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06-12-2007, 12:55 PM
|  | | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA
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Just keep breathing. We have mental illness, and some also have physical illnesses too. There are worse things to have. Think of the folks out there who have it worse than we do. |
07-12-2007, 02:36 PM
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I never really thought of it like that, as a lifetime sentence. I'm really taken aback by it, because honestly, it's too accurate. I certainly thank you for that, as I never considered it like that until now.
Now if only someone can tell me what I did to deserve such a sentence, because this is a sentence far worse than prison. Prison as a sane man is certainly easier than living life with this. |
07-12-2007, 03:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 2quilt  There are worse things to have. | Personally I can't think of much that's worse than Severe PTSD. Schizophrenia maybe? I have gastric and small intestinal cancer (though I just went into remission... yay!). The cancer is horrible and painful, but if I had a choice, I would suffer through cancer treatments indefinitely if it meant I didn't have to have PTSD anymore. |
07-12-2007, 04:31 PM
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Out of curiosity quilt.. what do you believe is worse than this?
bec |
08-12-2007, 12:40 PM
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I'd like to amend what I said earlier, when I used the term symptom free. I am not symptom free as I still have nightmares every night and intrusive thoughts still come and go... I'm just able to manage them better and that in and of itself is a great relief to me.
Oh yeah... I'm also terrified to go out and about... especially by myself... I do it, but it scares the hell out of me.
Sorry I misspoke.
Morgan |
08-12-2007, 01:46 PM
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AHH you said the magic word LIFE NOT .DEATH so we keep on living and their's alot turns and tiwist but it's hard but we're doning good and so are you
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