Im so nervous as I start this post. I dont want to say the wrong thing! HA! Gotta love anxious anxiety! There are a few points I want to stress: 1. I AM NOT A DR. 2. I am not qualified to give ANY medical advice. 3. I make suggestions, based on my own experience NOT based on expertise. 4. If I suggest you/your loved one go to the hospital or to find a psychiatrist, do it. I see something that mirrors my own experience. Now that housekeeping is out of the way... I want to try to explain the disease side of Soul Cancer (Depression, Anxiety, Bi-Polar Disorder). Just yesterday I ran into a friend at the grocery store. We talked about all the things going on with our families. After that I quietly tell her what has been happening with me, if I dont tell the truth Im so awkward that Ill be suspect to a whole gamut of other things! The following is our following conversation: Friend: Im so sorry, Ste-eph. Thats awful. Well, you look happy now. Life is short. You need to be happy. Did your girls leaving home affect you THAT much? Me: Oh no! There were all sorts of things. It was kind of like, one of those Perfect Storm kind of things. Me (to myself): Oh Lord! Here we go! Friend: We need to get together! Call me! We need to have you all over for dinner! Me: Yes, you do! HAHAHAHAHA! That would be great! Call me! Friend (waving good-bye): Call me if you need me to come over and kick your butt out of bed! HAHAHAHAHA! I can do it! HAHAHA! Me (sort of muttering under my breath): Honey, if kicking my butt would have got me outta that bed, Id have done it A LOOOOONG time ago. See it???? Ugh! I left knowing what my next post would be about. Im sure youve heard it before, but maybe this time my words will cause an AH- HA moment. In a lot of cases, the disease side of mental illness must be addressed before any major outward work to heal depression, anxiety, or bipolar is possible. Soul Cancer looks a lot of different ways and varies in how serious the condition is. This means: Go to the specialist: a psychiatrist, for meds! It is an illness that needs to be treated. Yes, it happens in the head because the brain is housed there! Having soul cancer means there is an issue with Neurons and the receptors receiving what they need from each other. There is a deficit in the chemical and that chemical needs to be replaced. This is much like diabetes, in that, if the pancreas doesnt put out enough/any insulin then it must be replaced with insulin pills or shots. In that aspect, Soul Cancer is no different. However, the difference between the two diseases is diabetes is socially more acceptable and finding an accurate level of deficiency in blood sugar levels is possible. With SC there hasnt been an accurate serotonin level check invented. I know this post sounds medical and wordy. Bottom line: It is a disease. An illness. Though sometimes difficult, there is much hope treating Soul Cancer. You dont have to feel like you feel. It takes time and patience and a whole lotta honesty about how you feel. You will have to shed all fear of being perceived as a hypochondriac. Your psychiatrist needs to know how you are feeling even if its a I just dont want to get out of bed and do it feeling. At a certain point in my process I kept telling myself I was lazy because I just couldnt do it (whatever it was). My therapist informed me that is a symptom of depression. I thought it was laziness because I didnt feel the dark, heaviness of severe depression. An adjustment was made to my meds and within a few days I was up and better....not my best, but better. Please remember to like and share my page. You never know whats behind another persons smile. That is all for now. Much love and prayers for you in the midst of a similar journey, and for those supporting and loving them along the way. Big, big hugs.
Posted on: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:17:44 +0000
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