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Mental Illness and Healing
Once I was diagnosed with a mental illness my life changed forever. My whole world was completely enshroded by a cloak of dispair. My thoughts turned to- What just happened to me? and Will I get better?
Now the focus turns to healing. Note I said healing not curing.
Understanding my illness and its symptoms was the best way I knew how to start. I read up as much as I could about my diagnosis. I tried to learn about which symptoms caused me the most distress and misery.
I have taken umpteen therapy groups and lessons but none of it ever sank in. I think this was because for one, I was on heavy meds and my head was in a fog all the time. My intellctual part was asleep for a very long time. The other thing I think was my total lack of understanding of things. I was like a zombie unable to grasp what they were throwing at me.
I ended up in intensive therapy for the last 5 years and it is helping me to fianlly see somethings. Along with that I am not on those heavy meds anymore I feel I can think for myself again.
Therapy is necessary to help me with learning new coping skills. I am hoping this will eventually lead to a new way of life.
The point of therapy is to help us change our patterns. The patterns I am talking about are our thought patterns, our behaviourial patterns and our mood patterns. The way to change these patterns is by therapy with a trained therapist. It can't be done alone.
I think you must begin by exploring yourself and find out what is making you tick. In this area I have been in a fog my entire life. I have no identity.
So I am exploring that part of me now.
I feel like I am not progressing but if I look back 5 years ago I really am. Maybe now my problem really is- I'm not progressing fast enough. Maybe it is just because I am in a "sick" phase right now I just see the negative and don't have the ambition to follow it up. It is mostly a combination of all three. Just like I am trying to say, thought, mood and behaviour.
I am hoping I am ready to explore me. What changes do I have to make, what steps do I have to climb, in order to achieve a change in myself that allows me to shed the feeling misery and distress that follow me everywhere I go.
What an open plan. Where do I start? It is so big, I am afraid of the task. It is too daunting. Okay, well first I must get my bearings and maybe make some goals.
Yup, they always say make goals... but what goals? I don't know who I am. Goals - life goals or something less lofty? Well, goals specific to my illness would be nice. Something like goals with the interpersonal chaos I feel all the time with relationships. That would be a good start because I have to be a hermit.
Here are a few helpful pages :)
 Personal Goals
Goal setting is a good start on trying to change from negative to positive.
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and me
Thoughts, emotions and behaviour are connected to one another.
101 Things to Change My Mind
By finding something to do to help get your mind off your problems you start the road to feeling better.
Personal Bill of Rights
Identify and Express Your Feelings
Get In Touch with yourself
When Under Attack
What to do when feeling attacked
Aroma Therapy
Aromas enhance our sense of smell to induce peace and serenity by reducing stress.
Herbal Therapy
Alternate Medication
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