effects and aftermath - Mental Health Message Board

christina316 · 01-17-2007, 05:32 PM

I hold strong the belief that it is unjust to give all problems perminate labels, especially when they are resolvable. Mental health care involvment often provides aid in managing things differently and taking a new grip on life. Still, I wonder, does the positive outweigh the negative?

Last summer my depression, destructive ways, and tendency to hallucinate, and paranoia brought me into the system against my will. It resulted in eight days of hospitalisation and medications. After three months I broke away from the system against medical advice, replacing my depression, emptiness, and learned depersonalisation with a terrible want to get revenge at them (not to the extent of finding the motivation to actually do anything). Whenever I'd think of the experience (and I occasionally still do) I would stress out over it and fill myself with a deep hate. Everything somehow seemed connected in the most unrealistic ways. Now things have calmed down and my anger has simmered down since that I've broken it down into some sort of understanding, almost like a reflection that makes it easier to understand.

Before I ramble on, although I don't debate whether things have changed for the better (I believe that time changes our perceptions naturally), I wonder if the involvment of mental health care professionals has so many downfalls that it's better to avoid the system at all costs.

What do you think?

merjn · 01-17-2007, 06:10 PM

I agree somewhat with you.

I believe the mental health or "system" is there for a reason. A good one at first but you cannot rely on it which so many do all their life.

I think in order for us to change we have to change our perception of the world and change the way in which think the "truth" is to us..

Goal setting is very good, But people stop there..
Write a goal..Read it..and then visualize that goal and give it a feeling and you will change I promise you that. Also so many people get trapped in goal setting up to a point.. You also need to goal set through a point as well.

Like I want to graduate, well you need to study...see what I mean?

Sannah · 01-17-2007, 06:58 PM

Christina, counseling changed my life and made it 2000% better. I used to be anxious and didn't function very well. Counseling helped me to understand how my dysfunctional upbringing put thoughts in my head which caused the anxiety. In counseling I learned which thoughts were not correct/functional and changed them and now I lead a very happy life and I am functional beyond my wildest dreams. I think that denial and fear stop a lot of people from getting the help that they need and you have to work. The system is not going to fix you. You have to use their expertise to fix yourself.