katesa
22-12-13, 15:57
I see a lot of self doubt on these boards, people believing that because they suffer from mental issues, they are somehow weak willed or inferior, incapable of escaping the hellish pit that it HA.
What I want to say to that is - Nonsense!
So many people on here, despite feeling absolutely terrified, despite having real physical symptoms and even worse psychological torture, still function.
Those of us with children still manage to cuddle them, to play with them, maybe to take them to school and make sure they eat.
Many of us manage to hold down jobs, pushing through day after day of feeling like complete rubbish and still usually completing the working day.
We manage to be there for our partners, or our family and friends. Despite our own terrors we are still sisters, brothers, daughters, sons, partners, friends, parents. We rarely sit in a corner rocking and show no interest in those we love.
We buy Christmas presents to make people happy, maybe some of us volunteer or give to charity.
The vast majority of us, no matter how terrible and frightened we are feeling in our minds, would not hesitate to assist an old man who took a tumble on the street or help a lost child find it's parents.
Now maybe we don't manage all of this all of the time. We get in to a pit of despair and can barely function on occasion. But we still have the strength to get out of it time and time again and go back to the world.
Believe me, everybody here has far more strength than they imagine. If you can do any of the above, if you do it despite dealing with a real and deeply scary illness, then you show an outstanding strength of character. Starting the healing process is no harder than that.
I can't take away the self doubt that seems such a symptom of health anxiety. But I can say that I believe in every single person on this board.
Positive thoughts and happy holidays to everyone. May 2014 be your year.
What I want to say to that is - Nonsense!
So many people on here, despite feeling absolutely terrified, despite having real physical symptoms and even worse psychological torture, still function.
Those of us with children still manage to cuddle them, to play with them, maybe to take them to school and make sure they eat.
Many of us manage to hold down jobs, pushing through day after day of feeling like complete rubbish and still usually completing the working day.
We manage to be there for our partners, or our family and friends. Despite our own terrors we are still sisters, brothers, daughters, sons, partners, friends, parents. We rarely sit in a corner rocking and show no interest in those we love.
We buy Christmas presents to make people happy, maybe some of us volunteer or give to charity.
The vast majority of us, no matter how terrible and frightened we are feeling in our minds, would not hesitate to assist an old man who took a tumble on the street or help a lost child find it's parents.
Now maybe we don't manage all of this all of the time. We get in to a pit of despair and can barely function on occasion. But we still have the strength to get out of it time and time again and go back to the world.
Believe me, everybody here has far more strength than they imagine. If you can do any of the above, if you do it despite dealing with a real and deeply scary illness, then you show an outstanding strength of character. Starting the healing process is no harder than that.
I can't take away the self doubt that seems such a symptom of health anxiety. But I can say that I believe in every single person on this board.
Positive thoughts and happy holidays to everyone. May 2014 be your year.