[HALLIEBETH87]

I'm
Curious how y'all would take it if your t said you were fragile. What does it even mean? I don't really get it.!

[Teddy Bear]

Are you easily hurt or angry?

[HALLIEBETH87]

Sometimes. Things affect me greatly. I get psychosis easily these days. That was the context he was referring to. He said I used to be more resistant

[Aliceiw]

I'd be annoyed out of context, because it makes it sound like you can't handle anything. Fragile is a little condescending.

In context (from what you said in your last post) I would probably be concerned that the frequency and severity of my episodes was increasing. I'd want to know why that was happening for sure. If they are going to make a statement like that, they better have some answers/solutions for me.

It's a very odd way of putting it...

My husband has on a few occasions told me to ask my tdoc to help me "toughen up". Why he suggested that is because I can be too sensitive and easily upset sometimes, ranging from anxiety, anger to sadness/grief. I, personally, acknowledge that to be true to an undesirable degree, though I wasn't as sensitive in the past before the worst of my illness struck. I'm not sure if your tdoc is implying any of this about you, but that's my guess.

Strangely, when I have told my tdoc my husband wants her to help "toughen me up", she thinks that's (I don't know), maybe silly. Maybe she thinks it's just OK to be a bit sensitive. But I do think I'd like to be less sensitive to make living, coping, and moving forward a bit easier for myself. I'd like to make faster progress than I'm making. I have even called myself "delicate" to her, which is basically the same as the "fragile" your tdoc mentioned to you. She almost scolded me for saying that.

I do understand that many people without mental illness who are "strong" and "tough" wouldn't necessarily be so very strong and tough if they had to go through what I've gone through. Some may not even be AS strong as I've been. I have to really consider that. Anyway, I do have challenges ahead of me.

[HALLIEBETH87]

Originally Posted by Aliceiw

I'd be annoyed out of context, because it makes it sound like you can't handle anything. Fragile is a little condescending.

In context (from what you said in your last post) I would probably be concerned that the frequency and severity of my episodes was increasing. I'd want to know why that was happening for sure. If they are going to make a statement like that, they better have some answers/solutions for me.

It's a very odd way of putting it...

This kinda of makes sense for how the convo was going. I used to see him a few years ago before he went into private practice and now I have been seeing him again for a couple months. He said he didn't remember me being this fragile and I seemed more resistant before. but hes referring to before i got psychosis. i was mostly depressed when i saw him before.

[Pookyl]

I have Bipolar 1. In my case, it is referred to as either a fragile or brittle form of the disease.
Being fragile has nothing to do with toughness or being delicate. It’s to do with how quickly you cycle, the fact that doing the right things won’t ‘fix’ you to the extent that it will fix someone not fragile/delicate etc.
Put simply: despite being fully compliant with treatment and meds, I rapid cycle, end up in hospital etc and I can’t pick when I’m next going to have an episode.

[HALLIEBETH87]

im fully compliant too and never know when im gonna have an episode. i also rapid cycle

Originally Posted by HALLIEBETH87

I'm
Curious how y'all would take it if your t said you were fragile. What does it even mean? I don't really get it.!

“You’re so fragile that you just may break
And you don’t know who to ask”
—Van Morrison

Easily capable of breaking/being broken.
Delicate. Flimsy. Insubstantial.

I gotta get a thesaurus.

He/she didn’t say what was fragile about you?

I would ask.

[~Christina]

I think “ fragile” is fitting “right now”

You started a job that would stress anyone out, you get triggered a lot from your family so yeah I see what he’s saying.

Make and female T’s tick differently. You know me I prefer male and blunt to the point. Richard has told me the same in the past , I didn’t get upset it helped me realize where I was from his perspective, which helped me a shyt ton