Thanks Lakshmi On 15-Jan-2018 6:52 pm, "Lakshmi Pratury" <laks...@inktalks.com> wrote:
> Also want to let you know about yourdost.com that offers free online text > support and gives you options to find the right psychologist - this is more > for the social aspects and adjustments and not necessarily a medical > treatment. Hope this helps. > > Warm regards > Lakshmi > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 6:45 PM, Rajesh Mehar <rajeshme...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Vani, > > > > I haven't had to deal with mental illness in myself or in my immediate > > family. > > > > But I have seen several people discussing mental health and getting > support > > from each other online. > > > > E.g. On Twitter, there is a handle @therestlessquil operated by a woman > who > > regularly discusses mental illness. In fact, just this morning she was > > asking people dealing with Bipolar to respond to get thread because she > is > > thinking of organizing group therapy. > > > > Also, a close friend whose mother deals with some pretty intense mental > > health issues had found The White Swan to be a great resource. Especially > > from the perspective of the caregiver, which often goes unacknowledged: > > http://www.whiteswanfoundation.org > > > > Hope this information helps you. > > > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018, 10:59 Vani Murarka <vani.mura...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have multiple sclerosis. It is a result of trying to meet the ailment > > > proactively and as responsibly as I can, that I learnt about observing > > the > > > energy space in me and others. > > > > > > My brother has bipolar. Currently he is in one of his manic phases. His > > > condition places acute strain on the family. It is all quite terrifying > > at > > > times. In all this, I continue to try and observe the energy space, in > > him, > > > in me, and in whatever is happening in the family -- in each individual > > and > > > as a organism as a whole. > > > > > > I feel my only job here is to love. To love each and every person as > best > > > as I can. I feel, that to love a person is to see that person, and to > see > > > is to see beauty. All else is blindness. Of course in all this, the > first > > > thing is to love myself and to see beauty in myself. > > > > > > Whenever I am unable to see beauty in a person, to me that is an > > indication > > > that I am not seeing correctly, and so I try as best as I can to > further > > > see my thoughts and emotions, trying to understand that person better, > > > until I can see that same behavior of the person from another > perspective > > > which makes me feel I have a better understanding of where he/she is > > coming > > > from. > > > > > > In the present configuration, I feel this is the only option available > to > > > me, the only job I can perform and doing so maybe is also in some > subtle > > > manner playing a positive role in the scheme of things. However, yes, > it > > > does get harrowing. It is not just my brother's behavior, but also what > > > quirks each and every family member brings to the whole thing, my own > > > quirks and vulnerabilities etc. etc. etc. > > > > > > Is there anyone else here whose family member has some mental illness, > or > > > who himself / herself is dealing with the challenge of having some > mental > > > illness? Would you like to share how you deal with it and what you have > > > learnt so far from being in that experience? > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Vani Murarka > > > > > > * vani expressions - blog writings < > > > http://manaskriti.com/vani-expressions/> > > > * काव्यालय (Kaavyaalaya: House of Hindi Poetry) < > http://kaavyaalaya.org> > > > * गीत गतिरूप - कवि का अनोखा साथी <http://manaskriti.com/geet-gatiroop> > > > > > > > > > -- > *Lakshmi Pratury* > Host and Curator > +91 99456 56864 > *inktalks.com <http://www.theinkconference.com/> | twitter > <https://twitter.com/#!/inktalks> | facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/INKtalks> | INK blog <http://inktalks.com/blog>* > > > *INKtalks for you > <http://www.inktalks.com/discover/289/anu-vaidyanathan- > india-s-first-triathlete>* >
