Getting help
I don’t know quite what to make of this but I want to document it so I can puzzle over it and figure it out later.
This last weekend a friend of mine admited herself to the adult mental health unit of the hospital. She had been battling anxiety and insomnia for a little over a week and it was a vicious cycle that needed medical intervention to break.
They’re keeping her until Wednesday when she will be discharged to go home (her parents’ home) to recooperate until after Thanksgiving. (A blessing for her that being at her parents’ house will actually be healing for her. Not everyone could say that.)
Monday, I discovered that my trainer that had been calling on substitutes for almost a month had entered into an outpatient psych program, for anxiety and depression. She was afraid to check into the hospital but thought the 8-hour a day outpatient program very helpful.
I am so very proud of these two young women and their husbands that loved and supported them enough for them to go and get the help they needed for a dangerous situation.
I don’t know what it means that several (there are others) people in my circle of aquaintences are actively seeking mental health professional help. Maybe it "means" nothing. Or maybe there is a lot more anxiety and stress floating around and the people I know are more susceptible to it.
I also need to think about what has kept me out of the in-patient and/or out-patient treatment models. I think that had I had more support, or more courage, I would or should have sought out that kind of help at that age (late 20’s/early 30’s.)
PSA (and I’m not kidding)
If you or someone you know are dealing with anxiety, depression, obsessive thoughts or anything like that, please seek help. Not doing so would be the same as if you had diabetes and thought you could "just snap out of it." These are life-threatening chemical imbalances. Medication could safe a life.
Please.
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A year ago (or longer) on This Journey…
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Dominant Intelligence… wha??? 2007
Hooray for Z & A! 2006
Still settling in 2006
House G.O.P. acts to protect Chief 2004
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November 18th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
I’m totally with you on seeking help. Sometimes, the energy can change if you redirect the thought process.
November 19th, 2008 at 8:36 am
You do a good thing by posting this. Thank you.
November 19th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
I’ve notice an increase in anxiety and depression out on blogs lately too. There must be something going on in the atmosphere.
I think what’s kept me from seeking that solution, was not having the resources and running. who knows what mental state I’d be in without that meditation and those endorphins.
Great post.
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