As many people prepare to take time off work and travel to be with loved ones this holiday, they may worry about holiday stress with things like family issues and obligations. Folks with mental illnesses have hopefully read some of the plethora of “preparing for …
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As a crazy person who spent time in jail (you call hospital) my experiance there is one of two things.
1 being so drugged you can’t think.
2 being so bored from staring at the walls
criminals have better protection, as they by law get to go outside one hour a day, and have the right to think what they want think.
speaking on behalf of the other crazy people, thanks for the coffie to alleviate the boredom.
Hi all, I am a super depressed and a person in despair. I was a millionaire until 2000 when I was struck down overnight with this illness I had never encountered before in my life except to now realize my younger brother had the same thing. He spent months in hospitols and jails, suffered terribly due to no “real” help and finally killed himself to stop the pain, suffering and misunderstanding. Now I find myself in a very similar place, misunderstood and not take seriously by friends and relatives and living in a place where there is no real serious medical help. I lost my fortune, my ability to work even and am now reduced to living on disability and thank god for it even though it is poverty level. Why is it that sick people are made to suffer more by being forced to live on so little, wouldn’t it be better to give them some comfort and ease the worry just a little by eliminating the need to chose between medicine, food and/or heat? Does anyone want to communicate and offer me any solutions or suggestions or just a good joke?
Love to all,
Fred and Max (my dachshund)
Speaking as someone who has been in the hospital/ psyche ward at Christmas I would have appreciated someone reaching out to me. That was fifteen years ago and now every Christmas has a more special meaning for me because I am doing better.
What would be a good gender-neutral gift to take to the psych ward at a hospital?
How wonderful to visit a psych hospital over the holidays.
Some, though, wouldn’t allow a gift. At our crisis stabilization unit locally, you can’t even bring someone a magazine due to the staples. For those who are lonely, look for a drop-in center that are starting up in parts of the country for those of us with a mental illness.
Whenever we offer our hearts, more comes back than we can imagine. Sang carols with my chorus at nursing homes last Saturday. Alll of us were joyous and tearful–patients, staff and chorus alike.
There’s a quote I don’t remember exactly about being kind to all because each of us are/is fighting a battle no one else understands. Whatever you can offer to yearning hearts–now is the time.
Now is the time when all of the losses, errors, and hurts attack us. If we are still ambulatory, consider offering joy to those who suffer. Some are in the places you might expect (nursing homes, hospitals, streets). At least as many live next to us or with us or in us! Compassion heals the giver and the receiver. A radiance of unconditional love–Blessed Be!
Caralulu