Are you afraid of the stigma associated with mental illness?!
Question: Are you afraid of the stigma associated with mental illness!?
If you had a mental illness would you seek help or be afraid of what people would think of you!?
I went to my doctor for help with depression and my mum told everyone!. Now people look at me as though Im crazy!. It doesnt bother me!.
But would that put you off asking for help!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
I went to my doctor for help with depression and my mum told everyone!. Now people look at me as though Im crazy!. It doesnt bother me!.
But would that put you off asking for help!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
I used to see someone when I was in high school, and it did bother me what they thought!. My mom luckily decided it was MY choice to tell people or not!.
In the following years I stopped seeing someone and taking meds and ended up meeting a lot more people like myself, and I learned to let myself be open about it!.
However now, a few MORE years later, I find that letting people know what is wrong with me (depression) is a very bad thing!.
My problems stem from loneliness, and the last thing any potential mate wants to hear is that they are dating someone with depression!. So they end up leaving you without even giving you a chance to be the person you are!.
That makes the depression worse and then you are even worse off!.
So talking openly about it I think is bad unless you know the person very well and know they will still like you!. You can see someone but just keep it to yourself if you are afraid!.
I know I'm afraid to ask for help, but for different reasons!. I had a bad experience with a doctor who severely overreacted to a situation they did not understand (I went to someone for help, saying I was thinking about suicide, and they kept me for observation AGAINST MY WILL), and it's caused me not to trust some doctors now!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
In the following years I stopped seeing someone and taking meds and ended up meeting a lot more people like myself, and I learned to let myself be open about it!.
However now, a few MORE years later, I find that letting people know what is wrong with me (depression) is a very bad thing!.
My problems stem from loneliness, and the last thing any potential mate wants to hear is that they are dating someone with depression!. So they end up leaving you without even giving you a chance to be the person you are!.
That makes the depression worse and then you are even worse off!.
So talking openly about it I think is bad unless you know the person very well and know they will still like you!. You can see someone but just keep it to yourself if you are afraid!.
I know I'm afraid to ask for help, but for different reasons!. I had a bad experience with a doctor who severely overreacted to a situation they did not understand (I went to someone for help, saying I was thinking about suicide, and they kept me for observation AGAINST MY WILL), and it's caused me not to trust some doctors now!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Stigma kept me from seeing a psychologist for at least a decade!. In fact, it was the judgment of my family that I feared the most, I thought they'd think I was a failure!.
Oftentimes stigma is what makes people discontinue therapy, too!. I have a family member who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2006 and we are unable to get him to return to psychosocial therapy (even on medication) because he wants to avoid the label of "mental illness!." It diminishes his self-esteem!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
Oftentimes stigma is what makes people discontinue therapy, too!. I have a family member who was diagnosed with schizophrenia in 2006 and we are unable to get him to return to psychosocial therapy (even on medication) because he wants to avoid the label of "mental illness!." It diminishes his self-esteem!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I went through depression and I went for help (of my own accord)!. Was I embarrassed!? Maybe a little then, but once I came to understand what happened - in that depression is quite often a hormonal and chemical imbalance that is quite out of your control - I freely spoke about it!. Since then I've given speeches to groups about what depression is, what the person going through it is feeling, and why stigmas attached to it are wrongly placed!. Everyone is vulnerable to becoming depressed and - IMO - a lot of people suffering from depression are afraid of those stigmas and therefore don't get the help they need!.
So in answer to your question !.!.!. or to finish answering it!. I was wary when I began getting help, but then came to embrace my depression as part of who I was and where I was going in life!. Now, like I said, I look back on it with no shame!. I would be a completely different person today if I hadn't gone through that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
So in answer to your question !.!.!. or to finish answering it!. I was wary when I began getting help, but then came to embrace my depression as part of who I was and where I was going in life!. Now, like I said, I look back on it with no shame!. I would be a completely different person today if I hadn't gone through that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I have psychotic depression I didn't even know there was something wrong until I went to the hospital on my own becuase of being suicidal and homicidal!. I knew I was depressed but I didn't know what the psychosis was!. I had a German penpal along time ago and she told me she was a paranoid schizophrenic!.!. I tried to stay in contact with her, but eventually I just stopped mailing her!. I think this was becuase of not understanding her illness!. I thought she was nuts! Now it happened to me so I am much more understanding when it comes to other people!. My family has been supportive for the most part, but I still feel a mild neglect!. So I was afraid of mental illness before now that I have it I'm no longer concerned about it!. I speak openly to all who ask about my illness!. When I went to the hospital to get evaluated I thought I would get some happy pills and be sent home!.!.!.!.not a chance! The stuck me in the psych ward for about a week until I was put on meds and the psychosis wasn't so bad!. So really I didn't even think about the stigma when asking for help!. I wasn't concerned about other people just myself!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
I know I need help, am very depressed, have severe anxiety attacks, but, people are so judgemental!. Plus I have 3 kids, so I am afraid of how people will view me as a mother!. I have not even told my doctor about it, too ashamed, and I don't want them to think i'm a bad mom, cause i'm not!. I just try to get by the best I can, also, for some reason I have a fear that if they really know how bad I am, maybe they will put me in somewhere!. I did go for help at a major mental health clinic one day, I think they thought I was suicidal!. Put me in a room with 2 giant men with white suits on, told me they were students!.!.!.whatever!.!.!.they looked like bouncers from a bar, I knew they were the people who drag you to the back if they feel you need help!. Mental health care providers should not do that, because I completely excused myself, and did not tell them a thing, may be crazy, but, not stupid! If they really want to help people more compassion, please, this goes for family and friends as well!. Life is hard, and we are not all so strong to control everything it throws at us!. You have nothing to be ashamed of, hon, people who love you should not care what you do!.!.!.!.It should be unconditional love!!.!.!.Good Luck, and feel better!.!.!.!.!.IsabellaWww@Answer-Health@Com
If a person is feeling badly enough, they will do anything to feel better!. Going for therapy and taking medication is not something you should tell everyone!. Only people you feel close to and can trust should know!. Over time you will figure out who is safe to tell!. It is too bad your mom told everyone!. I think it should have been up to you to decide who you feel like telling!. Best Wishes to you!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
yep i got psychosis & no one spoke to me, it was because of a hormone problem i get after giving birth, i lost lots of friends but i dont regret a thing now 15 yrs later
just take the medication & follow advice then everything will be fineWww@Answer-Health@Com
just take the medication & follow advice then everything will be fineWww@Answer-Health@Com
i aways ask for help!. im hear for youWww@Answer-Health@Com