mentahealth

#When I started therapy, my main goal was to treat my PTSD and ADHD symptoms that were driving me kind of mad. But, surprisingly, therapy had the remarkable ability to make me feel as if I was being parented all over again, providing me with a second chance to experience the nurturing and guidance I missed during childhood and teenage years. The nurturing and emotional support, the safe place where I can express my thoughts and feelings without fear of rejection; the guidance; the help to develop a positive self image; the development of a healthy relationship. All this stuff that I completely missed during childhood, now I have the chance to bring into my life. It’s completely different from a marriage, for example, because it’s a give and take relationship, while in the therapist/patient, you’re the only one who’s being taken care of. It may sound silly but I found this amazing and surprising.

Have you ever had that experience too?

#mentahealth #ADHD #ComplexPosttraumaticStressDisorder #Parenting

Last week another teenage girl commited suicide in our town, this is the second one in just a few months. I am sad and angry at the same time. Why isn't mental health the most important in the healthcare system!? We know that it doesn't just effect the mind but the body too, causing a range of different diseases.
She was just 17, living with caring foster parents who desperately sought professional help for her because they saw what state of mind she had been in. The system faild her and them too. They placed her into a different family, thinking it would solve the issue. Her appointment with the psychiatrist was cancelled, postponed several times. The school counsellor, the family, all begged the psychiatric ward not to send her home, she clearly needed inpatient care. Denied. Twice. And then the inevitable, found close to the hospital dead. Suicide.
Why? Why? Why!?!?!?