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Sep 21, 2011, 07:17 AM
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This next week I will fly to Chicago to attend a mental health workshop. I have strained my budget to go and I hope it will teach me many things. It is a workshop by DBSA to become a Peer Specialist for counseling purposes. In order to attend, you must agree to "come out" about your mental health diagnosis. My family members know all about my bipolar disorder diagnosis, but my friends and co-workers do not. I will have to learn how I can break it gently to them, if it is needful at all. I have a part-time job in retail and we are gearing up for the holiday season. I need the hours/money so I don't want to jeopardize my job. I hope I learn how to divulge this information...my bipolar disorder...in a positive light. I always feel like I have to apologize for it....especially to my family members. They think my bipolar disorder diagnosis "taints" them. If I experience a cycle, I feel obligated to tell them 1.) I am taking my medications faithfully, 2.) I am keeping my psychiatrist appointments, 3.) if I have done something unusual do to manic behavior...i.e., overspending, hyper-sexuality. I really feel the details are none of their business but feel compelled to relate them. I hope during this workshop I can find insight and bolster myself so that a detailed psychiatric history is not necessary just because I have a relapse. If I have to go through that with my boss...I probably wouldn't have a job. Cross you fingers for me!
Although I am excited, I am also nervous about the change in routine I will undergo. MY recovery is closely tied to routine. I hope a weeks worth of different experiences doesn't tip me over the edge!
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Charlotte "I know that God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that he didn't trust me so much." ~ Mother Teresa |
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Sep 21, 2011, 07:38 AM
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Hello, Charlotte. I wish you only good things from this experience.
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Sep 21, 2011, 08:46 PM
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Enjoy you trip, sounds exciting! I hope you come back and post all the new things you have learned. just relax it will be fun.
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Sep 22, 2011, 02:53 AM
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It sounds like a good thing! Enjoy your trip, good luck and stay safe.
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 Crying isn't a sign of weakness. It's a sign of having tried too hard to be strong for too long. |
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Sep 22, 2011, 08:42 AM
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Good luck! There is hope for you.
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Sep 22, 2011, 04:02 PM
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do you get paid to be a peer specialist? I wish you luck and that people won't be harsh to you when you come out. You have our support and love here at PC.
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In depression . . . faith in deliverance, in ultimate restoration, is absent. The pain is unrelenting, and what makes the condition intolerable is the...feeling felt as truth...that no remedy will come -- not in a day, an hour, a month, or a minute. . . . It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul.-William Styron |
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