[__ Prayer __] parents are back!

[Christ_empowered]

thanks for the prayers. I was house+dog+cat-sitting while my parents took a short trip. Things went well. God is good! Its...interesting...now, I'm "severely mentally ill" (Schizophrenia w/ mood issues or Bipolar I w/psychosis...take your pick...), so I live with my parents, even though I'm an adult. I'm thankful, to be blessed with parents who let me live here, with them, and I get a bit nervous when they're gone, because...well...

mostly stuff I was involved in, before Jesus saved me (is saving me, I pray will save me). Oh well. They had good time, they came back to a clean house, well-fed pets, and...yeah. All is well.

Thanks again.

 

[ezra]

"severely mentally ill" (Schizophrenia w/ mood issues or Bipolar I w/psychosis...take your pick...),

stop believing that maybe few quirks .who don,t i have mine sometimes mood issues if rubbed the wrong way lol

 

[Tessa]

'We are all made up of many colours ' someone once told me. Glad everything went well.

 

[ezra]

mine are mixed up lol

 

[Christ_empowered]

yeah...honestly....I read some stuff from this postmodern guy, and he wrote that he thinks what the shrinks call "Schizophrenia" is just caused by prolonged terror, isolation, etc. His solution was to have real friends and do what one can to reintegrate into society, and get on with things. Which got me to thinking...

he clearly wasn't a believer, but he made some valid points. The Lord willed to spare me, save me, forgive me, and now He's blessed me. He's even willed reconciliation with my (loving, long suffering, kind) parents, so...that's -huge-.

Point is...Jesus says (to paraphrase) to take up one's plow, and push forward. Paul writes about putting aside what is behind, and pressing forward. That was -impossible- for me, until I got saved and The Lord began moving so mightily in my life. So, now...

I don't know. The clinic has me seeing a shrink thru a hi-def webcam, because they have difficulty getting people to stay on staff (why work there when you can make more $$$ in private practice?). So, before I go into the special webcam room, they have me fill out a questionnaire, they tally up points (for depression), take blood pressure, etc. My "scores" were very, very good, this time around. Thing is...

its not because of "treatment," its because of The Lord and His work in my life. I'm sure some people in Mental Health are well-intentioned...or, I hope so, anyway....but they don't seem to help anybody, not all that much, anyway.

On the plus side, I get disability, which isn't much, but its more than 0, and no one will hire me around here, anyway. The medical coverage completely covers the clinic visits, which saves my parents $$$, and the psych drugs come in at a low, low copay. I'm thankful. And yet...

ugh. I don't know if anyone is "really" "severely mentally ill," after all. I think people have problems and get stuck in Mental Health, Inc., one way or another. At least The Lord has willed a quiet, calm, pleasant life for me, for this season of my life. I'm thankful, of course.

OK. Kinda rambled....thanks, everyone.