordance with regulations. the issue seems to be that they have come to see `disability status' as `normal'. apparently they expect all their students as a matter of course to hang about spending years and years and years finishing up graduate level research on part time bases...

and it is now at the point where they will violate every university calendar regulation in the book to FORCE this fate on everyone.

i mean... if you think you are `better than them / better than that' then you certainly deserve to be knocked down / back a peg or two -- right?

it really depends on the context. it might just be the stage of development of the country i am in. we seem to be at the stage of development where psychiatry is a tool of political oppression where it is used to dis-credit people to force them to accept conditions of slavery.


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