The mental health support thread

[babyblob]

We have a GLBT thread for support and discussion so I thought I would start one for people who have mental health struggles or just need a helping hand after a bad day. If the mods dont think this is appropriate am take it down I am sorry for having started it.

Here is a little about me. I have schizoaffetive disorder. I have mood swings that go from Manic and extreme happiness to extreme depression. I also have hallucinations and hear voices. For the longest time I thought my voices were real people and didnt understand why other people were ignoring them. Now I know they are not real and that has been a struggle to accept. I often times for sorry for people without voices because I think of how lonely they must be. I also have a hard time leaving the house.
I get very nervous and at time have panic attacks in public. I have a mental health caseworker who takes me places like to the grocery store and doctors. He stays with me while I am out and without him I doubt I would have the courage to get anything done.

This makes things very hard for me at times. It doesnt help that I am a caretaker for my disabled father and cant really afford to have a bad day. When I do I have to struggle through it for his sake. I am controlled somewhat with meds and in the last month my good days have outnumbered my bad. I am talking with my doctor about scaling back my medicine regiment. Right now I am on 12 pills a day and that is hard. Sometimes I forget to talk them and that leads to bad times. I dont work and get social security disability though I am hoping as I get better I can return to the workforce.

I try very hard to distract myself. I read comics a lot. More then I should probably. It is my main hobby as it picks me up when I am having a bad day and calms me down when I am manic. I may go overboard sometime like the days I read 15 or 30 issues in on day on Marvel Unlimited. I remember the day I couldnt sleep and woke up at one am and ended up reading 60 that day. I read normal books on my kindle. I also write though I have not done a lot of that as of late. I also come to this site This site has helped me a great deal. It has given me a place to talk about comics and I have been getting more active on other threads to become a better member of this community.

I wanted to be open about what I am going through because maybe then others will be open as well. I know I am not a role model or anything and am not trying to be but all it takes is one person sometimes.

So if you want to talk about struggles you are going through or if you are just having a bad day I encourage you to open up here. I have found a good many people on this site supportive and willing to help.

I understand mental health is a personal and hard thing to talk about at times so if this thread dies on the vine I will understand.

[Kirby101]

Hi tbaron. So sorry to hear about your struggles. I hope you maintain the strength to continue to deal with them. It must be very difficult at times. I think it is great that you have found comics as a refuge. Though I have never dealt with problems as tough as you are, there have still been times when having comics as a refuge has been of great help for me.

[maninthemacintosh1606]

Is there any reason this thread died on the vine? I have schizophrenia, I would feel odd bringing it up in any other discussion or anything like that.

[babyblob]

Is there any reason this thread died on the vine? I have schizophrenia, I would feel odd bringing it up in any other discussion or anything like that.

You can talk about it here. I would be very willing to offer what help and encouragement I can.

[maninthemacintosh1606]

You can talk about it here. I would be very willing to offer what help and encouragement I can.

Do you ever find it hard to read or focus when you're having a bad day or due to meds?

[babyblob]

Do you ever find it hard to read or focus when you're having a bad day or due to meds?

When I am having a good day my focus is amazing. Like I said above some days I read up to 30 issues. When I am having a bad day I try to read but it doesnt always work. Most bad days walking helps ore then anything. When I am manic I have been known to walk ten miles a day. I do laps around my house. When I am depressed reading doent really help that much. When that happens I lay in bed all day and only get up when my father needs me.

May I ask you a few questions about what you go through so I understand where you are coming from better? I am on the schizo spectrum so I have a good idea about symptoms.

[KOSLOX]

We have a GLBT thread for support and discussion so I thought I would start one for people who have mental health struggles or just need a helping hand after a bad day. If the mods dont think this is appropriate am take it down I am sorry for having started it.

Here is a little about me. I have schizoaffetive disorder. I have mood swings that go from Manic and extreme happiness to extreme depression. I also have hallucinations and hear voices. For the longest time I thought my voices were real people and didnt understand why other people were ignoring them. Now I know they are not real and that has been a struggle to accept. I often times for sorry for people without voices because I think of how lonely they must be. I also have a hard time leaving the house.
I get very nervous and at time have panic attacks in public. I have a mental health caseworker who takes me places like to the grocery store and doctors. He stays with me while I am out and without him I doubt I would have the courage to get anything done.

This makes things very hard for me at times. It doesnt help that I am a caretaker for my disabled father and cant really afford to have a bad day. When I do I have to struggle through it for his sake. I am controlled somewhat with meds and in the last month my good days have outnumbered my bad. I am talking with my doctor about scaling back my medicine regiment. Right now I am on 12 pills a day and that is hard. Sometimes I forget to talk them and that leads to bad times. I dont work and get social security disability though I am hoping as I get better I can return to the workforce.

I try very hard to distract myself. I read comics a lot. More then I should probably. It is my main hobby as it picks me up when I am having a bad day and calms me down when I am manic. I may go overboard sometime like the days I read 15 or 30 issues in on day on Marvel Unlimited. I remember the day I couldnt sleep and woke up at one am and ended up reading 60 that day. I read normal books on my kindle. I also write though I have not done a lot of that as of late. I also come to this site This site has helped me a great deal. It has given me a place to talk about comics and I have been getting more active on other threads to become a better member of this community.

I wanted to be open about what I am going through because maybe then others will be open as well. I know I am not a role model or anything and am not trying to be but all it takes is one person sometimes.

So if you want to talk about struggles you are going through or if you are just having a bad day I encourage you to open up here. I have found a good many people on this site supportive and willing to help.

