Was Once...Am Now
posted May 13th, 2014 at 8:20 AM
Some time ago, I went through some very strange and serious times. I was under the guidance of a shrink for a bit. All the time I focused on 'my issues', I could never see the light. I decided to bust out, leave the city I grew up in, and attempted to let go of my many family troubles and the nasty, insecure shit that seemed implanted inside my brain. (Huge 'mother issues') I went from not sleeping well, not coping, to choosing love and life and joy. I cut ties with the shrink who insisted on calling me from his car on his cell for weeks on end to try to get me to 'take the meds'. I have really come to find continuous peace in my heart. I am not mentally ill. I sure was around some shitbags for a spell there though. When a person is down or seething, they really do attract more of the same. I'm happy now, cope well and have joy in my life everywhere. Did I talk myself out of mental illness...or is there actually nothing all that wrong with me? I wonder how many other people could just make this simple choice and go rock out if they are hit with a 'diagnosis'? If I say it might be a medical/psychiatric conspiracy, I'm pretty sure I sound paranoid! They really wanted me to take those drugs. Sheesh! The shrink who kept calling me-while in downtown traffic!-was clearly out of line: control issues, much, Doc? Keep moving forward folks. If I did it, you can, too. xo
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Post a CommentCognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)...
May 13, 2014 at 1:49pm
Not to be confused with CBT (cock ball torture)!
It is a way out and however you got there, awesome.
Yes, misery attracts misery and crazy attracts crazy and so on and so on. Welcome into the "light" and remember it's still in you, even when things look a little dark... make a decision, turn around and walk back out...
Kudos calm mind.
Beware the pushers.
wtf
May 13, 2014 at 2:14pm
Why do so many struggling with mental health speak about 'moving forward'? Is this a phrase you all hear from your shrinks? I'm not trying to be an ass, I'm really curious.
@wtf
May 13, 2014 at 2:26pm
CEOs of big conpanies and coaches of professional sports teams also speak of moving forward. Turns out it is phase often used in the English language.
Psychiatry?
May 13, 2014 at 2:34pm
Psychiatry is a pseudo-science, you know. It suffers from fundamental epistemic errors that are positively disgusting given that we now know the brain is the seat of judgement. Mental illness is a myth.
Also, if we want a normative conception of mental illness, belief in things that have no mass, e.g. universities, degrees, etc. have to figure in quite prominently. The inmates truly run the asylums, but for some reason we let them go home at night.
another idea
May 14, 2014 at 7:17am
Re:moving forward
That is the jargon word of the moment. It seems that we get hit repeatedly with these expressions that are supposed to be our mantra for living until a new mantra comes along.
Remember in the past: stay the course, won't step down, due diligence and so on.
Moving forward has been around for a while now-it is due for a change to aother mantra of the moment.
Big Pharma
May 15, 2014 at 12:49am
is more powerful that BIg Tobacco ever was. In a way, it is a conspiracy and Big Pharma is the master puppeteer!
Martin Dunphy
May 15, 2014 at 1:55am
wtf:
The phrase "moving forward" has always grated with me. The first I heard it was when it came into vogue with politicians hoping to deflect voters' derision over some misdeed by saying they wanted to start "moving forward".
In other words, "Nothing to see here; move along people."
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