Multiple Personalities Support Group
Dissociative identity disorder is a diagnosis described as the existence in an individual of two or more distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. At least two of these personalities are considered to routinely take control of the individual's behavior, and there is also some associated memory loss,...
My Audacity of Hope is that people who suffer from mental illness due to abuse and neglect will no longer feel the shame and guilt their perpetrators should feel.
That mental illness will be treated as the brain disease it is, much as cancer or diabetes for the physical ailments they are.
That the day will come that those with a chemical imbalance can have a simple blood test to find the right drug for treatment.
That those with mental illness will no longer be blamed for their illness and will be supported by their jobs, their communities, their friends, their neighbors, their families.
That those with mental illness will no longer be treated differently by insurance companies, by hospitals, by doctors, by government.
That those with mental illness will have access to the care, the doctors, the medication and the support they need.
That the families of those with mental illness will also be treated with kindness instead of shame, with support instead of isolation, and with the love that they all need.
Finally, that those with mental illness be respected for the difficult world in which they live, that the stigma that surrounds them disappears, and that the love and kindness they deserve find them and envelope them.
May today be the beginning of that change in America.
God Bless our new President Obama!
That mental illness will be treated as the brain disease it is, much as cancer or diabetes for the physical ailments they are.
That the day will come that those with a chemical imbalance can have a simple blood test to find the right drug for treatment.
That those with mental illness will no longer be blamed for their illness and will be supported by their jobs, their communities, their friends, their neighbors, their families.
That those with mental illness will no longer be treated differently by insurance companies, by hospitals, by doctors, by government.
That those with mental illness will have access to the care, the doctors, the medication and the support they need.
That the families of those with mental illness will also be treated with kindness instead of shame, with support instead of isolation, and with the love that they all need.
Finally, that those with mental illness be respected for the difficult world in which they live, that the stigma that surrounds them disappears, and that the love and kindness they deserve find them and envelope them.
May today be the beginning of that change in America.
God Bless our new President Obama!
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A friend sent this to me..As far as I can see, grief will never truly end.It may become softer overtime, more gentleand some days will feel sharp.But grief will last as long as Love does - ForeverIt's simply the way the absence of your loved onemanifests in your heart. A deep longing accompaniedby the deepest Love some days. The heavy fog mayreturn and the next day, it may recede.Once again, it's...
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Today is my 25th birthday, to my somewhat lack of surprise I can see already no one really seems to care. I've always been the kinda person to make sure that everyone I Care about feels appreciated and knew somebody had their back. I can count 4 times this year when I Went out of my way to make sure a "friend" felt good on their birthday, especially if they got left hanging. Its early in the...
Several months ago I was working in our assessment department when a patient who has been admitted to our unit many times came in. Every patient must be medically cleared before being admitted and an ER physician was examining him. As he did the patient complained of groin pain. The physician turned to me puzzled and asked, 'why is he being sent to you if he has groin pain?'
I replied, 'he is schizophrenic and is floridly psychotic.' I wanted to cheer! The physician didn't automatically assume that the patient was having a psychotic break although he is schizophrenic and it is well documented in his records! The patient sat quietly during the exam and answered the physicians' questions rationally - it was only during the psych assessment that he disclosed that 'they,' the CIA, NSA, Ninja's and I don't recall who else were 'out there,' in the parking lot waiting for him.
I don't like that physician personally, but that day I felt the ice around my heart crack, I loved him. I rarely see that anywhere, most physicians and other medical professionals go the other way, assume any physical ailment in a psych patient is a delusion. We have a very difficult time getting them to treat our patients for almost anything that isn't obvious and even then it can be a struggle. I personally do not mention my psych history when I need medical care for just that reason. I always feel like a liar and that I am short changing myself but I also know I will be treated with less care.
I have discussed speaking out with my therapist and he has advised against it. He does not think I would benefit from it and that it might cause me harm so I remain silent but it chafes me. Perhaps I should purchase Elyn Saks book and put copies around the facility with a note saying; SEE, NOT ALL CRAZY PEOPLE ARE INCOMPTENT SOME ARE MORE COMPETENT AND ACCOMPLISHED THAN MOST OF US. (She is a psychoanalyst, an attorney and a law professor at the U of CA and is also schizophrenic)
Thank you so much Karens10 for posting, it is a wonderful hope and I share it with you.
I remember when I was in Psych as a student. We were at a state run institution. One of my friends was injured when a patient rushed her and bolted out of the door.
She had to get exrays and she came back and reported to all of us how dreadfully she was treated while being x rayed. They thought she was a patient and crazy.
Now I can laugh abut what they thought when she was telling them she was a student nurse, but it also makes me very sad.
I hope the day comes when being different is accepted in the world. Silver
Karen
Annie
I still believe this. Silver
Am not sure whether you support what I wrote or not from your comment, I do have severe clinical depression along with the DID, and consider both forms of mental illness. I don't know if I offended you somehow, if so, I am truly sorry, I meant no offense.
Karen
That mental illness will be treated as the brain disease it is, much as cancer or diabetes for the physical ailments they are.
See that is where my own denial comes in. I have been thinking how hard it used to be for people with psych problems used to be for past cultures. there has been change but it has come slowly over the years. Now they are getting into the science of our diseases. There definitely is hope for the here and now and the future. Silver and pillow
Karen
the transition team has closed its 'citizens briefing book' from which they are bringing him the top issues of the people but you can leave a message (500 characters only) at www.whitehouse.gov
also try at www.change.org where lots of nonprofits are gathering to bring messages to the obama administration