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Jul 15, 2015, 07:25 PM
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This post is for the people who are Acoa and have a mental illness. I myself have an alcoholic father that was verbally abusive at times. I'm just wondering if there are more people like me an addict mentally ill and acoc. I have been thinking are all of these things related
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Jul 16, 2015, 08:25 AM
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Sometimes genetics plays a role in what your brain may do. It may or may not manifest itself.. but if there is illness in the family - you have a better change of having mental health issues...
The other thing, when we live with all that dysfunction - our brain learns to be in "flight or fight" mode way too you. You acquire some very bad brain habits because you are trying to protect yourself. I have issues with anxiety and depression as a result - my mom was pretty severely Bipolar - but I do not show symptoms of that. As you get help/support for your struggles - you are literally "retraining" your brain. Some need medication as well. Addicts are self-medicating... at first this feels better - but it's not helpful in the long run. Not to worry about being "labeled" this or that - professionals may do that for insurance purposes or to talk about symptoms... it's smart to do the things to make your life better -for anyone not only for those that just struggle with mental health issues.
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“A person is also mentally weak by the quantity of time he spends to sneak peek into others lives to devalue and degrade the quality of his own life.” Anuj Somany “Psychotherapy works by going deep into the brain and its neurons and changing their structure by turning on the right genes. The talking cure works by "talking to neurons," and that an effective psychotherapist or psychoanalyst is a "microsurgeon of the mind" who helps patients make needed alterations in neuronal networks.” Norman Doidge |
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Jul 16, 2015, 09:55 PM
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I spent too much time blaming others for my own lack of responsibility and appreciation for my own life. I am grateful for today.
Jade
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Jul 17, 2015, 07:48 AM
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Blame - ugly word. It's good to have an "understanding" of what happened and "why" we develop certain behaviors... but blame serves no purpose - we constantly need to learn to cope and it's up to the individual to make their own life better.
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“A person is also mentally weak by the quantity of time he spends to sneak peek into others lives to devalue and degrade the quality of his own life.” Anuj Somany “Psychotherapy works by going deep into the brain and its neurons and changing their structure by turning on the right genes. The talking cure works by "talking to neurons," and that an effective psychotherapist or psychoanalyst is a "microsurgeon of the mind" who helps patients make needed alterations in neuronal networks.” Norman Doidge |
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Jul 17, 2015, 01:17 PM
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I think it boils down to learned childhood behaviors more than anything else. When you're raised by an alcoholic, or even by an out of control parent, it does something to the structure or neurological wiring of the child's growing brain. We learn so much in childhood, we learn non-verbal cues, we learn how the world functions, we learn how other people function, and if there is an unhealthy home environment - how else are we supposed to learn healthy coping behaviors? With no examples around? We grow up lacking certain coping skills, I think. This is the biggest factor when it comes to adult children of alcoholics. It might be argued that this could predispose someone to a mental illness, but genetics are mostly involved in mental illness I think. The way a child grows up is just icing on the mental illness cake.
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