Stigma & Relapse In Mental Illness

This is all about some social aspects of mental illness and how it relates to relapses and the additional difficulties on the path of recovery generated by stigma. Never forget that mental illness, just like any other aspect of one's interiority, is incompatible with any rigid definition, since it evolves with the individual who copes with it and is experienced and expressed differently depending on the personal and situational context.

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This is one of the most powerful and insightful descriptions of the incredibly difficult task of navigating mental illness within the confines of the perception of those who are not living in your body and mind. I have listened to hundreds of meditations and you have described the experience with amazing depth and accuracy. Thank you so much for taking the time to compose and share this with the world, especially to those, like myself, who struggle to find a way through long term mental illness while walking the fine line of attempting to appear normal when possible and expressing the difficulty of carrying on while we are still not well.

Yes this is absolutely true. Stigma impacts relapse recovery. We need so much self love, plus nonjudgemental support from loved ones. Thank you 🙏 looking to the light from the darkness

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟I wish I could give this a 10 star review (I guess I technically did with emojis) this was incredibly validating. My authoritarian grandparents were the epitome of “well you LOOK fine, so therefore you ARE fine.” They were both extremely mentally ill themselves but were born in a time where mental illness and trauma were stigmatized off the charts, so they never addressed their extreme depression and anxiety, nor the damage they did to their kids and grandchildren. I will be listening to this many more times 🙏✨💖✨thank you (for anyone sensitive to sound, there is an intermittent high pitched ringing in the background)

I surely need to listen again to cover more of my grasping these so true and helpful words. Bless you 🙏🏼

Very kind and thoughtful