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Re: Coping With Mental Illness In Nigeria: A Beautiful Writer's Experience by switosman(m): 2:51pm On Mar 17, 2013 |
I feel you Op. I am currently reading two books to help me deal with my discovery. My wife has been acting weird and abusive then I found she has borderline personality disorder. She was not diagnosed by professionals but her character fits it from my research. I have a son and I don't want him affected or infected by it. One book " stop walking on egg shells" is teaching how I can own my life while living with a wife suffering BPD. Living with BPD patient is a high task. The other book "I hate you - don't leave me", explains what BPD is all about. My prayer now is how to get my wife to acknowledge that something is wrong and to seek professional help. Another issue, is there ready professional help. You hardly hear one is a therapist or a psychoanalyst. I think visiting psychiatric hospital will help. 2 Likes |
Re: Coping With Mental Illness In Nigeria: A Beautiful Writer's Experience by Nobody: 3:19pm On Mar 17, 2013 |
Yield:i agree. pdude you were being a bit insensitive babes. and btw i'm happy that you got over your fears as a child. #strength but that should be all the more reason why you would want to understand her more. 1 Like |
Re: Coping With Mental Illness In Nigeria: A Beautiful Writer's Experience by its22078: 2:26am On Mar 18, 2013 |
pDude: She talked about the following symptoms/signs Wow what a dismissive and unempathic statement. I hope u never have the misfortune of experiencing mental illness. lol - suicide is not abnormal??! Maybe ur right (NOT!), maybe its normal for the japanese, but the writer is not japanese :@. Also dont compare ur experiences to other ppls. just because u only experienced panic attacks due to ur fatness, doesn't unvalidate her experience. This is the exact kind of lack of compassion she was writing about. Shame on the 9 ppl who liked ur comment.Also, take it from a medical student, depression is a mental illness - do ur research dear, ur ignorance is showing. lol - theres something called bipolarr disorder in which ppl have mood swings - trust me - its not like everybody else's mood swing. Its ok not to have knowledge about mental illness but ur lack of compassion disgusts me. 2 Likes |
Re: Coping With Mental Illness In Nigeria: A Beautiful Writer's Experience by bibiking1(m): 9:41am On Mar 18, 2013 |
I know the writer and i must say I always feel she was more mentally stable than i was.... She seemed to possess the ability to camouflage her BPD .... I am a rolling stone to be honest, and around me are hail stones..When i say Nigeria is a mad house i know what i mean... No one can be mentally stable in a country like this 2 Likes |
Re: Coping With Mental Illness In Nigeria: A Beautiful Writer's Experience by Nobody: 1:42am On Aug 17, 2019 |
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Re: Coping With Mental Illness In Nigeria: A Beautiful Writer's Experience by Nobody: 1:47am On Aug 17, 2019 |
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