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From: Hope on 20 Aug 2008 23:20
Hello, I'm new to the group. I joined this group because I'm looking
for some new friends who know what it's like to have a mental illness.

I grew up with mental illness. My father was diagnosed with
schizophrenia and bipolar. He was also an alchoholic and an abuser. My
mother has depression.

My last diagnoses was depression with psychosis. When I was a teen I
was diagnosed with borderline bipolar after I tried to commit suicide.
About three years ago I started to hear voices and have visual
hallucinations. The voices are usually mean and nasty. They like to
tell me to kill myself or they try and play with my mind to get me to
believe things that aren't true. I always have to remind myself that
they are just voices and not true.

I have depression and anxiety which hasn't been treatable by
medication. I've tried all kinds of medication and I don't like taking
them. I have a feeling that they aren't good for me. I do take Lunesta
for sleep which seems to be working.

I've had paranoid thoughts in the past. I've had thoughts and beliefs
that people are going to hurt me for no reason at all.

I isolate myself allot from the outside world. I get anxious around
crowds of people and try to shop when it is least busy.

So in a nutshell, I'm a certified nutcase. :D Are there any other
similar nutcases out there?

I want to reach out to others and make a difference. If I can help
other people online somehow that's something. Maybe later I will have
enough courage to go back to the Voices and Visions group here in the
city.

I'm disabled and not working so to fill my time I've been building a
website. I was going to school for web design before I got really
sick. It helps to have something to focus on besides my insane self -
another reason why I need other people in my life. The website is a
forum, chat, and blog for people who have mental illness. I hope it's
ok to share the address with you. I know some groups have a policy
against this but I didn't read anything against link sharing here. The
address is: http://www.mentalillnessforums.com I'll be looking for
supportive people that want to become moderators.

Every day can be a battle. I try to stay positive and have hope for a
better tomorrow. My faith in God helps get me through each day. My
prayer is that you find peace and hope.

If anyone wants to talk directly to me, you can send an email;
thereishope4us(a)yahoo.com

I look forward to getting to know you!



From: Mandy on 21 Aug 2008 06:37
Hope <thereishope4us(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:1c7bb7f1-8d67-4030-862f-
3c5bd9cff352(a)l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com:

> Hello, I'm new to the group. I joined this group because I'm looking
> for some new friends who know what it's like to have a mental illness.
>

That'll be me then! I'm Mandy, 30 and I've got psychotic depression

> I grew up with mental illness. My father was diagnosed with
> schizophrenia and bipolar. He was also an alchoholic and an abuser. My
> mother has depression.
>

I'm sorry to hear that!

> My last diagnoses was depression with psychosis. When I was a teen I
> was diagnosed with borderline bipolar after I tried to commit suicide.
> About three years ago I started to hear voices and have visual
> hallucinations. The voices are usually mean and nasty. They like to
> tell me to kill myself or they try and play with my mind to get me to
> believe things that aren't true. I always have to remind myself that
> they are just voices and not true.
>

*nodding* Here too! The Zyprexa has really helped with that though so
it might be worth asking about being prescribed Zyprexa?

> I have depression and anxiety which hasn't been treatable by
> medication. I've tried all kinds of medication and I don't like taking
> them. I have a feeling that they aren't good for me. I do take Lunesta
> for sleep which seems to be working.
>

I don't like taking meds either but I'd rather pop pills than end up
dead!

> I've had paranoid thoughts in the past. I've had thoughts and beliefs
> that people are going to hurt me for no reason at all.
>

Yup, same here!

> I isolate myself allot from the outside world. I get anxious around
> crowds of people and try to shop when it is least busy.
>

We won't be seeing you at any meets then? :o(

> So in a nutshell, I'm a certified nutcase. :D Are there any other
> similar nutcases out there?
>

Me! I'm totally fruitloop me!!

> I want to reach out to others and make a difference. If I can help
> other people online somehow that's something. Maybe later I will have
> enough courage to go back to the Voices and Visions group here in the
> city.
>

Tell us about the group... is it a support group or a social group or
something else?

> I'm disabled and not working so to fill my time I've been building a
> website. I was going to school for web design before I got really
> sick. It helps to have something to focus on besides my insane self -
> another reason why I need other people in my life. The website is a
> forum, chat, and blog for people who have mental illness. I hope it's
> ok to share the address with you. I know some groups have a policy
> against this but I didn't read anything against link sharing here. The
> address is: http://www.mentalillnessforums.com I'll be looking for
> supportive people that want to become moderators.
>

Thank you for posting your website!

> Every day can be a battle. I try to stay positive and have hope for a
> better tomorrow. My faith in God helps get me through each day. My
> prayer is that you find peace and hope.
>

Too right!

> If anyone wants to talk directly to me, you can send an email;
> thereishope4us(a)yahoo.com
>
> I look forward to getting to know you!
>
>
>
>

--
Stay Safe, Mandy
Money talks, chocolate sings
http://mandy2.bravehost.com/
From: Rowland McDonnell on 21 Aug 2008 14:35
Hope <thereishope4us(a)yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hello,

Hello :-)

> I'm new to the group. I joined this group because I'm looking
> for some new friends who know what it's like to have a mental illness.

Well, we certainly know about mental illness.

