Do you think you could have prevented your mental illness?

[LookingforAnswers]

Just like the title reads. Do you think your mental illness was preventable or inevitable?

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

In my case I don't think I suffer from any actual mental illness at least not to a severe extent. If you mean the events that drove me to suicide, I don't think I could have done anything to change them even if I were to go back in time with the knowledge I have now. Even if I did manage to divert the catalysts of my own pain, there's a guarantee that something else would just come along with the same effects.

 

[lostmylove]

Mental illness in my opinion is partly a reaction to the society we live in. If we live in a sick society you'd have to question who isn't mentally effected by that.

 

[LookingforAnswers]

In my case I don't think I suffer from any actual mental illness at least not to a severe extent. If you mean the events that drove me to suicide, I don't think I could have done anything to change them even if I were to go back in time with the knowledge I have now. Even if I did manage to divert the catalysts of my own pain, there's a guarantee that something else would just come along with the same effects.

Not that i am to judge anyone obviously for suicidality etc as everyone has their right. But if no mental illness why dont you think you can pick up pieces and start anew and change things moving forward?

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Not that i am to judge anyone obviously for suicidality etc as everyone has their right. But if no mental illness why dont you think you can pick up pieces and start anew and change things moving forward?

Because I'm an evil person and getting my life together would just be permitting me to continue to do more evil. To say that my evilness makes me mentally ill would be doing a disservice to all those who actually suffer.

 

[LookingforAnswers]

Because I'm an evil person and getting my life together would just be permitting me to continue to do more evil. To say that my evilness makes me mentally ill would be doing a disservice to all those who actually suffer.

Evil in what way? You cause harm to others?

Mental illness in my opinion is partly a reaction to the society we live in. If we live in a sick society you'd have to question who isn't mentally effected by that.

It is sick in the sense of what we seem to care about. Greed, individuality, loss of community, putting celebrities on pedestools.

But if you can not get wrapped up in that i think people can stand a chance

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Evil in what way? You cause harm to others?

Yes, but I also harbor evil feelings, desires, and opinions. The least evil thing I can do is CTB and be less of a burden. Of course, by knowingly prolonging my existence until the time is right, that too is a part of the evil I constantly do.

 

[FuneralCry]

I think that being depressed is perfectly rational in a world like this. I do not see myself as being ill, life is the problem instead. I do not see my life as being worth living. How can someone not be depressed when we live in a world filled with so much suffering. Life is so pointless and unnecessary as well. Nothing could have ever made me want to live, the thought of suffering until old age is horrifying.

 

[WhiteRabbit]

The depression set in when I was 12, I don't think I could have stopped it. I managed to live around it pretty well until a few years ago.

 

[liafreak]

I think if I grew up in a better environment I would feel better but I think biologically and genetically I would have always been mentally ill to some extent.

 

[LookingforAnswers]

I think that being depressed is perfectly rational in a world like this. I do not see myself as being ill, life is the problem instead. I do not see my life as being worth living. How can someone not be depressed when we live in a world filled with so much suffering. Life is so pointless and unnecessary as well. Nothing could have ever made me want to live, the thought of suffering until old age is horrifying.

I think life is what you make it if you are mentally in tact. I think humans are a lot more capable than they think. However i do think varying circumstances, where you are born, genetic makeup etc, are going to limit some of that

 

[symphony]

I don't think I could have gone back and done anything differently in general.

But beyond this, my depression is baked into my core. I've had some symptoms including suicidal ideation from a very young age and I'm certain I experienced a full depressive episode around age 12. There is of course the question of nature vs. nurture here, but regardless, that early history of mental illness was and remains outside of my control.

There's nothing I could have done to stop that. I didn't even realize anything was "wrong" until young adulthood, so as as result I was incapable of seeking help sooner than I did. Once my day-to-day functioning became significantly impaired, though, I did begin treatment. I did everything right, everything you're supposed to do if you're trying to recover - and yet, here I am.

 

[Crazy4u]

I think if I knew about it and had some resources, my life would have been slightly better. I don't think my depression, trauma, and personality disorder can go away though

 

[willitpass]

i'm genetically predisposed to have mental illness, however if i had not experienced the severe childhood trauma i did i think it would have been much more mild. i exhibited very bad temper tantrum's pretty much out of the womb, but when my first big trauma happened at age 6 they immediately got much worse and even started to involve forms of self harm. they were my first indicator that there was something going on, but no one realized that my temper tantrums would turn into severe depression by age 11

 

[miserable_existance]

Just like the title reads. Do you think your mental illness was preventable or inevitable?

I believe that it was always part of plan , to live with this condition , i am 30 now , got diagnosed and started treatment when i was 15 years old , i almost forgot that i had some kind of normal life 15 years ago , the medicines might have helped about 5-8 percent with extreme side effects such as weight gain , metabolic disorders , hypothyroidism :- sleeping 15 - 16 hours a day . i have an array of disorders , a weird variation of obsessive compuslive disorder , i have been googling and googling , till this day exact medical term or variation for my ocd i am unable to find , generalised anxiety disorder(extreme ) , phobias etc and other other .


i was looking forward to try electro convulsive therapy (ect for mental illnesses is obsolete in my country as now or donot have the attention of doctors now ) ( i live in I_ndia . i would go ahead with it rather than medications , another option is dbs , installing electrodes in brain permanently , a lot of private neurosurgeons in India claim that dbs work for psychiatric patients , however psychiatrists refute the claims , so it must be neuro surgeons promoting the idea giving false hopes to make themselves rich , it happens in India . paraplegics are given false hopes by private doctors in India using the term stem cell therapy


i have encountered scams like Neuro Linguistic Programming , and scam artissts like Joe Dispanza who call themselves Neuro scientists . these scam business corporates are good only for people with attitude problems , directionless problems in life


for people with extreme mental conditions that are attributed to Neuro Transmitters and Chemical structure of brain , these scams dont work atleast in my case

 

[Al Cappella]

No chance. It began so long ago that I was in no position to do anything. By the time I hit 4 or 5 the die was cast.

 

[UpandDownPrincess]

No. While a better childhood might have caused it to be less severe, I believe that my mental illness has always been a part of me.

 

[Lost Magic]

I would say partly genetic (my mother and grandmother had depression) but mostly environmental. Society has really screwed up my brain to the point of near insanity.

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

With a more engaged childhood, I would have been less alienated and depressed and lonely.

 

[cleveland2011]

Everyone here has mental illness and got it somehow. Question is, can they be fixed?

IMO 80-90+ % of people can. Or at least put in a much much better place. Without drugs. With deep evaluation of body chemistry with a skilled practitioner. Takes a lot of will by the person as well.

Sadly, we just have pharma products doctors recommend. Which is the definition of mental illness within itself.

 

[xo777]

I don't think so

 

[thedaywillcome]

No because I am biological flawed.
Ich

I would say partly genetic (my mother and grandmother had depression) but mostly environmental. Society has really screwed up my brain to the point of near insanity.

yes genregulation, epigenetic/transcriptomics, proteomics and metablomics, seem to play a far bigger role than genetics. Genetic is very weak when it comes to human diseases or biological conditions. Our brain is far more complex than just genetics.