Coming to terms with reality

[eudemonism]

@Former-Member i walked to the top of the hill and back. We'll just over the top of the hill and back. I sat on a bench for about 15-20 minutes. And tried to be mindful and clear my mind of all the junk and rewire myself too use different concepts, ideologies and prospectives
And reinforce the good techniques / thinking patterns and be done with the bad techniques / thinking patterns and start a fresh afternoon.

[eudemonism]

@Adek evil is everywhere. And it is in everyone. But we have choices. We can choose to be good or we can choose to be bad. I know its a bit of a contradiction. But yeah. For me, apart of it was too. Repent and turn against the mistakes I've made. Coming clean. Head toward the light. Listen to my conscience. And another thing that helped. Has been helping others who are overwhelmed. Being there to support them.

[eudemonism]

@Appleblossom im really going to be pushing hard and changing the way i think about myself, reality, others and the stuff that goes on in my mind. And focusing on getting out of my comfort zone. Facing fears. Breaking the routine. We and so on. Changing it up. Gettinga new leash on life.

[Adek]

We are all trying...with our own ways and means @eudemonism. I was just crying and reading online the massacre in Burma wiping out 3k people..happening in 3 days..and the armies are now burning the bodies to conceal proof from UN & the world. We...are in no position to complain about our lives and surrounding as compared to them. Seeing their blacken bodies killed and burnt mercilessly shook me breathless. 😢😢😭

[Adek]

Coming back to the system that we so much been speaking about..rather than looking at it as an outsider..perhaps being a part of it makes a difference. How? There are so many ways apart from what we are doing in here..sharing experiences in online forums. ie..being involved in group counseling organized by psy dept in hospitals. Attending psy forums held among psychiatrists, psychologists, care home operators and spiritual healer (organized here in medical institutions) and speak up during Q&A sessions. Visit the inpatients and voice their insights to the psy head of dept, study the pros and cons of meds and share on fb BP, schizo etc groups. Write a blog and share our day to day experience in combating the stigma and symptoms.

Be part of the system in our own way...not against it and try to make it better by voicing out to authorities our realtime experiences..on behalf of those like us who cant speak up, who suffer from side effects of the meds. Esp so since u @eudemonism has so much compassion towards people around u...whom u consider as family or not. Yes..our insights are sometimes overwhelming but as it sinks in the subconscious minds a lot can be derived from it. I believe..we are the stronger bunch who reach out..but there are 460k people out the suffering from bipolar symptoms alone..not to mention other MI who are trapped and couldn't do so...

I think @Former-Member..today i managed to convey whats been squirming in me since the day i walked in here. Hope i haven't spoken too recklessly...must be the racing thoughts causing me hypomanic again.

[Adek]

I must add in.. there's one BP patient here who goes in and out of psy ward too often he ended up hiring the psy inpatients as his parttime workers..doing simple beadings and embroidery for his scarves collection. Now..i was told by head of the dept he has workers in every psy ward throughout the country. Hehe..😂

[Former-Member]

hello @Adek @eudemonism @Appleblossom

you have written some very powerful words with even more powerful meaning

how are you feeling now that you have released all of that energy?

there is much room for change and we all can be aware.. do our part when we are able

that is the key word able

we are all at different stages of our symptoms ...traumas....life journeys

we share on here to help release some of our pent up feelings....to offer others compassion and understanding letting them know that they too are valued......the world out there lets us down in this area generally speaking

we also at the same time must look after ourselves

If you have reached a part of your journey where you are well enough to help bring about change....I commend you and thank you

I myself am doing that here...that is my capability at this stage....

again I thank you for bringing so much to this thread

keep in touch

[Former-Member]

@eudemonism

Have you tried saying hello to her? being friendly and respectful  does not hurt anyone. take the dog for a walk

[Former-Member]

brilliant .....forward thinking @Adek @eudemonism @Appleblossom

[eudemonism]

Being mindful no matter what we're doing is really important to get the most out of it.