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The positives of mental illness
| Of course it's double edged. I might fall into some horrible states seemingly out of nowhere due to PTSD or failing to manage myself. Still though, the genuine happiness and excitement I experience over the smallest things every day is something I'd never trade for anything. I feel so light. The things that burdened me don't tie me down. It's not contentness. It's a drive for change, a deep love of being alive and embracing what comes with it. I'm free
| Not saying mental illness is a requirement for this or a good thing in any way, but I don't think I personally would have gotten here if not for the things I had to go through in order to survive it
| you've really given up on ever improving on your ptsd so hard you've turned around and created an ideology about how liberating it is to have ptsd. may you benefit from reading: https://fablesofaesop.com/the-fox-and-the-grapes.html
and, just in case, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias
| >It's not contentness. It's a drive for change
| I’ve always been careful not to get diagnosed with anything so I’m healthy but yeah I’m at home alone too with no job-
But I’m going to enjoy all the things in life to see and do extra hard now gurl! I actually want to be successful one day but idk baby steps
| Ok, now cut
| My mental issues have caused major road blocks in my life, but I do feel like overcoming those road blocks and growing in spite of my desire to hold myself back has made me a better person. I feel you when you say you were forced to divorce from social constructs. My mental health has been pretty stable the past few years.
Much love and wishing you the best
| >>1024453
whatever I'm not.
I would say being able to significantly fix my friend's problems and change the world to my will, when I have a strong desire, and not feel hopeless or like I don't know what I can do about anything.
Maybe that's not possible and it's not good to do this kinda thinking huh? I still want to reach that level though
| >>1024609
You get me g/u/rl. Love and best wishes to you as well <3
>>1024615
That's an understandable desire. I won't say it's an impossibility. At least to some degree, in some form, I believe you can do those things. Probably not in whatever form you might be envisioning though, and as you said yourself, baby steps. Take things as they come, treat yourself kindly, be open to things outside the norm, opportunities usually don't take a conventional form. You got this g/u/rl!!
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| Ноw did you get ptsd?
Also how do you get money if you don't have s job
| >>1024691
Wasn't one specific event. It's not talked about enough, but PTSD can form from repeated "smaller" traumas. I was treated like shit and abused for most of my childhood by most people around me and had a lot of undiagnosed things making shit even harder on top of that, and as an adult found out that had "accumulated" so to speak and turned into PTSD.
Therapists and doctors deemed me unable to really work much, so qualified for welfare. It's not much, but I get by mostly
| >>1024755
I hope you’re having a good one today and you enjoy something without fear. I’m doing my best today too, at least in this minute haha
| >>1024757
I am!! It's something you can never really stop working on, won't just dissapear, but I manage well now. Some seemingly innocuous things can send me to the past, but I know it will pass and I refuse to not enjoy life or let fears control me
I'm glad you are g/u/rl <3
Enjoy the moments you are able to, and survive those you can't so you can keep experiencing the positives in life
| I also have ptsd but damn I'm just never happy, been depressed as fuck all my life and the best i can feel is just decent. Glad ur able to feel happy op. For me I feel like I won't be able to actually get better till I move out, as most my issues are family abuse related. Meow mrow
| >>1024766
Ah, yeah. That's rough. Getting out of that environment is very important. I can promise you things will be brighter once you are. Personally that's when my healing got to start properly. I wish you the very best and hope you can get out at first opportunity g/u/rl <3
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| My journey to survive and heal has forced me to divorce myself from a lot of social constructs, and while mental issues are a living hell, in my current state, I find myself living a happier and more fulfilling life than most "normal" people around. I've become immune to most sources of daily stress, I get by without a job, I can express myself freely. The people I know who've never dealt with mental illness seem to feel a lot more trapped. Deal with a lot more stress and struggle