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RE: I had a mental breakdown
August 21, 2015 at 8:50 am
Rob,
I am so upset for you. You are one of my favorite people on this site. I don't know what to say that has not been said, other than when and if this happens again try to remember all of your friends that love you and are in your corner holding you up! Your wife sounds great give yourself and her a hug for me. Be kind to yourself!
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RE: I had a mental breakdown
August 21, 2015 at 9:44 am
That sucks, rob. I'm really sorry that happened to you. I've been there, so I know how astonishingly horrible that is. If you ever feel the need to talk to someone with experience, feel free to PM me.
As for the nurse, I've come to believe that it is naive to expect any real understanding of psychiatric issues from the medical community. So much so that many of them lack any real empathy for people suffering from psychiatric issues. When I was younger and was getting to an extreme low point, I told my parents that I wanted to hurt myself. We couldn't reach my psychiatrist, so my parents did the only thing they could think of and took me to the E.R. I explained the issue to the doctor tasked with looking at me, and after being unable reach anyone at my doctors, he looked at me and snidely asked, "What do you want me to do about it?" as if he was trying to understand how this was his problem. I had to practically beg him to let me stay at the psychiatric facility there.
You just can't take the ignorance about depression personally. Fuck that nurse and everyone else that can't recognize when another human being is in true pain.
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RE: I had a mental breakdown
August 21, 2015 at 11:07 am
Rob, I hope you are better now. I am so very sorry you had to go through that.
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RE: I had a mental breakdown
August 21, 2015 at 11:11 am
Best wishes, Rob. Be well.
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RE: I had a mental breakdown
August 21, 2015 at 11:43 am
Boy, that got me to leaking a little, reading that. My heart goes out to you, Rob.
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RE: I had a mental breakdown
August 21, 2015 at 12:42 pm
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Stay strong and hang in there Rob. You have people that love you, and people that obviously care about you on here. Keep trying to find little things in everyday life that make your life worth living. I’m sure your pets help a great deal, and hopefully people on here can keep you happy as well. You're easily one of the best members on here, and people really want to see you on here for a very long timel.
Hang in there my friend.
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RE: I had a mental breakdown
August 21, 2015 at 12:50 pm
Jibbers, rob.
I really hope you are better and that was a one off. You are in my thoughts, friend.
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RE: I had a mental breakdown
August 21, 2015 at 1:23 pm
I'd offer to pray for you but I'm afraid it would be insulting to admit so openly how little I intend to do for you. If we lived closer, I'd offer to come over and feed the menagerie for you until you felt better.
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