testing if I'm grey

I have a therapist. Sorry, I no write so good sometimes. :)

Thanks! You too!

I feel like complaints about treatment from patients are complicated. I'm going to impromptu call it Psych Ward Syndrome. Complaints could be projected relationships or an easy out instead of dealing with something and often are seen (from my own experience) as symptoms. Or if the complaints are legit, they're pushed…

I agree with you. What I've seen so far is the sentiment that it was a shame he couldn't see more joy in his life what with all the joy he was producing in others. I might be defensive but it has a feeling of blaming the victim. Some of that isn't new for suicide or overdose deaths. Or there's this acceptance and near…

We deserve more. We deserve better and we should demand it

Testing and defining it would go miles for some. Also while eliminating some stigma since it could be PROVEN to exist. But instead (I know it's not this simple), I get sold a pill that does what lithium does but is more expensive, with different side effects (some unknown), and with a fancy name.

I feel you. And you're a fucking gladiator for sticking to it. The kind of therapy that I would think would be an option is cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that tries to teach your brain different ways to react. I don't know everything about it but I know that years of dealing with mental illness does create some…

woo hoo!!!! :)

And THAT'S what I hate to say to people who are in those painful moments before asking for help. That's what I want to fix. We have adequate care but not enough of it. And where it fails is where it actually kills. So often I hear other people speak out about depression (family members, etc) and not enough of the…

Honestly, I don't know. I know that I had to move to an urban area to get adequate doctor visits and therapy options. I know that the only expert on my illness seems to be me with no big revelations by doctors. I know that my own knowledge has made more impact on my treatment than anything else (ADD diagnosis in…

And that is wonderful. I'm alive as well with the help of medication and my dog (and a therapist). But we deserve more than to be simply alive. That's all many psych wards do is get you past crisis to solve the problem of "I'm going to kill myself." But that's not the problem. As you know, it's deeper and trickier…

If anyone needs help, they need to seek it. But I've also been on the side of reaching out for help and not finding it on the other side. The system can fail both the soldier and the citizen. We need better providers, better insurance coverage, better clinics, etc.

Agreed. I'm on meds and do therapy myself. But where is the progress on finding the chemical imbalances that pills help with? Or if that's not possible, what about explaining and redefining how psychiatrists treat the brain and the chemicals within. I'm not saying that those who have found relief are wrong but that we…

It's time we fucking got serious about depression and the philosophies and techniques we use to "treat" it. What we're doing is not working (pharmacology and psychological talk therapy). The crap we're going to hear (sorry, I feel strongly about this) about how he was sad despite making people happy is another example…

Really big congrats for doing this. We from the subblogs ALWAYS have Kinja frustration so seeing Jez writers reach out publicly to their overlords (j/k) about a Kinja problem that has a damaging effect feels good in a number of ways. The writer/reader connection is strong with this one.

Chicago comedians ftw!!!!

best comment ever.

I've never seen cheaper cupcake representation and supplies. This woman looks just like that... a woman. 21 or something.

yeah, it's just done through Lego since it's from their fan site. I would hope they'd make a high expectation and have lots of stock but from their logic, they probably won't. They should start shipping again soon