[Fuzzybear]

I just read somewhere

“I should just say to hell with therapy and take the drugs”

Or something like that. I’m not intending to be disrespectful.

I don’t have the “choice” - quite apart from that, “drugs” alone are not “sufficient” - to “fix” anything or to give anyone anything near a “life worth living”

In my opinion, personally although I, perhaps, “needed” the drugs, just no.

Regrets are definitely a side effect for me. If that was the most serious side effect then I’d take that.

I’m just ranting. No replies needed.

If anyone does feel like replying, I have a question. Do you feel like “society” wants “people” to be like clones?

(Again feeling like deleting this. I don’t know why I’m posting it)

[Loose Screw x 2]

Never delete your feelings. I WANT to see what you have to say. I don't care how it sounds or how it seems to anyone else. If someone doesn't like it then, too bad. This place is supposed to be somewhere were Mentally Ill people can express themselves without being judged.
As for society. I don't think that society really cares about much accept for Dancing with the Stars or Monday Night Football or what the latest gossip is.
It does seem sometimes that even our doctors want to make us "Normal" but, I don't want to be normal. I just want the hurt to go away and for snobs and mean people to stay out of my way.
Being treated badly for a long period of time can rub off on you and persuade you to become mean too. Bad feelings are contagious.
But, yeah, there does seem to be a school of thought floating around that dictates that everyone should be the same and not question the rules.

[LittleEarthquakes]

I have found therapy very helpful, but of course it depends if your therapist is a good match for you or not and what your intent is going into it.

To an extent yes it does seem like society wants that, but there are also a great number of people (and a growing number, I think) who value being unique.

[Unrigged64072835]

Don't delete this, Fuzzy!

I do think society molds people mainly to empty their wallets. Corporations and their money are now king in this global environment.

Therapy has only helped me recently. I've only had one bad therapist, and I didn't make another appointment to see her. Most of the time I didn't fix myself. I finally had a therapist who pushed me to work on my issues. I'm glad that I did.

[amicus_curiae]

I’m a believer in medications and talk therapy. Keeps me subdued, I suppose. Takes the edge from mania, keeps my delusions controllable, stuff like that.

Your last question: do I feel as though society wants people to be like clones?

Well, now, let’s see. No, in the sense that I don’t think that society wants wants Metropolis/1984 anti-citizen clones for the dirty work. But if you broaden the definition of clone in that ‘society has expectations that most people share the same feelings and functions,’ then, yes, I would agree. My relatives don’t understand my bankruptcies or mental disorders. Or how I ended up completely alone. They are responsible people. They had retirement plans. They pay their utility bills on time. They — a small society — cannot understand how I am so very unlike them.

Even when I was wealthy I put bills to the side and had my electricity and water turned off. Sitting down and paying bills just wasn’t me. I finally hired a money manager.

I’m glad that you wrote the first post. I hope that you’ll get better.