I have been on the road to recovery for awhile now after many many years of serious sz illness. I am 58 years old and feel like I want to do something with my life that is special. I am tired from the long struggle yet want to go forward. I hate to admit but I am confused as to where to turn now with my own life.
there are so many things I wanted and didn’t have because of sz, major dreams like education and marriage and the family life I dreamed of didn’t happen.
I feel like picking up the puzzle pieces but there are so many…
Remember big dreams start with little manageable steps. Take out of sheet of paper and write down some wanted goals, choose two to break down into smaller steps, choose one as your goal and the other as your “backup”. The do something each week to move towards that goal it can be as small as practicing smiling in the mirror everyday to get ready for an interview.
Work with that “psychiatrist” (or “p-doc”) to develop a medication formula that stabilizes their symptoms sufficiently so that they can tackle the psychotherapy that will disentangle their thinking.
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If you/she/he needs a professional intervention to get through treatment resistance, tell me where you live, and I will get back to you with leads to those services.
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Look for mental illness clubhouses in your area (which can be hugely helpful… but may also pose risks). Dig through the many articles at Google to locate and investigate them.
@ifeelblessed If you’re looking for meaning then find a meaningful activity, Things such as feeding the hungry, or volunteering at a homeless shelter or read to the elderly. Bring meals to a shutin or work at a food pantry, round up and deliver blankets to the cold, put money in the tin cup of a stranger, There are so many random acts of kindness to be done. If you can do them you will be rewarded by finding meaning.