Lived Experience Forum

[HenryX]

Hello @Appleblossom 

Thank you for the feedback. It is good to know when material is useful for others.

I have committed myself, courtesy of discussion with @StuF , to reading the book, so that I can give a (short) synopsis on completion.

@Lost9also gave feedback, particularly with regard to personal experience, which was very much appreciated.

Best Wishes

@HenryX 

[BobP]

Hi, All, I find the stigma of going back into the community after discharge from the "Funny Farm" hurts so very much that I can't get interested in TV, (people trying to sell me things that I don't need and can't afford), that I go have gone to the pub for something to do. I either get drunk, have someone pushing substance abuse stuff to send me wacko then back into hospital not long after.

An alternative place for coffee and a chat with likeminded people does the job. 

[Member_A]

@HenryX What a great, short, overview, of what a complex issue, Mental Health (MH), in Australia, is.

Yes! The self-applied stigma, i know, very well.

Diagnosis of mood disorder/ schizoaffective disorder, was presented to myself, in 2003.

I have been working through this whole life journey, since i started uni, in 1996.

2003, post-diagnosis, and i was - shattered.

Felt, like my whole life had been taken away.

Anyways, i have made it through the subsequent 21 years, by working/ exercising/ socialising, and practising healthy habits, in order, to 'stay on track', and stay true to myself.

So many changes over the past 21 years, have i had to apply to my life.

All in order, to get better, and remain healthy.

It's just an additional daily item on the 'things to do' check-list: STAY HEALTHY, look after your MH. 

Thanks for a nice, sequential, piece (above), on MH and stigma.

Really clearly written, understandable, relatable.

Thanks @HenryX 

[tyme]

How are you going @BobP ?