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Originally Posted by Row Jimmy
Unfortunately, there are many people in society that will never believe mental illness is an actual disease, affliction, or condition from which people suffer. It stings even more when those close to us don't believe it. In spite of having been officially diagnosed by a board certified psychiatrist who teaches at a major US med school, I still have people in family who claim that "there's nothing wrong with you" and I "just need to relax more" or "drink a beer" or "chill out".
All we can do is try to find the best support network we can find and set our minds to doing whatever it takes to get better and stay well/
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I have many people in my family who often tell me to "get over it" especially from my hypocritical father who will never admit he's a alcoholic or that he has some issues himself. And guess who always begs me for my Ativan because they wake up with panic attacks? My dad! Whenever I mention that I need to make it to my pharmacy he tells me to stop popping pills and just get off my lazy *** because duh, laziness is my real problem! And my sister says I just have to be strong. My brother is probably the only one who cares about my illness and knows the seriousness of it. He tells me all the time to never skip my meds and when I can't find a way to pick up my meds he finds a way. I'm a few days shy of getting my next Ativan script and yesterday I had a panic attack and couldn't even drive. He got me a Valium and brought it to me and told me to rest. I've learned there's a lot of stigma against BP and I'm very careful of who I talk to about it. Even to just mention that I take anxiety meds make people go wide eyed. Ppl need to friggin educate themselves!