Yeah I noticed after getting on SSRIs, that my sex drive went way down (not totally dead, but it isn't what it used to be - then again, whose is after 35?). As I've mentioned elsewhere, my wife has been dealing with her own issues around sex, so now we kinda match and it's worked out.
Masturbation releases all kinds of good-feeling neurotransmitters into the brain, so that makes sense that it would help with depression.
I had the sex drive. My penis was 100% dysfunctional even on Cialas.
Two important points I would say are:
1) Alcohol and nicotine are both extremely hard addictions to fight. Bless all of you who have recognize them for what they are and have successfully treated them for a large part of your life.
2) I am finding from hundreds of cases I know of, many so-called therapists are pretty good at diagnosis but fail to learn about techniques that help their patients with pragmatic solutions. Many disorders have effective ways for us to alter our behavior, and with practice can make our problems much easier to deal with.
For those of you with specific diagnoses that you think are reasonably accurate, there are some great books so help you recognize when you have your psychological challenge, and to do specific things to help yourself.
I wonder how many people cause problems for themselves AND OTHERS by being in states of denial.
Please learn to love and have faith in yourselves.
I have OCD which manifests in arranging things and finishing tasks. It’s a lot better as I get older, maybe because I have more control over my life. I dunno.
Two important points I would say are:
1) Alcohol and nicotine are both extremely hard addictions to fight. Bless all of you who have recognize them for what they are and have successfully treated them for a large part of your life.
2) I am finding from hundreds of cases I know of, many so-called therapists are pretty good at diagnosis but fail to learn about techniques that help their patients with pragmatic solutions. Many disorders have effective ways for us to alter our behavior, and with practice can make our problems much easier to deal with.
For those of you with specific diagnoses that you think are reasonably accurate, there are some great books so help you recognize when you have your psychological challenge, and to do specific things to help yourself.
I wonder how many people cause problems for themselves AND OTHERS by being in states of denial.
Please learn to love and have faith in yourselves.
I’m not sure why you’re associating drinking and smoking with mental illness? I’d also like to say that imho it’s better for someone to see a doctor if they are concerned, rather than reading random books For self treatment. If you have a diagnosis, please talk to a professional to determine what is the right treatment for you.
As for sufferers who are in “denial”, when you are diagnosed with a mental health issue, a lot of us struggle with accepting the diagnosis for a variety of reasons including what other people will think. It takes time to come to terms with it. You can’t just flick a switch and all of a sudden accept you have a problem.
If you have friends or family with mental health issues close to you please try to educate yourself even a little bit about their particular issues.
I’m not sure why you’re associating drinking and smoking with mental illness? I’d also like to say that imho it’s better for someone to see a doctor if they are concerned, rather than reading random books For self treatment. If you have a diagnosis, please talk to a professional to determine what is the right treatment for you.
As for sufferers who are in “denial”, when you are diagnosed with a mental health issue, a lot of us struggle with accepting the diagnosis for a variety of reasons including what other people will think. It takes time to come to terms with it. You can’t just flick a switch and all of a sudden accept you have a problem.
If you have friends or family with mental health issues close to you please try to educate yourself even a little bit about their particular issues.
Sorry to interrupt. But alcoholism is a mental illness according to the medical boards and all research. It can be hereditary as well. It is has been in my family for several generations. Drinking excessively is not just about partying. People with this disorder drink every day all day because they feel it is something they have to do to survive. Addictions are very real and are considered mental illness in one form or another. It is no different than OCD or an eating disorder. Never discount alcoholism as a condition. It is real and treatable and some of us fight it every day of our lives.
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When I first saw this thread go up I didn’t think many people would post here. I’m really pleased to see some have. I have been diagnosed as Bipolar type II, I have less severe mood swings than a bipolar type 1 person. I’m also diagnosed with PTSD, and severe treatment-resistant depression. Yes my life is hard sometimes but I have a great doctor and a great family to help me through. I’ve come to terms with the fact I will have to take drugs for the rest of my life, because without those drugs I wouldn’t be able to have a reasonable quality of life, or I wouldn’t be here at all. I used to care what people thought but really, what they think doesn’t matter. There is one thing that I detest though, and that’s people who make fun of mental illness. Use it as a joke, or as a means to hurt or bully others. You don’t realise it, but you can set someone who has had years or decades of therapy back by one little “joke” or derogatory comment. I’ve been here at lush for six years and very few people know I have these issues. Until today I’ve never mentioned it on the forums, for that very reason. (Being made fun of).
