Beyond Medication Community Group
In this group we will be looking at alternative or supplementary methods of dealing with every day stressors and anxiety. This is for people who do not want to feel as though they do not want to be tied to the medicine cabinet. We will be using such techniques as mindfulness, meditation, grounding, guided imagery, Yoga and other behavioral and self-discipline techniques...
I see allot of highly articulate, compassionate and sincere folks in this group, yet we seem to be having a hard time getting our dialogues to a productive level. I am wishing I knew why.
My main obstacle seems to be that my own approach to managing my bipolar and PTSD are totally self-styled and hard to talk about without sounding like the latest fad guru. Additionally, I have a hard time opening myself to other ideas because I am afraid of blindly following other latest fad gurus.
Anybody else. I am just hoping that if we can figure out what's blocking the dialogue, maybe we can get some support going on. I KNOW we are capable.
My main obstacle seems to be that my own approach to managing my bipolar and PTSD are totally self-styled and hard to talk about without sounding like the latest fad guru. Additionally, I have a hard time opening myself to other ideas because I am afraid of blindly following other latest fad gurus.
Anybody else. I am just hoping that if we can figure out what's blocking the dialogue, maybe we can get some support going on. I KNOW we are capable.
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I haven't written in my diary on my computer since May because I thought that my computer was dying. I got away from writing but my computer is hanging in there. I think that I will start writing in it again. It's so therapeutic.
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First, I hope everyone is doing well, and continuing to fight that good fight! Keep up the great work on yourselves; I'm rooting for all of you!So, I started doing therapy at the beginning of the year, when I was in my most depressed state, but with my therapist, I made big changes and steps in the right direction. But, over a month ago, she couldn't take my insurance anymore, and I had to stop...
Take, for example, when you mentioned trilling in an earlier post. You mentioned the celiac plexus (sp?)
I looked it up in order to respond. Most people don't talk about things that others would have to look up.
Also, you say your treatment is self styled. People, for the most part are all about buzzwords. That is what I have found. I mentioned homeopathy outside of this board and people heard, madame maxima. sorry, but she was a scientologist and was not into homeopathy or psychology. clearly not me but person after person said i was her in another form. strange but true.
I mentioned it here, and got the response, "sorry but we accept DBT, mediation and...." one other thing I can't remember. Cammiecat said this so I said, ok....other buzzwords.
I think that is what is happening. Ginawonders was the one who mentioned the whole buzzwords idea to me.
hope this helps and is one of those answers well worded enough that you don't get upset by it.
Take, for example, when you mentioned trilling in an earlier post. You mentioned the celiac plexus (sp?)
I looked it up in order to respond. Most people don't talk about things that others would have to look up.
Also, you say your treatment is self styled. People, for the most part are all about buzzwords. That is what I have found. I mentioned homeopathy outside of this board and people heard, madame maxima. sorry, but she was a scientologist and was not into homeopathy or psychology. clearly not me but person after person said i was her in another form. strange but true.
I mentioned it here, and got the response, "sorry but we accept DBT, mediation and...." one other thing I can't remember. Cammiecat said this so I said, ok....other buzzwords.
I think that is what is happening. Ginawonders was the one who mentioned the whole buzzwords idea to me.
hope this helps and is one of those answers well worded enough that you don't get upset by it.
in this group, you are the star of the show (next to wiccanwolf) we love you wiccanwolf (:
When I was speaking of "highly articulate people" I was speaking of the folks I have encountered here in this group. I honestly believe this group is way over the DS norm for articulation skills. Yet our group activity is frustratingly slow.
Just hoping...
And your response was great, sigmund! Thank you. Don't worry about the duplicate. DS does that from time to time. Anybody know the DS record for duplicates? I think my personal record is 16.
lol
MISS ARFIE... i miss you too ... and im very willing to talk about the mental illness aspects with you ... thats what i do around here ... privately ... one on one...and i am very open to talking out in the open but the schiz board is way to fragile a place for such discussion... i dont take meds except for my thyroid ... and i have been all over the board mentally ... you cant tell me anything that i haven't already been through on my own ... i think... try me... and im also sure that when it comes to articulation ... i would have to look the word up first to know what it means...
i am by no means a know it all ... but my whole reason for coming to DS was to look for answers to the hard questions... the deep ones... the ones i feel you are dying to talk about too....
i just keep over looking this group cause it just crawls and i felt the whole thing served its limited purpose out right away...
but im hip to over taking it and using it for our needs... remind me if you will ...you always know where to find me...
not you taking over.....we want dialogue. wiccanwolf is still the CL. he reads the posts often. thanks for the offer though.
I am so with you. Natural meds or whatever types of treatments that arent' conventional is my holy grail too. I am an art teacher and get into trouble for doing research when I should be working. no more of that anymore. I want this site to move a little, too.
Caz, you got off all meds? i take it diet is a big part of your treatment.
Here in my silver years I find myself surrounded by young to middle aged adults who are either staggering under the expense and life-long commitment of walk-in medicine chests or they are self medicating and losing themselves in the latest isms. Getting the two groups to talk to one another is getting to be bloodier than the Middle East peace talks.
My own house is in need of respectful dialogue between the extremes.
fighting it out of fear ... and isolating it even further as a result wasn't working at all ... i put myself in its shoes and realized the stigma extends even deeper into our psyche than we know how to deal with...so i tried just listening...i tried caring.... and what i got was an alienated spirit that is an ancient and inseparable aspect of our human drama... long denied ...pushed to the limits of its own reality by our deep self-centered ignorance...
a child crying out in the wilderness... an angry traumatized child... full of hate and distaste for our lack of comprehension... living in a nightmare all alone ... all alone...
a living hell... the real victim...
it took a while ...listening...to a manic child with no sense of trust... but listening becomes like holding... a vital ingredient ...
i managed to turn years around in a few months...and have a working relationship ...a calm child ... highly intelligent ... and equipped with knowledge beyond my comprehension... worthy of all the love and understanding of God