tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10391689.post106832110024236745..comments2023-11-05T08:27:40.150+00:00Comments on Haunting Breaks: Elizabethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13223258393520738333noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10391689.post-6214678565986156932007-10-20T20:21:00.000+01:002007-10-20T20:21:00.000+01:00Hi GazThanks for taking the time to postFor what i...Hi Gaz<BR/>Thanks for taking the time to post<BR/>For what it's worth I believe your self help therapy is the most appropriate route to take. Talking about things really does help! Drugs long term or short term don't appear to work as they obviously come with a load of side-effects!<BR/>As for politicians - I guess the only time we will witness an improvement in the mental health service will be when a politician suffers with mental health problems- SHOULDN'T IT BE TOP OF THE LIST IN TERMS OF FUNDING AND QUALITY THEN?Elizabethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223258393520738333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10391689.post-68856002736819513662007-06-24T23:51:00.000+01:002007-06-24T23:51:00.000+01:00Agreed!! I think in part because it is an invisibl...Agreed!! I think in part because it is an invisible illness and those effected by the very nature of the various mental diseases are in no state to contest their treatment. In this PC society where a black, non christian, gay with disabilities has more rights than a married, caucasian who can walk unaided. <BR/><BR/>I never relised until a few years ago that I have swung in and out of depression for years. It was only internet research that led me to contact mental health charities and eventually my GP. Because I had not actually attempted to commit suicide it was a case of try these tablets. I do not take tablets so I do swing in and out of depression. My final self diagnosis occured after the death of a close loved one. I found the way over it was to tell eople how I felt. Not a strategy for all but it helped me. <BR/><BR/>As I see it people cant see you are ill. If I had a broken leg people would see it and make allowances. They cant see a broken mind so let them know you got one.<BR/>But yes, the limited resources of the NHS and the attitude of our "caring" society totally sucks. I guess politicians know disabled groups and people with broken legs vote. The mentally ill probably have trouble existing day to day to be bothered to vote. Cynically I say politicians know this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com