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I have a therapist who introduced me to a new idea I thought I would share.
I'm not bipolar. I don't have PTSD or mental illness The illness is wanting control. It's the illness that wants me manic or depressed. It's the illness that wants me jumpy and paranoid. It's the illness that is trying to sabotage my happiness. __________________ You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ~ Robin Williams Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? ~ Pink Floyd |
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I agree with your therapist. Awhile back I read an article on the neuroscience of mental illnesses. It said that basically, mental illnesses are neurological illnesses with psychiatric symptoms. The brain itself is broken in some way. And the kind of brokenness it suffers manifests with psychiatric symptoms that receive various classifications. There are abnormalities in brain anatomy, physiology, brain chemistry . . . abnormalities in regional cerebral blood flow and energy utilization [glucose metabolism] that can actually be seen live through real-time brain imaging studies. There can be abnormalities in brain cell architecture even at the microscopic level.
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If I'm understanding it correctly then I like that idea because it distinguishes between the MI and the whole person. Because a person is more than just the symptoms of a mental illness. __________________ "A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it."- Dōgen
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__________________ You're only given one little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. ~ Robin Williams Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage? ~ Pink Floyd |
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I love this! I think it works well with emotions too, like “this is joyous” or “this is anger, what is it trying to tell me?” We are not the thing, we notice or experience it’s existence in our world. Beyond this world we may experience very differently. Thanks for this. 👏👏👏
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