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@eudemonism Thanks for post. I am getting to know the reality of my life more plainly . My parents were selfish and controlling. That I was not brought in keeping with the real world but to their needs and wants. I am really alone in the wind. Lucky to have the forum to talk with,
23-04-2019 08:29 PM
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@eudemonism We have to be very careful with our triggers. Watch any flare ups. Because just like physical illness, say if someone got dizziness, he or she may have very high blood pressure and may end up stroke.
Anyhow, we are lucky on the forum, we watch each other.
No one is perfect though. So everyone has got some sort of tendency to illness of some sort. We learn from mistakes. Try not to get sick. Then mistakes also taught us a lot. I sometimes think the real meaning of life is in the crushed and burnt state that we really appreciate what is important.
24-04-2019 03:39 PM
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@eudemonism Thanks for post. I have been consistently on medication for eighteen months now. It really helped. Before that, I was on and off medication and I kept having relapses. Initially the side effects were terrible. I had to take more medication for the side effects. I find that healthy living helped the side effects a lot. Having worked through my deep emotional issues, now the side effects are much better. I think possibly anxiety made the side effects much worse.Do you have anxiety?
24-04-2019 04:43 PM
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@eudemonism I find work off anxiety and depression help a lot with side effects. For me was a lot of reasoning with myself and my past. But walking , outdoor all help. I don’t get agitated much these days, That helps to reduce the side effects a lot. May be try to write a journal. I started that. It does help .
24-04-2019 05:33 PM
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@eudemonism gradually you will get better and make sense of the past. I was quite unwell,psychotic on and off for about five years with very short remission periods only. Then now I am gradually making sense of those years and put those dark years in good use for now and the future. I think in life, we are constantly in struggles whoever we are because that is just the reality. We are lucky to have such caring,supportive people on the forum. But try to live well day to day, and make the most out of those dark years to learn from.
I think the more you can put together your life, the better your illness will get and reduce.
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