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Reconnecting and in control of myself

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:24:16 +0000

I first came down with schizophrenia when I was 16, but I had no idea what had happened to me. I just knew that I had lost my ability to function like I used to and I couldn’t remember who I was anymore. It happened right as my friend was getting across to my mind that other people were around me that I couldn’t see, and I noticed people around (which later I have realized is an ability known as telepathy) He then said that they could know everything about me. That is when the illness hit, because it was not true that people can know everything about you, even if they could be in our minds.

What I have come to, that has cured me, is that people can not know who you are. Because, Who you believe yourself to be in your heart is who you are (Your Soul) From your soul is where you get regular functioning. You can decide how you want to come across to people and what is important for you to do and get done. If you believe that somebody could know this part of you it would throw you off completely from who you really are, and you would not be able to function the same and also you would begin to think all sorts of different dillusions about who you are and what reality really is!

So regaining a stable concept of what a normal person’s function is has enabled me to reconnect with my actual soul and to be in control of a ‘me’ that I actually recognize. To do this you must know that you heart (feelings) and your soul (who you believe yourself to be in your heart.) are hidden from the world.

I think a functioning in ourselves that we had never known about came over us suddenly and we were unable to distinguish the true boundry lines. This functioning is known as telepathy, being able to connect with other people in our minds. This is a function that we have control over. We can control what we speak in a similar manner to controling what we think. So having your thoughts known isn’t a privacy issue seeing that we choose what we will reveal to people!

pursue a personal recovery journey

admin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:48:51 +0000

There are a number of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic techniques used for Bipolar Disorder. Individuals may use self-help and pursue a personal recovery journey.
Hospitalization may occur, especially with manic episodes. This can be voluntary or (if mental health legislation allows it) involuntary (called civil or involuntary commitment). Long-term inpatient stays are now less common due to deinstitutionalization, although can still occur.[83] Following (or in lieu of) a hospital admission, support services available can include drop-in centers, visits from members of a community mental health team or Assertive Community Treatment team, supported employment and patient-led support groups.

Tom

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Overcoming schizophrenia

admin — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:41:52 +0000

“I was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 1989 after a break down caused by some difficulties I faced. The psychiatrists and nurses could not accept my explanation for what I thought and felt so they stamped me with the schizo label and doped me up. I still had all of the difficulties that precipitated my breakdown but now I was in a mental and emotional fog. My thoughts were lethargic and my emotional energy was muted by the drugs they told me were helping me. I tried to accept their explanation for my condition because I did not want to face what was really happening within myself.

After a while I acknowledged that my breakdown was painful and scary but I had survived it and as time went by I was able to face the Truth about my condition. By doing that I gained an incredible amount of inner strength.

I believe I had to suffer temporarily to gain this higher state of mental and emotional health. It may be true that I might have to face more difficulties within myself in the future. I am not going to shy away from it or deny why it is happening. It is a fact that we all suffer. It is also a fact that the suffering we face is only temporary and we learn and grow stronger because of it.

If any one is going through a seemingly bizarre, impossible to understand situation talk to people who have survived it, work on it within yourself, above all, BE POSITIVE! This too shall pass.

Please let people know they can contact me about their struggles with this thing known as schizophrenia and the battles they have with psychiatrists and the mental health field in general.

Leonard Sanders
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