Posts Tagged ‘mental health’

Question by TyrannosaurusBex: Borderline Personality: Friends EXTREMELY misunderstanding about OD?
Basically, last week I OD’ed on paracetamol and had to go to A&E and was hospitalised for a couple days getting it out. Only a few of my friends do know but out of the three that found out first, who I thought were closest to me, two of them ended up being absolutely horrible about it. One of them says he hates it when people are suicidal and can’t understand how anything could be that bad. He doesn’t understand how mental health problems could cause someone so much pain, and when people have a choice of living or dying, how they could opt out and choose death. He says there’s no problem out there that cant be fixed and there is “so much understanding and support” for mental health problems now and there is no excuse for suicide. It also doesn’t help that he has had cancer but even people who have beaten cancer and seen people suffer and die, I know can sometimes empathise with health problems you cannot see with the naked eye, and at least vaguely still understand suicidal ideations and/or behaviour. He and my other friend just think I am an attention seeking, self pitying, drama queen who needs to stop vying for sympathy and put life in perspective. They think I just felt a bit low, and he said “She won’t do it again, it can’t be that bad, she can’t want to die as much as she says she does, or she would be dead”. My other friend Nikki said to me “There are some problems in this world people just don’t have sympathy for, for example I don’t have sympathy for schizophrenics cause my mum has schizophrenia” (and her mother abused her, now she seems to think it’s a reason to hate everyone with schizophrenia. In my opinion immature). She said “life goes on, and while we do care about your feelings, we have to look out for ourselves”. (Cause their instant reaction to all of that was to worry about what would happen to our housing situation if i dropped out, and they were basically blackmailing me to stay in it, (we are university students, or I was , but I am deferring my second year and getting a job hopefully). And they were livid when they found this out, because “I will make them all suffer and render them homeless and leave them high and dry, just stick to the course, if you say you’ll fail you will”. And they were just like you’re not that bad, just cause you have these ‘feelings’ they called them, stop downplaying the house situation, it IS a big deal. They said we are not going to walk on eggshells and not ‘speak our minds’ just cause Bekah ‘gets upset and cries’. They just don’t see how bad I really feel, on a day to day basis, and how everything they were saying and how they were acting, was making me feel and think , tying in with my disorder. I don’t even want sympathy I don’t want people melting at me feet oozing sympathy, but for instance all week after he’d found out Jordan (my friend) just ignored me, not even a ‘hi, how are you’, just said ‘I am staying out of it’. Apparently to him this is the same as ignoring me. And then when he found out how I felt about that he was just like ‘Well SHE hadn’t been making an effort to speak to ME’. And he’s really angry because I’ve never opened up to him about my BPD, he just feels like he never knew me at all, (in sixth form i just always seemed so together apparently, and then completely changed and this angered him because of how little it showed he knew me), as it is one of the most difficult (I find) health problems to describe to someone, and I can in full confidence say that, because I also have had Anorexia and Depression, and it’s by far the hardest. And with his attitudes on mental health and suicide he doesnt make it very easy. What I am just trying to say is, these people just have their priorities SO out of order, and have been, well basically, immensely cruel and I have barely been able to speak to them or go on facebook because I have just been getting bombarded with all these emails with them worrying about the stupid house. I don’t know what to do. Please help.

 

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Glassboro family counseling center celebrates 'Santa's Workshop' event

Filed under: counseling clinic

GLASSBORO — In the meeting and training rooms of the Robin's Nest family counseling center on Delsea Drive, the space typically reserved for consuming coffee and donuts while mulling over reports has been converted into a holiday gift-giving …
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WWU offers free counseling starting Jan. 21

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BELLINGHAM – Graduate students in Western Washington University's psychology department are offering free individual counseling sessions starting Tuesday, Jan. 21. WWU's Counseling Training Clinic will offer appointments for adults and children, with …
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Q&A: Girl's brain death ignites difficult debate

 

04/22/13 SB meeting recap: Student Services – Mental health recommendations presented – Dr. Jinger Gustafson, associate superintendent for middle schools, and Dr. Nita Kumar, mental health consultant, gave an update at the April 22, 2013 board m…

 

Vulnerable 'Teen Gene' May Sway Course of Mental Illness

Filed under: mental health support

Early therapy and support in the teen years — as soon as a mental health issue first manifests itself — offers far greater potential for a successful outcome and a healthy adulthood. Source: Translational Psychiatry. APA Reference Pedersen, T. (2013).
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Victim Support celebrates 40 years after its Bristol launch in 1974

Filed under: mental health support

Fourteen "carefully selected volunteers" were recruited and trained in legal matters, the benefits system and mental health. They contacted over 500 people in the first three months. 'Handing over details'. Mrs Carpenter said: "Until then victims had …
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Question by pickle: How can I improve my concentration?
I have trouble concentrating on what’s going on it class. The material isn’t hard but my mind wonders and staying focused it a problem. People have told me to get a prescription for Adderall but I don’t know much about this drug. Any advice?

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go and see a doctor, you could have attention deficit disorder, dont worry if you have it, my psychologist has it and he became a professional, you just got to treat it.

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The hidden pain and the aftermath of a road crash

Filed under: loss counselling

"In general, what we find is that the more significant the loss of physical function, the more vulnerable a person becomes to experiencing mental health concerns. Some of the injuries we see are devastating and even the most resilient of people will …
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Be kind to yourself this silly season

Filed under: loss counselling

“Sadly, Christmas does bring up strong emotions, particularly in people who have suffered a loss, bereavement or money worries,” she said. Ms Perkins advised people going through the bereavement process not to cover it up with “busyness”. “Incorporate …
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Question by Stephanie Carter: A good name for a page about mental health support?
I have a page on facebook that I originally founded to increase awareness of self-harm and suicide. As the page has progressed and become more popular though my admins and myself have branched out to include other topics such as general depression, anxiety, bipolar, eating disorders, self-esteem, bullying, rape, abuse, and basic motivational posts in the hopes of being able to reach and help people that are troubled in different aspects of life. Due to these changes I’m trying to find inspiration for a new name for the page. Currently it is called “Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention: Fight Depression” and formerly was simply “Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention.” I’d like the new name to be something that can somehow convey all of what the page has to offer support on but so far nothing I’ve thought of seems to fit. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated! 🙂