I think the people of the world could choose to be kinder to each other. That alone would go a long way towards wider acceptance of mental illness. Be thankful that you don’t suffer from any type of mental illness. I wouldn’t wish it upon anyone.
It is an error to think you know another person's suffering and journey by how they categorize themselves. I shall revel in my lunacy and not concern myself with what others think or find amusing. Some of us can sublimate. Others can't adjust.
It is an error to think you know another person's suffering and journey by how they categorize themselves. I shall revel in my lunacy and not concern myself with what others think or find amusing. Some of us can sublimate. Others can't adjust.
Cheers
Self Identified and Proud Loon
That is all.
I dont care how looney you are. When you type one word “loon” it can be taken in a multitude of ways. Not just the one in which it was intended.
You two are just rude and disrespectful. Did you have to do that on this thread? It’s taken me SIX YEARS to find the courage to tell others these things about myself. now I wish I hadn’t posted here at all. It’s not a fucking joke.
One of the few ways I cope with everything I’ve been through is by making jokes about it. I didn’t attack anyone. I didn’t criticize anyone. I spoke only of myself. Also, I think misogyny could fairly be classified as a mental illiness. Misogny is probably one of the leading indicators of a male who’s abusive. To answer your question everything is a joke to me. Not a funny haha joke, more of a sad clown kind of joke.
It’s good you’ve found the courage to tell others what you’ve been through. I respect that. It isn’t always easy. Maybe you could respect the fact I’ve found the courage to laugh about what I’ve been through. That is also not easy.
One of the few ways I cope with everything I’ve been through is by making jokes about it. I didn’t attack anyone. I didn’t criticize anyone. I spoke only of myself. Also, I think misogyny could fairly be classified as a mental illiness. Misogny is probably one of the leading indicators of a male who’s abusive. To answer your question everything is a joke to me. Not a funny haha joke, more of a sad clown kind of joke.
It’s good you’ve found the courage to tell others what you’ve been through. I respect that. It isn’t always easy. Maybe you could respect the fact I’ve found the courage to laugh about what I’ve been through. That is also not easy.
Misogyny is not a mental illness and if you believe there is such a thing as white privilege, that’s not a mental illness either. I’ve Never thought either of those things was funny.
Garden-variety depression and anxiety disorder. Both aggressively and well-managed with medication.
Mental illness really needs to be seen as something no different from asthma or heart disease or a host of other chronic physical illnesses--manageable with medication (or treatment, if you prefer), but not curable and certainly not something that the ill person brought upon themselves.
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You two are just rude and disrespectful. Did you have to do that on this thread? It’s taken me SIX YEARS to find the courage to tell others these things about myself. now I wish I hadn’t posted here at all. It’s not a fucking joke.
Also, I’ve been to many 12 step meetings for AA (as support for my wife) and 12 step meetings for my eating disorder. I think making fun of yourself is a pretty essential component to sharing. I’d even go so far to suggest in the very first step humor is implied. “We our powerless over our addiction, that our lives have become unminageable.” It’s in that “unmanageable” part people are often in an almost literal state of lunacy. Ive heard many people laugh about the absurd person they were when they were in the midst of their addiction. Addicts frequently joke about how they used to be awful drunks. I knew a person who hears voices. He jokes about the fact he hears voices. I’ve known people with Bipolar who joke about their manic episodes. In my younger years I was a misognyst and didn’t understand my privilege. So I joke about it. Maybe I should be more sensitive and understand not everyone finds humor in their circumstance. I could definitely work to factor that in my thinking. Sorry to have offended you.
Misogyny is not a mental illness and if you believe there is such a thing as white privilege, that’s not a mental illness either. I’ve Never thought either of those things was funny.