[snip]

> I'm disabled and not working so to fill my time I've been building a
> website. I was going to school for web design before I got really
> sick. It helps to have something to focus on besides my insane self -
> another reason why I need other people in my life. The website is a
> forum, chat, and blog for people who have mental illness. I hope it's
> ok to share the address with you. I know some groups have a policy
> against this but I didn't read anything against link sharing here.

True, but then the newsgroup's charter isn't posted here so you've not
looked in the right place - which is here:

<http://www.usenet.org.uk/uk.people.support.depression.html#uk.people.su
pport.depression>

> The
> address is: http://www.mentalillnessforums.com I'll be looking for
> supportive people that want to become moderators.

The reason you'll find me posting to Usenet and not posting to Web
forums is that I hate Web forums - in part because the UI is so awful,
and in part because the people are so awful for the most part.

So I stick with Usenet and I don't want people coming here telling me to
sign up to a Web forum.

[snip]

> Every day can be a battle. I try to stay positive and have hope for a
> better tomorrow. My faith in God helps get me through each day. My
> prayer is that you find peace and hope.

The last decade has seen my life totally destroyed by medical abuse.
Hope is a killer. Peace is achievable only in death.

> If anyone wants to talk directly to me, you can send an email;
> thereishope4us(a)yahoo.com
>
> I look forward to getting to know you!

I'm afraid I'm a bit crabby - no surprise given my personal situation,
but there you go.

Rowland.


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From: Hope on 21 Aug 2008 21:37
Thanks for the warm welcome.

lol it's good to meet another fellow fruitloop! ;)

The Voices and Visions group is a support group that has a therapist
who runs it for about an hour and a half every Tuesday. But when I'm
this depressed all I want to do is isolate.

I'm from the US by the way, so I won't be coming to any meets. :)
Maybe some day I'll be able to see the world and visit other
countries... dream on!

I'm sorry you are feeling so down Rowland. How easily our thoughts
turn to death when we feel so much pain. Mine do too. I have to remind
myself that death is not the end, but the beginning. This life is a
trial, but only for a little while. Hang in there.


On Aug 21, 5:37 am, Mandy <mandy...(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hope <thereishope...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in news:1c7bb7f1-8d67-4030-862f-
> 3c5bd9cff...(a)l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com:
>
> > Hello, I'm new to the group. I joined this group because I'm looking
> > for some new friends who know what it's like to have a mental illness.
>
> That'll be me then!  I'm Mandy, 30 and I've got psychotic depression
>
> > I grew up with mental illness. My father was diagnosed with
> > schizophrenia and bipolar. He was also an alchoholic and an abuser. My
> > mother has depression.
>
> I'm sorry to hear that!
>
> > My last diagnoses was depression with psychosis. When I was a teen I
> > was diagnosed with borderline bipolar after I tried to commit suicide.
> > About three years ago I started to hear voices and have visual
> > hallucinations. The voices are usually mean and nasty. They like to
> > tell me to kill myself or they try and play with my mind to get me to
> > believe things that aren't true. I always have to remind myself that
> > they are just voices and not true.
>
> *nodding*  Here too!  The Zyprexa has really helped with that though so
> it might be worth asking about being prescribed Zyprexa?
>
> > I have depression and anxiety which hasn't been treatable by
> > medication. I've tried all kinds of medication and I don't like taking
> > them. I have a feeling that they aren't good for me. I do take Lunesta
> > for sleep which seems to be working.
>
> I don't like taking meds either but I'd rather pop pills than end up
> dead!
>
> > I've had paranoid thoughts in the past. I've had thoughts and beliefs
> > that people are going to hurt me for no reason at all.
>
> Yup, same here!
>
> > I isolate myself allot from the outside world. I get anxious around
> > crowds of people and try to shop when it is least busy.
>
> We won't be seeing you at any meets then?  :o(
>
> > So in a nutshell, I'm a certified nutcase. :D Are there any other
> > similar nutcases out there?
>
> Me!  I'm totally fruitloop me!!
>
> > I want to reach out to others and make a difference. If I can help
> > other people online somehow that's something. Maybe later I will have
> > enough courage to go back to the Voices and Visions group here in the
> > city.
>
> Tell us about the group... is it a support group or a social group or
> something else?
>
> > I'm disabled and not working so to fill my time I've been building a
> > website. I was going to school for web design before I got really
> > sick. It helps to have something to focus on besides my insane self -
> > another reason why I need other people in my life. The website is a
> > forum, chat, and blog for people who have mental illness. I hope it's
> > ok to share the address with you. I know some groups have a policy
> > against this but I didn't read anything against link sharing here. The
> > address is:http://www.mentalillnessforums.comI'll be looking for
> > supportive people that want to become moderators.
>
> Thank you for posting your website!
>
> > Every day can be a battle. I try to stay positive and have hope for a
> > better tomorrow. My faith in God helps get me through each day. My
> > prayer is that you find peace and hope.
>
> Too right!
>
> > If anyone wants to talk directly to me, you can send an email;
> > thereishope...(a)yahoo.com
>
> > I look forward to getting to know you!
>
> --
> Stay Safe, Mandy
> Money talks, chocolate singshttp://mandy2.bravehost.com/

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