Re: Mental Health Week

bluecat*dancing · ‎04-10-2015

Mental Health Week commences today with World Mental Health Day on October 10th. To those of us with mental illness and those who have loved ones with mental illness, this is a week that will,hopefully, continue to break through stigma and raise awareness, as well as supporting our wellbeing. The message this year is "Mental Health begins with me." Stay safe and be aware that there could be triggers throughout the week.

http://www.mentalhealthcommission.gov.au/media-centre/events/mental-health-week.aspx

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"There is nothing more; but I want nothing more." Christopher Hitchins

jessicadazzler97 · ‎04-10-2015

I have this postcard in my bedroom to remind me of simple little ways to stress less 🙂

ecar3483 · ‎04-10-2015

I feel like my "Story" is so ordinary. I'm not about to be interviewed by the ABC for some Sunday night special.

I am, as the character Hannibal Lecter put it, a boring, run of the mill manic depressive.

I was terribly unhappy for a long time, interspersed with bursts of inexplicable and on the whole unfocused enthusiasm for projects and undertakings that had a very short lifespan, determined as much by my mood as anything.

As I said, run of the mill.

I'm never going to be a poster boy for mental health. In my more cynical/sarcastic moments I like to say that the best I'll ever do is serve as a cautionary tale.

polksaladallie · ‎04-10-2015

You know nothing.

jessicadazzler97 · ‎04-10-2015

Thanks for the reminder that I'm only just starting out on this wonderful thing called life 🙂

jessicadazzler97 · ‎04-10-2015

@ecar3483 wrote:
I feel like my "Story" is so ordinary. I'm not about to be interviewed by the ABC for some Sunday night special.
I am, as the character Hannibal Lecter put it, a boring, run of the mill manic depressive.
I was terribly unhappy for a long time, interspersed with bursts of inexplicable and on the whole unfocused enthusiasm for projects and undertakings that had a very short lifespan, determined as much by my mood as anything.
As I said, run of the mill.
I'm never going to be a poster boy for mental health. In my more cynical/sarcastic moments I like to say that the best I'll ever do is serve as a cautionary tale.

Look at the bright side... being manic depressive is more fun than being ordinarily depressed

bright.ton42 · ‎04-10-2015

Jessica no offense but I don't think Mental Illness is something to make light of in this case. I could be wrong but I thought you implied somewhere that you have had such issues yourself, so surely you should know better. And your Tips to Stress less has nothing whatsoever to do with mental illness. There are people on these boards and all around us who are wondering if they will make it to the next day. No laughing matter.

ecar3483 · ‎04-10-2015

Just because I've two words and you've only got one doesn't diminish you.

tasfleur · ‎04-10-2015

I don't think you are a boring person ecar, quite the opposite. From what I've seen of your posts, I like the way you think and write; you come over as intelligent, kind, and someone who is willing to discuss topics with sensitivity and deep philosophical insight and never argumentative for the sake of it. For that I thank you.

We don't always agree, but we do agree to disagree agreeably which always leaves the door open xx

polksaladallie · ‎04-10-2015

@bright.ton42 wrote:
Jessica no offense but I don't think Mental Illness is something to make light of in this case. I could be wrong but I thought you implied somewhere that you have had such issues yourself, so surely you should know better. And your Tips to Stress less has nothing whatsoever to do with mental illness. There are people on these boards and all around us who are wondering if they will make it to the next day. No laughing matter.

Clearly it is evident that porkies have been told. It is so tiresome.

Fantasies are fine as long as they do not harm others. This fantasy has.