Mental Health Reflections
During the course of my abbreviated Winter Solstice Weekend, I was Reflecting upon various aspects of Mental Health.
One thing that I was pondering is how incredibly mentally sick people can be, and never, ever even think of going to a (head) Doctor. But if someone has a bit of congestion--which we all know will go away with plenty of rest, ( Read more... )
One thing that I was pondering is how incredibly mentally sick people can be, and never, ever even think of going to a (head) Doctor. But if someone has a bit of congestion--which we all know will go away with plenty of rest, ( Read more... )
Isn't there a BIG something to the "aknowledge and move on" approach? The seeing an issue as an issue and working that acceptance and moving on.
I/U realize that many people are incapable of seeing themselves in such an examinary light. This does not mean, however, that we musat all engage in "mind maps" or whyat have you to solve something. I take too much shit in my head actually. My writing is a release of that information. The physical words I put out are healing, but only in as much as they are casting off those nasties to rarely be thought of again. I know the downfalls of this BTW.
But, really, are our (human) issues that large? Not normaly. As you put it, these aqnswers are so easy, and the mai9n point is to "Avoid the BAD (Big and Determined)". Be aware enough to see these thigns and walk the fuck away......aknowledge and move on.
I think also that this is a biggy in the psychotherapy thing. That route has done littlke for me that I and a few friends as sounding boards cannot. I am WAY more prone ot a mental health day than I am for a day o illness. My sick days are for days my kid is ill or I have a "vision problem" (just can't see myself going to work). Most people seem to spend too much on the physical.
But, alas, go to a bar, or really any public place, and see how much people are worried about the physical. Not that I am absolved from guilt as I am a fashion hound and like my stuff, but some of us seem able to pay attention to both, some do not.
And now I feel as if I am saying nothing really, so I am stopping.....perhaps I will exppound on this at some other point.
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If you're talking about what we call "Radical Acceptance" at work (aka "Grin and Bear it", aka "Tough Shit--Deal w/ it", aka "Love it or Hate it, this is how things are", aka...), then Yes.
I/U realize that many people are incapable of seeing themselves in such an examinary light.
How true. The vast majority of people cannot stand to look at themselves in a Mirror. I have found it to be one of the cornerstones to my Path:
"Know Thy Selves"
Not for the weak of Heart.
This does not mean, however, that we musat all engage in "mind maps" or whyat have you to solve something.
As I've said countless times, the ultimate measure for me is "What does this action (or lack thereof) get me?" Pragmatism 101, baby. Mind Maps are one of an infinite of Tools that people can use. People don't need to use anything--but if what you're doing ain't working, and you're not willing to try something new, then don't bitch about the Results you're getting. The definition of Insanity in NLP is
"Doing what you've always done and Expecting a different outcome."
I take too much shit in my head actually. My writing is a release of that information. The physical words I put out are healing, but only in as much as they are casting off those nasties to rarely be thought of again. I know the downfalls of this BTW.
That is exactly why I'm using Writing--not only here in my LJ, but in my Mind Maps. NonPhysical problems (which Mental Illnesses are) are often helped greatly by merely Grounding them here in the Physical. A great many Mental Illnesses are greatly reinforced by a seemingly endless barrage of Thoughts. Thoughts, being of the "Mental Plane" if you will, can dart in and out of Consciousness so quickly that it seems like we're being assaulted by an infinite number of "bad things". This is why people often resort to generalizations such as "everything" and "always"--e.g., "Everything I touch turns to shit", or "Everytime I try, I fail", etc. It's like I was telling you about the metaphor of the Fairies:
If I'm being assaulted by Fairies (e.g., those blue ones from Harry Potter 2), it can seem like an endless barrage... until I can somehow slow them down, if not stop them. I've found that by Writing down (i.e., Grounding) the Thoughts as they occur to me, it's like stapling the Fairies down, a la' an entomologist's display case. As each Thought attacks me, I mentally grab it before it can escape again, and pin it down via putting that Thought on paper, literally and figuratively. The point of this? After I've caught the first handful of Thoughts, the onslaught seems to die waaaay down. If any more come 'round, I nail those suckers down, too.
What I thought was an infinite number of assaultive Thoughts generally ends up being less than a dozen or so, when I can lay them out and actually see them.
[Please note that no Fairies were hurt in the aforementioned analogy, nor do I condone any sort of hostility toward Fairies of any kind]
But, really, are our (human) issues that large? Not normaly.
Of course not! But boy, can wee humans get caught up!
As you put it, these aqnswers are so easy, and the mai9n point is to "Avoid the BAD (Big and Determined)".
Interesting memetic spin, brother. I'll hafta think on that one--"Big and Determined". I'm not sure I like it, to be honest (see my next comment, below). Reminds me of GOD = Good Orderly Direction, which is not mine, either.
As the Sci-Fi Bible (tHGttG) states so eloquently:
"Don't Panic"
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