Ok, then I guess I should be banned from the site for trying to add levity. I’m the worst.
What is and is not a mental illness is not a fixed science. Rather, the definitions of 'insanity' have changed dramatically over history. Schizophrenics at one point were considered divine prophets and 'touched by god.' Depression was thought to be due to an imbalance of humours in the body (and now is being reconceptualized once more as an imbalance of brain chemistry, which is a similar idea, but with more scientific grounding). And it's only very recently that homosexuality was no longer considered a diagnosable form of madness. Substance Use Disorders (the current term for chemical addiction) are diagnosable mental health disorders included in the DSM (the big dictionary of disorders).
Using humour is sometimes therapeutic and sometimes defensive, but I haven't considered any of the jokes on this thread to be particularly offensive. However, I do appreciate the courage it's taken for some to post here, and would hope to keep the thread respectful, which includes avoiding tone-policing others for how they express themselves here.
Don't believe everything that you read.
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Quote by trinket You two are just rude and disrespectful. Did you have to do that on this thread? It’s taken me SIX YEARS to find the courage to tell others these things about myself. now I wish I hadn’t posted here at all. It’s not a fucking joke.
You choose to be offended* by everything very easily.
Ok I’m editing this post. Obviously I am a little over-sensitive about this. Not much I can do about that though. I apologise for disrupting the thread, sorry for offending anyone. That is all.
You choose to be offended by everything very easily.
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Perhaps sometimes, sometimes people are just naturally offensive.
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Ok I’m editing this post. Obviously I am a little over-sensitive about this. Not much I can do about that though. I apologise for disrupting the thread, sorry for offending anyone. That is all.
I suffer from bipolar syndrome - I dislike the term disorder - fortunately not in an extreme form, although I have experienced episodes of severe depression in the past. I have been through counselling and I was treated with an SSRI for several years but was able to stop when I started taking dopamine daily for severe restless leg syndrome.
In some of my poems I have tried to express what it means emotionally and intellectually to suffer from bipolar syndrome, and although the episodes of depression can be very unpleasant the highs are exhilarating and I would be sad to lose them.
I don’t have a pet dog or cat but I have no doubt that the gift of a wonderful granddaughter has been the reason that I have been free of all but the mildest episodes of depression for the last 21 months.
Definitely have anxiety issues, actually brought up the subject with my doctor on Tuesday,she is going to help me, and if needed will be taking the drugs to help me.Mental illness has been perceived as a sign of weakness, and it's not, and it's not a joke either. People who have opened up here are on the right track.If you suffer from mental illness please talk to someone,you can be helped.We need to start to talk more about this illness, loosing too many souls to this fucking illness.
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Quote by Rosepetals Does anyone here have a service dog? I was thinking of getting one.
More like an emotional support dog I guess.
I am still wary and distrustful of men.
And if you do get a service dog remember that you don't have to state disability in great detail but please don't be one of those humans that just owns a dog and takes it every where then states its a service dog when it hasn't been trained to be one.
Do purchase vest and of course they can't be pet by anyone--remind them that dog is working and them wanting to pet them is disrespectful and distracting.
Quote by fruit4passion Definitely have anxiety issues, actually brought up the subject with my doctor on Tuesday,she is going to help me, and if needed will be taking the drugs to help me.Mental illness has been perceived as a sign of weakness, and it's not, and it's not a joke either. People who have opened up here are on the right track.If you suffer from mental illness please talk to someone,you can be helped.We need to start to talk more about this illness, loosing too many souls to this fucking illness.
opening up to others, taking the step of seeing someone, working at getting your illness under control instead of letting it control you - all really difficult and courageous steps. and while i may joke about my own issues, that's how i deal with them - everyone else's i take very seriously. *hugs* i hate the drugs. sometimes, tho, you need them. and sometimes, after a while, you can get off them. everyone is different. i know lots of people on meds whose lives are changed, for the better, because of them.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
It’s taken me SIX YEARS to find the courage to tell others these things about myself. now I wish I hadn’t posted here at all. It’s not a fucking joke. 
