Comments on: Tips And Tricks For Surviving A Mental Illness #7 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/ certifiably insane! Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-195 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:21:14 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-195 Hi Caroline: Thanks so much! You rawk too! :) hehe

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-194 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 18:18:59 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-194 Jason: Thanks for commenting. For some reason your comments went to my spam filter. Hopefully that won’t happen again! And I am happy with myself and I don’t *NEED* other people to make me feel better, it is just nice getting positive feedback. Everybody feels good when people tell them nice things, I’m not sure what your problem is.

]]> By: Caroline http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-193 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 17:39:08 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-193 kristin,

You have such a magical way of taking the weight of fear and stigma away from discussion of mental illness. You are a blessing. Oh, and you rawk.

Caroline :)

]]> By: Jason http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-171 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:01:49 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-171 erm, just checking if it went through or if you got some filtering thing in there..

]]> By: Jason http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-170 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 16:59:11 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-170 It’s cool that you’re trying to help but there’s a couple things that are a bit odd. Take it from a fellow schizophrenic, it doesn’t always have to be about ‘surviving’ it can just be dealing with it. ‘surviving’ has a negative implication. And for some people it’s not really a big deal admitting the problem to themselves, it’s just a part of life to accept your faults and work to improve them.
Congrats for having the courage to come out and identify yourself, to show that there are perfectly normal people out there with schizophrenia and they lead normal lives.
One thing I would like say though is that you say ‘you guys totally feed my ego’, you shouldn’t need other people to do that. You should be content with yourself without *needing* anyone else to make you feel good about yourself. Cheers.

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-168 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:11:16 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-168 Jennie: Thank you for sharing. I’m sorry that people in your life don’t really understand your struggles. Keep up the good work on your own though. I’m glad you have things under control! And thanks for the compliments. You guys totally feed my ego! hehe. :) kristin

]]> By: kristinbell http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-167 Sat, 18 Aug 2007 08:09:20 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-167 Hi Maryann! Thanks for the comment. Yes: our goal should be NO MORE STIGMA!

]]> By: Jennifer http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-165 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:32:15 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-165 Dear Kristin,
Thank you for nailing it right on the head ! (no pun intended ;0)
I have been diagnosed for about fifteen years now, and I have listened to the doctors. It took many years for me to accept what I have, and many of my friends and family still don’t want to believe that I have this problem. They see me as a capable and healthy person, even though they don’t understand some of the struggles that I never tell anyone about.
I don’t understand how a logical person can accept that the human body gets sick…ie: cancer, heart disease, flu….and yet have no concept that the human brain is THE most complicated organ and that it can get sick and malfunction! It is just so stupid when you think about it.
It has taken many years of hard work to get my illness under control but it was worth it all.
You have a lot of personal strength and insight into your mental health. Im so glad that you don’t let your illness define you like I have seen so many people do! You know you have it, you accept it, but it isn’t who you are. Keep up the great posts!
Hugs, Jennie

]]> By: Maryann http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-164 Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:51:30 +0000 http://kristinbell.org/2007/08/17/tips-and-tricks-for-surviving-a-mental-illness-7/#comment-164 Great job Kristin! We not only have to remove the mental illness stigma, but the stigma of having to take medication for it as well.

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