@martinw-48 wrote:
I had one session some years ago.
Lady was that awful that I felt like physically assualting her.
So it's not for me.
Talking to someone isn't going to change the World to make it a place that I want to happily live in.
All the greedy people.
Destruction of the natural environment.
Violence against women and children.
Are not things that only exist in my head.
I don't like human nature and I've had enough and am happy to move on
I fully understand where you are coming from with this comment. In rural communities, you don't always have a lot of choice as to who you can see. Psychiatrists are not all the same. There are very good ones and not so helpful ones. Some suit some people and not others. It can be hard to find " The right " one for you and one bad experience can put you off for life.
If you can make enquiries and find the right person for you it can make a dramatic difference to the way you approach life. A GP may also be able to give advice on medications. They really do assist some people.
I share your views on all of the negative things that are going on in the world, but its nothing new. Bad stuff has always been happening..... Just ask the Jews who went through the war years.
We cant change any of this, but we can live our own lives in the way we choose too and experience life with a mindset of our choice. My wife became fully blind in her late 20's. It was a major trauma for her and our family, but after coming to terms with the loss of sight ( took several years ) she built a new life. Yes it was a smaller world. We had to sell the Nursery & Landscaping business she had built up over many years and the loss of income had major financial impacts on the family. She had to rely on others for transport and assistance with shopping, cleaning etc.
The new life she has built revolves around community service and assisting others. She is on a disability advisory committee to council. She has taken part in trials for Royal Society for the Blind on new adoptive technologies. She has been on local school parent committees and has spent many years playing music for dances for intellectually disabled people. Her big thing at the moment is involvement in a local organisation that provides training to disabled and elderly people on basic modern technologies. How to use facebook, smart phones and other similar technologies. She uses a guide dog to walk around and makes good use of all of the free local transport services, NDIS etc. Basically she is never home, has a huge circle of friends and lives a much fuller life than many sighted people..
We cant change the world we live in but we can choose how we live in it.
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