Someone please help me understand something; I searched for some time for a site like this one, where people who actually "get it" are here to support one another towards better mental health.
What I seem to find though, is so many people in pain, who seem so comfortable in their pain that they are not willing to get help.
I struggle to say this out loud, as there are those who have been there for me when I was down, but I really struggle to continue to be a part of this society where I feel that people just want to feel sorry for themselves and to drag others down with them.
I struggle too, I have a hard time holding on somedays myself; but I WANT to be healthy, and am making steps in order to achieve this.
I can no longer relate with the constant self-defeating and pity parties for one's self that is so rampant in here.
This site could be so wonderful! This could be what I thought it was, a site for encouraging one another and sharing our journey...granted, our journey is going to include some downfalls, I have them too, but this site should be about mental health (emphasis on health); and I just feel like everywhere I turn I mostly see those who want a place where they can tell everyone how bad life if...If we're here, it's because we already know how bad life "Can be" (not IS).
Is it productive to complain ALL the FREAKIN' time? Life has dealt many of us a crappy deck of cards, but it is ultimately up to us to play that hand. I find myself just wanting to say "GET OVER IT!!!" I don't want to be a jerk, and apologize if I have offended anyone, but I am here because I care: I care about my own health, and I do care about your health too. Please, consider that there is hope for a better tomorrow; but recognize that it won't happen unless you MAKE it happen.
My own struggle with deciding which path to take as far as meds is concerned, and my opposition in general to psych. meds all along is that I see so many on meds who are no better off than they were before they began treatment (whether with meds or with therapy).
Life is special; each one of us are special too...if we can't see that in ourselves, then no one will see it in us either.
Blessings & Health,
Jon

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