March 2012
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Managing Depression
onlinecounsellingcollege:
Depression is a recognised clinical condition. You can’t just “try and pull yourself together” … or “snap out of it” … or “get over it”. However, there are a few things that may help improve your mood so it may be worth giving them a try. For example,
1. We know that exercise changes brain chemistry and acts a natural antidepressant - so why not go for a walk or a...
5 Ways to Beat Loneliness
onlinecounsellingcollege:
We all experience bouts of loneliness at times. It is common during times of flux and change (such as starting university or breaking up with someone). But it can also overwhelm us when we’re with a group of friends, so we feel disconnected … as if we don’t belong. So what can we do to keep loneliness at bay?
1. First, don’t isolate yourself – When you’re feeling...
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princessejuliedenetzach asked: I just wanted to say that I related with that anon message... I am physically sick (I'm suffering from chronic pain), I have BPD, OCD and anxiety, and lately all I've been is a mess of symptoms (and pain). I know that I can be an amazing person, but right now, I'm just... symptoms. I met my boyfriend a few months after I got physically ill. Since he has met me (more than 1 1/2...
MentalIllnessMouse will be back tomorrow!
Dear Followers, as stated in a response to an earlier ask, we’ll be posting memes again beginning tomorrow!
Thanks for being patient with us. : ]
I’d also like to introduce myself. I’m the meme’s editor’s friend and I’ll be the new second moderator for this tumblr.
-Safet
Counselling and psychology quotes, facts and... →
“As long as we define ourselves in terms of our pain and our problems, we will...”
– Eckhart Tolle (via onlinecounsellingcollege)
Dissociative Disorders
onlinecounsellingcollege:
Dissociative disorders involve a breakdown in memory, awareness, identity and/or perception. The four main types are:
· Dissociative amnesia: Here, the person can’t remember important personal information surrounding a traumatic experience. This creates gaps in their personal history.
· Dissociative fugue: This is where the person impulsively wanders or...
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Anonymous asked: I really love your blog! But.. I just want to say something.. I have many bodily problems and am very ill, so those mental illnesses (like bpd, depression, anxiety) that I have, too.. I don't understand how people can love me. I am so broken and I could die every moment.. because of suicide or because my body is too ill to go on. *sighs* How can I be loved when I am such a fragile and bad...
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Anonymous asked: You're back! I really hope you're feeling better <3
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messyoffice-deactivated20121210 asked: If I may, your last answer to the anon who said, "I can't function in society..." your response is WAY too short and, usually, in order for extreme action to be taken, an individual must prove themselves to be a danger to themselves and others. I hope that anon does attend counseling or has a therapist, but telling them "to convince them you're not" is like opening a...
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Anonymous asked: Are you okay? You said you'd be back soon, and yet your hiatus seems to have continued - I hope everything is going well for you and that you will soon return, my best wishes for you <3
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Anonymous asked: Sometimes I want to take an axe and murder ever person I see. Just becuse they brushed past me. Becuse they are to close. Becuse they loud. Becuse I'm scared of them. I don't understant them. I don't understand emotions. I bearly know how I feel anymore. I feel like everyone want me dead, tortued, humiliate me. I feel like some kind of freakish monster who tries to imitate human.
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Anonymous asked: I'm really scared to go to a psychiatrist because I'm afraid that they'll tell me that I'm "not sick enough" and that professional help is only for serious cases. I'm also afraid that they'll tell me that I'll just have to deal with my problems, because there are days when I simply can't handle them anymore. What should I do?
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Anonymous asked: What's the difference between depersonalization and dissociation? I know depersonalization can include dissociation, but I'm not really sure of all of the differences between the two.
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Anonymous asked: i can,t function in society and they say i,m ok
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quiltingqueer asked: I just wanted to thank you for having stuff about dissociation on your memes and in your asks. It's comforting to know that other people experience it. It isn't talked about very much outside of some support forums.
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Anonymous asked: Thanks to this blog I now know was dissociation is, which is a huge relief. I spent several weeks during a stressful time going in and out of a state of feeling like a ghost in my own body and being scared/confused. Now I know, and I'm less scared/confused.
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Anonymous asked: Can a person be in a constant dissociative state? I always hear references to episodes of dissociation, but I constantly feel like nothing is real and like I'm not actually living in my body or in the world and everything is fake and distant. This has been going on for weeks where I've felt like I'm living in a daydream, though I think I've experienced it for short periods in...
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messyoffice-deactivated20121210 asked: My dissociation occurs without rhyme or reason. It happens while showering a good deal of the time. The color white everywhere, the rhythmic sound of the water... by the time I come out, I feel like I'm floating away 50 miles from my body and if someone tries to talk to me, it's impossible
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Anonymous asked: I've noticed that I tend to dissociate after showering. Is that a thing for anyone else?
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princessejuliedenetzach asked: When I suffer from dissociation (mildly, but often), I feel like nothing around me is real... like nothing is really there. I also feel that my visual focus is different (it's like if my conscience was more in the back of my head instead of in "the middle"), I feel like all sounds are background sounds. I feel like I'm just not here, I don't feel anything, and when I...