I understand mental health is a personal and hard thing to talk about at times so if this thread dies on the vine I will understand.

Have you heard of the videogame Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice?

It's a game where the protagonist has a schizoaffective disorder. The creators tried very hard to make sure they properly represented it without making light of it or glorifying/vilifying people who have it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbl...%27s_Sacrifice

[babyblob]

Have you heard of the videogame Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice?

It's a game where the protagonist has a schizoaffective disorder. The creators tried very hard to make sure they properly represented it without making light of it or glorifying/vilifying people who have it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellbl...%27s_Sacrifice

I have not heard of it. Thank you I will read up on it.

That is the problem with media, for so long they had people with mental illness portrayed as dangerous people who there was no help for. Tv Movies and yes even comic books have not done the best job of handling people with mental health disorders for the longest time. And that helped make people scared to come forward. I am glad to see that this is getting better.

[Mia]

I wouldn't say that I have a mental health problem. But on the Meyers Brigg personality spectrum I am an ISTJ so that means I tend towards being hyper serious and can take things too seriously from time to time and catastrophize things at others. There are a few things that really help me:

-My faith in the Creator
-Strenuous exercise. Due to lock down where I live, it has either led to gym closures or a maxed out capacity of 10 so it's virtually impossible to get a space. So I ended up buying an elliptical
-Reading, mostly business self help
-Writing.
- I also keep a sheet of inspirational quotes which I read first thing in the morning. They really help me to set my mind.

We have a GLBT thread for support and discussion so I thought I would start one for people who have mental health struggles or just need a helping hand after a bad day. If the mods dont think this is appropriate am take it down I am sorry for having started it.

Here is a little about me. I have schizoaffetive disorder. I have mood swings that go from Manic and extreme happiness to extreme depression. I also have hallucinations and hear voices. For the longest time I thought my voices were real people and didnt understand why other people were ignoring them. Now I know they are not real and that has been a struggle to accept. I often times for sorry for people without voices because I think of how lonely they must be. I also have a hard time leaving the house.
I get very nervous and at time have panic attacks in public. I have a mental health caseworker who takes me places like to the grocery store and doctors. He stays with me while I am out and without him I doubt I would have the courage to get anything done.

This makes things very hard for me at times. It doesnt help that I am a caretaker for my disabled father and cant really afford to have a bad day. When I do I have to struggle through it for his sake. I am controlled somewhat with meds and in the last month my good days have outnumbered my bad. I am talking with my doctor about scaling back my medicine regiment. Right now I am on 12 pills a day and that is hard. Sometimes I forget to talk them and that leads to bad times. I dont work and get social security disability though I am hoping as I get better I can return to the workforce.

I try very hard to distract myself. I read comics a lot. More then I should probably. It is my main hobby as it picks me up when I am having a bad day and calms me down when I am manic. I may go overboard sometime like the days I read 15 or 30 issues in on day on Marvel Unlimited. I remember the day I couldnt sleep and woke up at one am and ended up reading 60 that day. I read normal books on my kindle. I also write though I have not done a lot of that as of late. I also come to this site This site has helped me a great deal. It has given me a place to talk about comics and I have been getting more active on other threads to become a better member of this community.

I wanted to be open about what I am going through because maybe then others will be open as well. I know I am not a role model or anything and am not trying to be but all it takes is one person sometimes.

So if you want to talk about struggles you are going through or if you are just having a bad day I encourage you to open up here. I have found a good many people on this site supportive and willing to help.

I understand mental health is a personal and hard thing to talk about at times so if this thread dies on the vine I will understand.

There is nothing like a good book to pick you up, to comfort you and keep you company. I have been collecting SH comic books for a very, very long time and I find that I get more inspiration from it than any heavy handed self help book. Don't apologize for reading comic books. Many successful people do and I understand the average age is 30 years old. So it's hardly something for stunted 15 year old boys.

It's better for you to 'read too many comics'. Than for you to indulge yourself with other harmful stimulants or vegging on the net or tv.

[babyblob]

I wouldn't say that I have a mental health problem. But on the Meyers Brigg personality spectrum I am an ISTJ so that means I tend towards being hyper serious and can take things too seriously from time to time and catastrophize things at others. There are a few things that really help me:

-My faith in the Creator
-Strenuous exercise. Due to lock down where I live, it has either led to gym closures or a maxed out capacity of 10 so it's virtually impossible to get a space. So I ended up buying an elliptical
-Reading, mostly business self help
-Writing.
- I also keep a sheet of inspirational quotes which I read first thing in the morning. They really help me to set my mind.

I like the idea of Quotes. I have a few that I enjoy but I dont look at them everyday.

There is one that I love. it is some thing my uncle used to say. When some one asked how he was he would say.

Better then yesterday worse then tomorrow. I really loved that.

[achilles]

Oh God, I'm having a severe anxiety attack. Its so bad, I don't know what to do. It's all I can do to keep from screaming my head off, and I want to run somewhere, anywhere. But I don't know why. Or how to make it stop.

[babyblob]

Oh God, I'm having a severe anxiety attack. Its so bad, I don't know what to do. It's all I can do to keep from screaming my head off, and I want to run somewhere, anywhere. But I don't know why. Or how to make it stop.

When I am having this I go into a room by myself and listen to relaxing calm music and sounds and pace like crazy.

I dont know if this is an option for you but if it is try.

[achilles]

When I am having this I go into a room by myself and listen to relaxing calm music and sounds and pace like crazy.

I dont know if this is an option for you but if it is try.

Nothing helps. I'm just running around my home, frantically trying to escape somewhere from something I don't even understand. Music. Thanks, I shall try that.