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Originally Posted by Anika.
I was commenting here about therapist and psychiatrists and the info they give or do not give and the picture of our future they often paint. I certainly was not making it about meds or no meds but replying to what some people said their pdocs or T's had told them which seemed to be a bit of a hope robber.
That is the only thing I was concerned about. Because I have been in the position of being told by my health care professionals that as a bipolar 1 patient with so much psychosis and rapid cycling that I pretty much had a doomed future ahead of me and the most I should hope for was a small break here and there. I bought it hook line and sinker and that was more damaging to my life and wellness than I think they realize. I don't want people to feel like there is no hope of a better life, or no hope of becoming relativily symptom free.
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Yeah, that is my problem too. I think that telling people at bad point in their life it's life time of suckage ahead... is criminal. And to tell them they have to count on meds to relieve it... and if the meds don't work there's more meds or ETC (this is what I read on too many blogs and communities. And some of the people FLIP when mentioning they can do a lot for themselves. They say it implies "I am not doing enough" and "it's my fault". So you have illusion of "not my fault"... and no future.
Learned helplessness. I think that's what often ruins life, more than the disorder itself. It's not really matter of severity... not 100%. What matters is what *you* do. And one has to find it themselves. So that is why I am bit
when I hear people say "doctor told me...". Because your doctor doesn't live in your skin... and cannot make decisions for you.
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