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Originally posted by James
Well Damn AKA_Monet, I think you have now terrified all the members of GC that have some mental issues by suggesting that it could be some deeper and more sinister physiological problem.
Telling people that have some type of anxiety disorder that there really MIGHT be some horrible dehabiliting disease in their future that their enxiety is merely a symtom if is . . . well it should get some funnny reactions from people during the deep watches of the night.
Good for you lol
Much terror from a brief post.
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Pick your poison...
Cancer or Heart Attack??? Or stroke??? Or Alzheimer's???
The fact is folks need some level of treatment. Either chemical, spiritual or whatever allows them to function in today's society.
There is hardly a person that has the perfect genetic structure without some ailment. And then, if our genetics doesn't get us, the pestilence will.
Some things can be overridden with the will of the mind. But when it is clear that for proper development of the mind, appropriate treatment and nurturing has to occur--or that luck of the draw, you are what your genome says, happens to be that way, then, why not seek something out that can help???
The point is that in the ebbs and flows of relationships, we all have to deal with folks idiosyncracies, neurosis, psychoses and probably serious illness...
What do you think "they" mean "in sickness and in health"???
It is a part of the human condition...
If folks know they cannot deal with a person who speaks and curses at a wall, then hey, more power to them for at least acknowledging that issue in themselves...
I cannot deal with a man that has baby's mamas dramas... That's why I did not marry a man that had children...
I could not marry a man with a criminal record. But many African American men have had altercations with the judicial system... So, if I chose to be alone for the rest of my life because I could not meet a Black man without a parole officer, then hey, I would have had deal with that...
Luckily, I did marry a man that did not have a criminal past... However, that does not mean he never will have an altercation... Although I doubt he ever will...
But just like not choosing someone who has a mental disability, would you really not choose someone if you knew that they would get a serious illness later in life--that would probably leave them bed-ridden???
Could you be a caregiver???
I know I could because I grew up in that environment and actively saw it as a teenager in the nursing home where my grandmother resided... Then having to watch my mighty, extremely intelligent grandfather suffer through a dehabilitating stroke only to drool because he had diabetes. And he probably had stroke onset because he was under stress--because he worked too much and didn't stop... Obsessive-compulsive-type A personality...
But, hey, if folks cannot deal with progressive loss in health as one ages, then at least they know their "weakness"...
But, one without training, ought not actively help another if at the time that is not something one should deal with... Meaning, if you are in college trying to get a degree, why should you deal with a boy or girl who decides to take his or her life if they choose not to get treatment???
Ever hear of codependence and enabling?