strength can come in many shapes and sizes but do we Know where our true strength comes from? is it just a survival instinct or is it based in hope? where does it come from?
and where do you get strength?
i think my strength comes from family and friends, my dad use to be a big influence on me and i use to have a lot more care from the p/docs etc, now my dad is gone and i have been discharged from seeing a cpn (nurse), i’m kinda on my own now, in charge of my meds and keeping myself in check, i am lucky just now though i am doing a counselling course and things and i see a counsellor there for free as well.
I’d have to say it’s my beard. Like Samson, my hair gives me strength.
Seriously though, I rely on the support of family and friends as well. I also try to surround myself with as many support services in the community as I can.
A kind word, a little hope, a hug and cry with others…These are few things that can give others strength in passing through their tough times. Those are very special people who share it with others when they themselves need it badly. There are many such fellows on this forum.
I think I have an inner serenity, or inner calm, that helps me get through the day. It can work against me, though, because it can be an aloofness. Also, the support of my family helps me feel less isolated.
My family is not so understanding - my therapist is not so helpful - I am going through some kind of physical health issue right now so my anxiety and hypochondria is working overtime. I am fearful and more anxious.
I am not religious but lately I have been ‘talking’ to God. My strength is really coming from me - inner strength.
Most everyone has it in them to fight on - it comes out usually when things get a bit dark.
I look up to all of you as a source of inspiration - it takes a lot of inner strength to battle such a wicked illness like schizophrenia. I have done my share of suffering over the years, battling my mental illness - now I am facing a different challenge - Life is just full of surprises
I have to admit… I used to enjoy anger and bitterness and fear… Feeling angry was at least feeling something… but the darkness of my mind back then…
Glad I’m not there any more…
I would love it if more people were embracing the positive.
But the world stays in balance scientifically by positive and negative charges… ions… polarities… I’m learning to let it be.
accepting that there are some inherent and internal natures that just can’t be altered.
i try to be a positive force in this world now, i use to be very negative but i was always open to change in a good way, it took me a med change before that happened bc i didn’t realise i was over medicated on the wrong med,
i don’t believe in there being a balance in the universe etc like that positive and negative should somehow weigh the same, i would like to believe that positive should outweigh negative as i am an optimist, i hate to think that if something good happens to me that something bad will happen elsewhere as i think that is very negative and self defeatist to think that. i think that the more positives in this world the better things will be.
the biggest positive in the world is people, the fact that we were even born at all is a huge positive aspect, we should be thankful that we were even born and hopefully we can add to the positivity of the universe so that one day someone can say ‘wow, look what you have done, you are such a good person’ and then you will be rewarded, i love that thought bc it is so positive
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as far as being positive and being optimistic… I’m in your boat. The glass is half full… and if it’s not… we have the power to fill it.
It’s a bit funny… I’ve been taking the view that there is a lot of negative stuff happening in the world… and the positive energy I try to emit… balances it out.
I don’t know if that is an ego thing… or if I’m just so positive that my positive energy will make a difference…
I try to be optimistic… but sometimes I have to bow to the master of optimism. (my kid sis)
I’ve had some instant karma with my negative energy. It turned me around eventually … I also feel that when I started getting positive… better things started happening.
that is a good philosophy but i think it is under the pretence that there is more bad in the world than good and i don’t agree with that (no offence) but maybe i am wrong idk, i like to think that there is more good than bad.
this is true to me as well, i think being positive and things it opens up doors for you and yes good things really do start happening, i have been so very lucky that i have took advantages of these doors and explored them as much as i can
