Hi, SGLand!
The photo above is not recent, but it brings back vivid memories of a particular subject: mental health.
In 2016 I turned 20 and had the worst panic attack of my life. After that, I was unable to fully recover. I have had crises since I was very young, and doctors say I was born with a chemical deficiency in the brain. My brain does not produce what it has to produce, and so the crises came. I need to take medicine every day because of that.
However, in 2019 I improved considerably, and I had the opportunity to help other people. In 2020, this work has been even more important due to quarantine and COVID-19. Staying at home locked in isolation can be very harmful to mental health.
I participate in some incentive groups that seek free or low-cost help to psychologists and psychiatrists. I have already helped some models and I am currently helping my boyfriend to look for a good alternative. Unfortunately doctors are expensive, but there are projects and places that they attend for free. During quarantine, some psychologists in Brazil, my country, are making appointments online. This has also helped me.
And you, what have you been doing to make your and others' days a little better? I know that sometimes we don't have the strength, but it is always good to remember to live one day at a time.
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nittie:
@freakme I currently take antidepressants, anxiolytics and mood controllers. They have worked, although I cannot take fluoxetine for any reason. It should help me, but it worsens my condition. It's really weird!
gcharles:
I have mental illness as well and I see a doctor regularly (it is all over the phone since the Covid19 came). I also attend a group for family of mentally I'll people and the mentally I'll family members too. I am doing very well, so the family members of the others want me to hang out and be a good influence on them. I have tried this, however the other mentally ill guys drink or do drugs very often as well as dont take their medications, so I have stopped hanging out with them until they get a little better. I often help my nephew's friends or my friends or their friend find the resources to get help. They all seem to like me for some reason and then feel better admitting they need help. There is such a stigma of having mental illness. People automatically think you are dangerous or will steal from them or just dont want to be around you when they find out you have mental illness. I try to show people that it is okay to admit it, to seek help and that it is not at all like it is portrayed in the media or in films and television (or at least not all the time is it like that).