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In reply to the discussion: Dealing with mental illness: Two steps forward, one step back for a lifetime because we deserve it [View all]Kaleva
(36,375 posts)5. A big problem with mental illness is that the mentally ill dictate the treatment
I've been dealing with this for close to 20 years and it's a challenge
It can be a quandary when an ill person cannot recognize the situation they are in and all they learned from years of both in patient and out patient treatment and what others say to them during the episode goes out the window. .
The best I can do is to keep the person alive and put up with the verbal and sometimes physical abuse until this passes
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Dealing with mental illness: Two steps forward, one step back for a lifetime because we deserve it [View all]
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
OP
You do not deserve pain and misery, I can tell by your writing that you are a thoughtful considerate
Walleye
Aug 2023
#1
I can tell you I wish that had been the case with the many times I sought help. It wasn't.
OldBaldy1701E
Aug 2023
#9
i saw this on fb the other day. it's about grief, but the same cld b said for mi-
mopinko
Aug 2023
#19
Not unlike an LSD trip unless you have been there you cannot understand.
twodogsbarking
Aug 2023
#20
I've got no background in pharmacology or medicine, but even I was familiar with those drug names.
BlackSkimmer
Aug 2023
#25
Since she was 17, my daughter has been diagnosed as schizoaffective: schizophrenia & bipolar.
elocs
Aug 2023
#31
I have a broken relationship with my father, but he was abusive even into adulthood
AZLD4Candidate
Aug 2023
#41