Okay.
Personal Story That Might Be Useful To Anyone Having Trust Issues.
Let Me Start With Being Diagnosed. My Mom Told Me Of A Story Of Someone In My Family Being Diagnosed With Schizophrenia & I Was Clueless. Never Really Thought Much About It On My Own, (Because It Didn’t Make Any Sense). But!, It Was Embedded Into My Psyche.
Many Years Later I Was Diagnosed Myself.
After My Mom Got Me Included Into The System, I Began To Go To The Clinic I Still Am Going To Now. It’s Been Some Years, And Some Battles, Some Trust Issues, Some Strange Universe, Some Study, Some Loss, And Some Gain.
First, To My First Therapist, Then To My Doctor, Then To Another Doctor, Then To Some Group Therapy, And All Of Thus In A Continued Cycle. All The Way To My Second Therapist.
My First Therapist Recommended My First Medications, To My Doctor, Which Was Zyprexa.
I Remember Sitting In The Living Room With The Box Of Med’s, And Reading The Side Effects, And The Whole Thing Made Me Nervous.
And So, Over Some Time (After Concerns To My Doctor), I Was Prescribed Invega.
My First Therapist Showed Me The First Schizophrenic Forum I Decided To Be Apart Of.
It Ended Pretty Terrible After Some Odd Time, (On The Forum), And My First Therapist Disappeared.
I Ended Up Not Taking My Med’s And I Had No Therapist To Talk Too, Nor Did I Trust The System In Any Way. In Which I Ended Up Getting Injections From A Nurse That Worked Inside The Clinic. It Was A Horrendous Experience And That Pathe Ended Up, To Many Trials And Errors, Into Many Dead Ends.
After A Letter To The President At That Time, My Next Visit With The Doctor Was Where She Asked If I Wanted Pills Or Injections. I Said, ‘Pills’.
Then I Ended Up With A New Therapist. My Mom Had Passed Away, (She Got Me Into The System), A Few Years Later, My Dad Passed Away, My Family Disappeared Completely, And I Ended Up Deeper Into The System.
Now On The Subject Of Trust, I Realized That The System Isn’t Perfect, But!, It’s Trying.
And If We Listen, Speak, Compromise, And Find The Spark Of Trust, In Ourselves, And Each Other. There Will Always Be A Way. For A Hopeful, Promising, Well Intended Future.
For Our Mind, Body, And Spirits. (And Whether Or Not You Are Spiritual, The Word ‘Spirit’, Is Up To You).
If You Don’t Agree With Something, Bow Your Head In Defeat Gracefully. It May Affect Your Ego, But!, What Is It You Are Actually Losing?. Ask Logical Questions, Consider Your Options, Speak Honestly, From Your Heart, And Listen Intuitively.
The System Is Trying. In Which, I Can’t Express That Enough.
Because In The End, It Will All Work Out. With A Little Bit, Of Commonsense, Intuition, Peaceful Instincts And Hope, Love, And Peace.
Because…,
As Thom Yorke’s Wife Said, ‘If You Try The Best You Can, The Best You Can Is Good Enough’.
If You Have Any Questions Feel Free To Ask!.
Sincerely,
DJ Nosferatu Beat Beam (sleepoptimistic)