Our world is illusionary - where did we start from /come from? - darwinism -v- apeism? - Garden of Eden sounded a good place to start almost synonimous with alice in wonderland ; fairies at the bottom of the garden ; dog eat dog or dog dies for other dog? - it's a mad mad mad mad world - some will be kind some will murder ; some will share some will lust?? - where did we really come from and where are we gonna finish up? we are all prisoners of our own device - hotel california here I come!!
One of the Things About Mental Illnesses
- Thread starter Ruthanne
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Are we all prisoners of our own minds. Imprisoned by our thoughts, ideas, culture, goals, a sense of belonging and everything else that comes with being a human and how we have learnt to live. You may go through a point in your journey in life when you feel trapped inside your mind. The insecurities, self-doubt and everything else that could go with it, pile up, and somehow you find yourself imprisoned inside your own mind. I guess at times, we are guilty of overburdening ourselves, and in the process, also start manufacturing problems for ourselves. What the world thinks of us, or the desire to be liked and admired, chasing a goal or ambition.
The need to succeed and get somewhere, can all get very taxing. Prisoner of a mind is not really a self-help book, but rather a compilation of thoughts of a human mind. Most of us experience our life differently and in our own unique way. Learning from each other is how we get started. This book is dedicated to all those struggling human minds who find themselves on a journey. Chasing their goals, ambitions and everything else along the way. Life is a journey of continuity, with no preconceived idea of a final destination. So I am learning to let a life live through me, and experience living for as long as it can.
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Mr. Ed
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One of the Things About Mental Illnesses is no two things are alike.
The risk of depression, psychosis, or suicide in first-degree relatives of index cases of bipolar disorder is 20–25 percent. The same risk is found in fraternal twins, but it is about 70 percent in identical twins, leading to a monozygotic–dizygotic risk ratio of more than 3:1.
gruntlabor
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Thank you. And the risk is great with drug abuse, whether illegal or physician prescribed.
OneEyedDiva
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Unfortunately you are right Ruthanne. I'm hoping that in this day and age, more will be done to understand, adequately treat and manage those who are mentally ill. Certainly police need to be trained in how to deal with the mentally ill they come in contact with. The police killed a mentally ill man during a confrontation of a domestic nature. There was a protest and the feeling was that if the police had partnered with our hospital's task force to handle calls involving the mentally ill, the situation would not have escalated to the point of a cop shooting him.It is very much stigmatized and wrought with Discrimination.
Once people know you have mental illness they sometimes have you down for a psychopath or someone who is with ill intentions towards everyone.
It's simply not so. People with mental illness are the same as everyone else and wish to lead the same kind of life most enjoy .
The incidence of violence by mentally ill is about 4 percent of the population. The rest of the violence is by so called normal people.
Learn the facts by doing your research on mental health. Goodluck.