Posted by Bob on June 9, 2010, at 23:48:20
In reply to Re: Best/Worst Mental Illness to have??, posted by stargazer2 on June 6, 2010, at 10:29:40
> The worst has got to be the one that there is no good treatment for...and that can only be determined after someone says enough is enough and ends their life...that tells me they have exhausted all possibilities for solutions.
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> Anyone that can live with some of these conditions and continues to fight must have determined that they prefer to live in their state rather than give up.
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> Of course for any given condition there are variations of severity, so you can't just say one diagnosis or another, without identifying severity in a case by case basis.
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> One person's depression does not tell another's struggle with their situation.
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> Like I said, the most severe case is the case that does not respond to meds and where the person, says enough is enough...
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> I could say treatment resistent depression since that is what I have and after 30 years feel the fight may not be worth it anymore, especially after your youth and hope is gone. Nothing brings back all those lost years.I'd have to agree with that last statement. It's like, the longer you carry the burden, the more overwhelming it becomes. I look back on all the years I lost and realize that I'm not going to suddenly build myself a good life - it's gone. I have to find a way to live with my situation the way it is, and that is very, very challenging.
When you're young there are all kinds of unknowns and it always seems possible that this thing will somehow resolve or just dissipate. That's a little more difficult to rationalize though when it's been going on for 20 or 30 years.
Btw, stargazer, how old are you now, if you don't mind me asking?
Bob
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