Coping with Mental Health

[Turbid_Cyno]

I thought it was kind of odd at first, but I started using a plushie for grounding to help deal with anxiety and it works surprisingly well.

 

[Parabellum3]

I’m basically drugged up on a bunch of meds which took me years to find the right combo for them to work. Even though they keep me somewhat sane, it don’t help the world is fucked up and full of dickheads which provides the counter-balance.

 

[Gem-Wolf]

it don’t help the world is fucked up and full of dickheads which provides the counter-balance.

So true!

 

[Parabellum3]

So true!

Oh and also full of stupid.

 

[greygamora]

Sometimes I'm in a bad mood, sometimes I'm in a good mood, and very often in both moods depending on what area of life I'm focused on. While maybe not the best way to deal with it, I let negative thoughts run their course and take advantage of positive thoughts and opportunities when they show up. It's hard to always be doing well, sometimes I feel like I'm just bouncing back and forth between being happy and sad but at least I learn something about it each time. I hope this made sense to you

 

[a sleepy kitty]

I talked to my psych dr. She suggested for me to look into something called "Obsessive Compulsive Personality Disorder". I didn't know it even existed.

 

[Woozle]

I've been in the mental health system since I was 12. I was always unusual at school: I'd play alone and was very solitary, in my own little world. I suppose that was due to my atypical autism.

I started to suffer from depression when I realized that I was different from other people and couldn't make friends and it only got worse from there. I remember being at school and watching other people socializing; I had always thought that I didn't have friends because I didn't want any friends. Suddenly I realized that it wasn't a personal choice. I was a loner and people treat me like a freak.

I'm a bit of a diagnostic mystery. I have had psychotic episodes but I'm probably not schizophrenic. I have probably developed PTSD because I've been through some shit (mistreated and hurt by others, to cut a long story short.) My ex boyfriend called me a "trigger fest" (he meant it in the nicest possible way.)

I'm having intense panic attacks at the moment. I had a bad experience a few weeks ago that I don't want to talk about but yes, I have issues.

 

[a sleepy kitty]

I was diagnosed with autism earlier this year, after years of people saying, "but you don't look autistic."

 

[Frank Gulotta]

You don't cope with health, mental or otherwise. You might be looking for terms such as disease or problems

 

[pippi]

I mostly just try to sleep and hope i wake up better. Sometimes I do. Sometimes nope. lol

 

[RamblingRenegade]

I've been dealing with mental health issues my entire life. I'm going through a rough patch myself Right now and feeling alone all the time isn't helping. I've tried medication which helps some, I've also played video games. Most times now I just sit in my room and eat and watch videos. I'm trying to be sober, I used to drink to excess which just caused other problems

 

[Bigjackaal48]

Really amazes me how bringing up or talking about having ASD-P/Psychotic autism makes you a magnet. To 2 types of assholes like the first being folk mad they can't openly bash schizophrenics while 2nd are ones who are pig ignorant of how psychosis works in autism refuse shut up & sit down.

Aside from that 54mg Concerta, 25 ~ 50mg Benadryl(rash/hayfevere), Earplugs seem to have greatly helped on reverting me back to my perky self. The way things are going on at home I view I'll be in assisted living or with full time care by 35 as guess since both my parents are 72(dad) & mum(60).

 

[Kain]

I went though a deep depression and I have Asperger Syndrome/high functioning autism. I had a good therapist, but they pretty much told me what I already knew: the bad feelings will never go away, or at least there will always be things that will make you feel bad. Once I accepted them, somehow, I was able to get at the root of what was causing them. From this, I gained many things I always wanted in my life. I had low self esteem and bullying caused me to isolate myself for decades. I found my confidence and I started to open up. I became responsible.

Part of it was that I went to my first con, too. I was normally quiet. I said hi and asked around for locals. I've heard that furry is good for autistic people. I experienced it first hand.

If I learned anything from the Calm app, it's how to focus on your breathing, and if that helped being mindful, then that's it. I'm pretty introspective, so I can't tell too well. As much as I can do that, I somehow became self-aware. I finally saw everything that makes me autistic and I did something about it.

I say all that and right now, part of my acceptance has become that it's okay to be me. If I want to think and talk about specific things, I can.