Thank you whatevs heh. I feel old. I'm only 26 though. I'd say that PTSD is the worst and the anxiety is definitely worse to deal with than the depression. The problem is, for me at least, it's usually the depression that amplifies the other two issues. I get into a funk and everything goes down hill from there. Now there are also times when major triggers just make me completely lose my shit for a while. In those times I generally end up in the hospital. But I've been working really hard at learning ways to deal with triggers so I can try to live a mostly normal life.
@EP I'm sorry if I overreacted to you. Your advice just seems so...offensive. You shouldn't tell people to take their recovery more seriously if you have no idea how seriously they take it.
The other thing is you seem to be looking at mental illness as an equivalent to a broken arm instead of a more logical comparison like diabetes. There's no recovery from mental illness. There's only steps you can take to alleviate the symptoms.
I think to a point I get what you're trying to say. We don't need to define ourselves by our illness. I am Losty, not PTSD girl. But at the same time I thin what the OP is trying to say is that we don't need to be ashamed of having a mental illness. People need to stop seeing mental illness as something to hide away and feel shame for.
@EP I'm sorry if I overreacted to you. Your advice just seems so...offensive. You shouldn't tell people to take their recovery more seriously if you have no idea how seriously they take it.
The other thing is you seem to be looking at mental illness as an equivalent to a broken arm instead of a more logical comparison like diabetes. There's no recovery from mental illness. There's only steps you can take to alleviate the symptoms.
I think to a point I get what you're trying to say. We don't need to define ourselves by our illness. I am Losty, not PTSD girl. But at the same time I thin what the OP is trying to say is that we don't need to be ashamed of having a mental illness. People need to stop seeing mental illness as something to hide away and feel shame for.
