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If mental health matters, then the mental healthcare system needs to practice what they preach instead of just say things to look good for their psas. There's so many homeless people in my town and I easily see myself becoming one at this rate. Do what you can to take care of yourself. Try to avoid shitty drs and therapists. It's not always easy.

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[–] [email protected] 48 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You need to be drinking water. That's the scariest part of this for me. I realise this probably plays into the delusions, so if it helps you can look at my comment history. I've made reference to it a few times already: I live in New Zealand, and I've never even been to the states. Please figure the water thing out. Being dehydrated will not be making anything easier, and it's the simplest problem to solve. Would you feel better drinking filtered water?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If tap water freaks OP out, they could maybe try one of those basic water filter pitchers. Pour water in, it runs through charcoal which pulls out anything bad, clean water comes out.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I normally wouldn't recommend fiddling about with your own water filtering solutions, because given clean water they'll only be making it dirty. But if your worry is literal poison in the water supply, carbon filters will pull that shit out. It won't fix the paranoid delusions though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Dehydration has been shown to exacerbate the symptoms of mental illness, so it certainly won't make them worse!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

For extra peace of mind, OP can consider getting a TDS ("Total Dissolved Solids") meter. My boyfriend got one and uses it to figure out when we need to change water filters.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Anon needs to hunt down their old psychiatrist and find a way to move closer to them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

This sounds like that movie What About Bob.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

Group therapy has been shown to be as effective as one-on-one therapy for a lot of people. It’s worth it to try just a couple times.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Theres a hole from here to hell.

Fall deep, and find no peace.

In the sea of tragic beasts.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The gates of hell are open night and day, smooth is the descent and easy is the way.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm saving it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

It's from the Aeneid:

The gates of hell are open night and day;
Smooth the descent, and easy is the way:
But to return, and view the cheerful skies,
In this the task and mighty labor lies.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

The only home sure to accept any and all as they come;

With open arms and barbed claws, inviting you in before becoming fearsome.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Everything has a double meaning now but can't deny I love a good poem. Thank you.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

Takes it easy man. Drinking and eating correctly can give you energies and make you feel better, exercises and outdoor activity also help

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Medical profession esp psychiatry sold out since at least 1970s.

Note how the problem is never the regime or social conditions... It is always that persons personal problem

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

the biggest problem is that the field is dead and super swamped with demand.

Nobody is going into the field, all of the ancient old white men are dying out and leaving the field.

The shitty people remain because if they didn't then literally nobody would be able to get help.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

Very much depends on the individual psychologist. When an individual comes to a psychologist with societal problems, the best they can offer is individual solutions, but they don't have to place the blame on the individual. They very often don't, in fact, and most of the psychologists I've had were of the opinion that most of their patients' problems could be solved if society didn't demand "normalcy" from everyone.

For autism specifically this is an easy argument to make too, and there's organisations that advocate for autism acceptance. For paranoid delusions though... I think that has to be managed at the individual level. Not necessarily with meds, maybe therapy and a support structure would be enough. Unless you can find something in modern society that causes paranoid delusions? Then we might be able to fix that.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes. I read about that. It feels like we've been left to rot. Maybe we have.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

They don't let you quite die if you got any labour that can extracted but after that... Yeah die peasants, you are useless to the owner now

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah OP I dont think that peer support group helped

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Sure it did. Kidding.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

I guess you can't go to your family for legit reasons, but what about family friends?