tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post8859110050254061582..comments2023-09-10T06:52:18.149-07:00Comments on Schizophrenia at the Schoolgate: Link to this blog and my memoir on the Schizophrenia Commission websiteSchizophrenia at the Schoolgatehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03839755338912448705noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post-41822079322260872652012-05-16T14:44:33.733-07:002012-05-16T14:44:33.733-07:00Thanks Adrian
I have commented on your blog - I t...Thanks Adrian<br /><br />I have commented on your blog - I think you are right to say that there is definitely more hope of recovery than people recognise. I don't think anyone deliberately chooses to remain mentally unwell, but a combination of medication (with its side effects of lethary, weight gain and other physical symptoms) and financial benefits can conspire to ensure that expectations of recovery are low, which becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. Recovery from severe mental illness is a big subject, and hopefully there will soon be more information about how more people can achieve their full potential in time.<br /><br />I am not sure that the issue of recovery is as simple as your 'bargain' thesis, but it may be that you have filled in part of the picture. I don't think that the 'bargain' theory fits the falling into psychosis - I think the mind escapes from reality when it is too much to bear, and when there is simply no other option. I truly think I would have died had I not gone mad - my body was under too much strain from my nervous system to survive. I had no idea what would happen to me in madness - fear was a big part of the picture - there was certainly no notion that I would be cared for and made safe by the psychiatric system, so there was no element of bargain, conscious or subconscious.<br /><br />You pose an interesting theory though, which certainly adds to the debate about serious mental illnesses.<br /><br />All the best, LouiseSchizophrenia at the Schoolgatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839755338912448705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5317925651753639985.post-82584930594340943602012-05-16T09:06:58.169-07:002012-05-16T09:06:58.169-07:00Hi Louise, very best wishes in your work.
I was v...Hi Louise, very best wishes in your work. <br />I was very struck by your comment; "I see psychosis as the mind's way of escaping from reality, when reality becomes so awful that one cannot cope."<br />This exactly fits my bargain thesis, - bargainthesis.blogspot.co.uk - which has caused interest among academics and maybe points a way out.<br />Very best wishes<br />AdrianUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13747809475285866506noreply@blogger.com