The thing I really find hard to deal with in regard to my mental health issues is how it isn't specific.
If I went to the doctor and said my leg was hurting and there was a large piece of metal sticking out of it, I would be sent to hospital for the metal to be removed. The wound would be treated and would eventually heal (hopefully).
How do you address mental health issues if there is nothing there to see. "I feel dizzy". "I feel anxious". "My head feels like it is bending in three directions". "I worry about going outside in case there is a zombie apocalypse". "I am overwhelmed by groups of people." "My sleep pattern is disrupted."
"Here are some pills - take them often until YOU eventually go away and cease to be an annoyance to me. You will become a blur to everyone including yourself."
The problems don't go away, but the ability care about them does.
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