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Posted by Nomadd on October 13, 2019, at 20:03:25
The worst part about having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you dont. - Arthur Fleck
True Words!
Posted by Nomadd on October 15, 2019, at 17:17:49
In reply to 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.., posted by Nomadd on October 13, 2019, at 20:03:25
> The worst part about having a mental illness is people expect you to behave as if you dont. - Arthur Fleck
>
> True Words!My favorite quote from the movie.
Posted by rjlockhart37 on November 2, 2019, at 23:41:12
In reply to Re: 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.., posted by Nomadd on October 15, 2019, at 17:17:49
i think the worst part is not bieng able to function, or adapt into society, the severe cases in state hospitals where they can't leave, that or just waking up everyday and having a intense dysphoria about everything and then see the world happy, and you dread being unhappy
Posted by sigismund on November 6, 2019, at 21:58:58
In reply to Re: 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.., posted by rjlockhart37 on November 2, 2019, at 23:41:12
>and then see the world happy
You might think that if you were terribly unhappy. Envy piled on top.
Posted by beckett2 on November 12, 2019, at 22:31:20
In reply to Re: 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.., posted by sigismund on November 6, 2019, at 21:58:58
> >and then see the world happy
>
> You might think that if you were terribly unhappy. Envy piled on top.Very true in my experience.
Posted by sigismund on November 22, 2019, at 23:05:40
In reply to Re: 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.., posted by rjlockhart37 on November 2, 2019, at 23:41:12
Intense dysphoria I understand. The earlier posts brought this to mind. Not that I want to promote Tennyson.
Alas! for this gray shadow, once a man
So glorious in his beauty and thy choice,
Who madest him thy chosen, that he seem'd
To his great heart none other than a God!
I ask'd thee, 'Give me immortality.'
Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile,
Like wealthy men, who care not how they give.
But thy strong Hours indignant work'd their wills,
And beat me down and marr'd and wasted me,
And tho' they could not end me, left me maim'd
To dwell in presence of immortal youth,
Immortal age beside immortal youth,
And all I was, in ashes. Can thy love,
Thy beauty, make amends, tho' even now,
Close over us, the silver star, thy guide,
Shines in those tremulous eyes that fill with tears
To hear me? Let me go: take back thy gift:
Why should a man desire in any way
To vary from the kindly race of men
Or pass beyond the goal of ordinance
Where all should pause, as is most meet for all?
Posted by beckett2 on December 6, 2019, at 10:23:48
In reply to Re: 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.., posted by sigismund on November 22, 2019, at 23:05:40
> Intense dysphoria I understand. The earlier posts brought this to mind. Not that I want to promote Tennyson.
>
> Alas! for this gray shadow, once a man
> So glorious in his beauty and thy choice,
> Who madest him thy chosen, that he seem'd
> To his great heart none other than a God!
> I ask'd thee, 'Give me immortality.'
> Then didst thou grant mine asking with a smile,
> Like wealthy men, who care not how they give.
> But thy strong Hours indignant work'd their wills,
> And beat me down and marr'd and wasted me,
> And tho' they could not end me, left me maim'd
> To dwell in presence of immortal youth,
> Immortal age beside immortal youth,
> And all I was, in ashes. Can thy love,
> Thy beauty, make amends, tho' even now,
> Close over us, the silver star, thy guide,
> Shines in those tremulous eyes that fill with tears
> To hear me? Let me go: take back thy gift:
> Why should a man desire in any way
> To vary from the kindly race of men
> Or pass beyond the goal of ordinance
> Where all should pause, as is most meet for all?And grief.
Posted by sigismund on December 8, 2019, at 23:28:18
In reply to Re: 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.. » sigismund, posted by beckett2 on December 6, 2019, at 10:23:48
'Why should a man desire in any way
To vary from the kindly race of men'I can think about that a couple of ways. What surprises me is that I have felt it.
Grief about what? Self? Life? Obviously the world these days. Grief commands respect (normally).
Posted by beckett2 on December 17, 2019, at 21:16:29
In reply to Re: 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.. » beckett2, posted by sigismund on December 8, 2019, at 23:28:18
> Grief commands respect (normally).
I think grief comes from love. Yes?
Posted by sigismund on December 23, 2019, at 22:52:00
In reply to Re: 'The worst part about having a mental illness is.. » sigismund, posted by beckett2 on December 17, 2019, at 21:16:29
>I think grief comes from love. Yes?
Sounds right. Love lost somehow, denied. With more duration than disappointment.
I came across this, from Dr Yerberry Dent who treated William Burroughs' addiction with apomorphine.......
I know of no medical textbook that includes advice on the treatment of acute misery or grief, no drugs are prescribed for broken hearts, and Dutch courage is all that is advised for terror.
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