Posted by Christ_empowered on May 20, 2015, at 22:20:50
In reply to Re: They are not calling it schizophrenia anymore, posted by Shelley on May 19, 2015, at 14:59:54
Mental Health, Inc. creates victims, not victors. I think we all know, at some level, that f*ck*d up families=mental problems for a lot of people. The official line right now is that...hey, parents, its NEVER your fault! Its a brain disease. Thanks, NAMI.
Of course, not all schizophrenics come from bad family dynamics. My family is a huge part of the reason I'm recovering...of course, they're now more upper class, so I'm "Bipolar" now, not "Schizophrenic." See what I'm saying here?
I'm beginning to think that society as a whole just doesn't wanna think about what actually makes people crazy. Anti-psychiatry isn't really the answer, either. The US, in particular, is a terribly inhumane society, largely because of massive inequality and what I'd consider class warfare. Of course, when you're a mental patient, nobody cares what you think, lol. No wonder I come here so often.
The option would appear to be for more patients and former patients to help each other. I'm a Christian, so I'd recommend a lil Bible Study, too, but that's optional. In my own life, my family has proven incredibly supportive over the years, and that's huge.
In the US, lots of people who haven't been crazy a day in their lives go to shreds because we don't have a safety net. We also have downward mobility, even while we're all brain washed into thinking that its a magical meritocracy and we all get what we earn+deserve, blah blah blah. homeless? What'd you do wrong? I swear, the US has evolved into one of the meanest, most punitive, harshest cultures...this in one of the wealthiest nations on earth, at that.
Ugh. The problems are economic, social, political, legal. More humane countries still have crazies, but they/we are dealt with better. Funny how adequate resources will do that, isn't it.
In the US, we have TV ads for Abilify, Seroquel XR, Viibryd, print ads for Vyvanse and Ambien CR, and...on and on it goes. The most you'll get out of a mental health pro in the US is that maybe they should therapy more often. Therpay? I mean, its cool and all, I guess, but..."the personal is political," right? What I experience, what you experience, everyday is rooted in the social structure as a whole. Drugs and talk therapy often serve to blind us to that fact.
Blah blah blah...all this from someone on 4 psych meds and 1 PRN, plus Orthomolecular. Of course, I'm blessed. It could be high dose Prolixin shots and a rusted trailer, with no hope for escape from abject poverty. As is, I live with upper middle/upper class people in comfort, pop vitamins, go to school...I'm in "recovery." Why don't "those other people" recover? Well...they're schizophrenic; you're Bipolar. Its different.
Right.
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