Living with it

[Sunshinesunflower]

Has anyone else just conceded they just have to live with poor mental health? Meds aren't for me and I can't have counselling indefinitely and there's nothing else on offer so I just have to live with it.

People don't want to hear that but if I had a physical condition that couldn't be cured they'd understand?

Posting here as I hope someone will understand

Maybe not ?

I can't answer your question other than to share my experience. I think for some mental health is work in progress and something I need to pay attention to daily.

Im nearly off AD's now and find I use various techniques I have learnt over the years some cbt, a lot of mindfulness techniques and I meditate daily to keep my mind clear. I have to keep doing these things to keep my mind healthy in the same way I have to exercise to keep my body healthy.

I also now just about to embark on some one to one nlp sessions to try and deal with some entrenched unhelpful beliefs that are lingering. I think that there is probably always things that can be done to ease suffering and progressively make a better mental state easier to maintain.

yip me!
ive self medicated (good ole vodka and nicotine)
ive had years of 1-1 therapy
group therapy
cbt
hypnotherapy
anti ds/ valium
nothing helped
just seen a new psychiatrist as my symptoms have become unbearable over the last couple of years and he admitted ive been ill so long ,that im not going to recover.
im seeing him again Friday, too talk about where I go from here.