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You're a brave guy putting this out there like that, good luck. I hear tell that medication can help, as can a therapist. I've never done it, never been able to trust a stranger enough or been strong enough to tell them what's going on in my head.

With that said, the best analogy I've heard is a mental illness is just like any other illness or injury. You would go to a doctor if you broke your leg. No one would look down on you, or think any differently if you.

So why is it when we seek help for a mental problem we're considered weak, or broken human beings not to be trusted.

I dont know.

What rayjax said. I don't think of my diagnosis (garden-variety depression and mild generalised anxiety disorder) as being any different from, say, my mild asthma. I take my medication, I check in with my doctor once in a while, it's all good. Don't forget that mental illness, like other illnesses, can be familial--both my grandfathers died by SIGSWs, although both also had what was then called "shell-shock" and we now know to be PTSD.

Good luck.

"Normal", is a setting on a Washing machine. It doesn't mean anything anymore.

Those people don't control your life anymore. You don't have to relive it over and over again. If you choose to, that is self destructive.

Your a smart guy...Poly Sci/history major?...and I get your ADHD issues.

I would guess you spend too much time thinking. Alone, mind won't stop, needing another distraction to make it stop.

You need another distraction that involves less thinking. One that is pleasant, and occupies the hands and mind.

Get out more....socialize. Meet 11B, and a some of the other guys who have reached out. Move on with your life, don't get hung up on the past.

There is no repeating it or undoing the past, but you can change your future.

my .02, and that's about all it's worth.

usrifle wrote:"Normal", is a setting on a Washing machine. It doesn't mean anything anymore.

Those people don't control your life anymore. You don't have to relive it over and over again. If you choose to, that is self destructive.

Your a smart guy...Poly Sci/history major?...and I get your ADHD issues.

I would guess you spend too much time thinking. Alone, mind won't stop, needing another distraction to make it stop.

You need another distraction that involves less thinking. One that is pleasant, and occupies the hands and mind.

Get out more....socialize. Meet 11B, and a some of the other guys who have reached out. Move on with your life, don't get hung up on the past.

There is no repeating it or undoing the past, but you can change your future.

my .02, and that's about all it's worth.

Very true points.

I've actually gotten past the reliving the past, but I'm still reshaping my reactions to certain external stimuli and stresses. That could take a lifetime though, knowing is half the battle.

US History. Want me to bend your ear on the true nature of Lockeian capitalism and the negative social impacts of rapid industrialization, which gave rise to the labor movement, and the ensuing radicalization that happened, due to the basic tenets of capitalism being ignored? It is why I am inclined to believe that true, universal government sponsored healthcare is consistent with capitalistic ideals, but impossible to implement in the current political and legal climate (we need serious corporate tax reform to make it work).

And God yes I do spend too much time thinking. My current full time job has me interacting with a metric fuck ton of people every day, so when I come home, I basically pet and feed the cat, crash on the bed, turn on some white noise, and bury myself in the computer, books and such. I am going to follow up on these generous invites I've received fairly shortly.

I am making positive changes to my future, but sometimes the external stresses, and trying to make that transition forward ( a Great Leap Forward if you want to be snarky) has been more wearing of late.