Trouble in Paradise
Damik
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My dad says I'm addicted to ECT
When I was cutting I did it for many reasons one of them was the chemical release that briefly made me feel better.
I'm struggling to justify in my mind a difference. The only one I can come up with is that ECT is medically accepted.
It has made a difference in my life. I feel more stable then I've ever been. Is it fair to equate feeling functional with being addicted?
I know that he doesn't trust the mental health field and that's where he's coming from. So there is a voice in the back of my head telling me to dismiss what he's saying. He wants me off of psychotropic meds, too, and I haven't listened to him there.
Why start now?
Yes, right now my dad is living rent free inside my head.
I'm struggling to justify in my mind a difference. The only one I can come up with is that ECT is medically accepted.
It has made a difference in my life. I feel more stable then I've ever been. Is it fair to equate feeling functional with being addicted?
I know that he doesn't trust the mental health field and that's where he's coming from. So there is a voice in the back of my head telling me to dismiss what he's saying. He wants me off of psychotropic meds, too, and I haven't listened to him there.
Why start now?
Yes, right now my dad is living rent free inside my head.
Re: My dad says I'm addicted to ECT
I don't know why I told them. I think maybe I imagine that I have a different relationship with them than I do.
I need to learn to keep our conversations to safe subjects.
Please, do not listen to your parents.
Is it fair to equate feeling functional with being addicted?
No. People respond differently to different things. You've been struggling to find something that works and this is working. It's not like you could access ECT yourself, and without proper medical support, where you could be abusing it. What is your treatment schedule like?
I've been going weekly, after this week we are going to try every 12 days.
Omg, that's maintenance. Again, don't listen to your parents. Enjoy feeling better finally.
Malibu agrees.
This is about as stupid as saying a person with chronic depression is a Wellbutrin addict because they take that medication and it makes them feel good. That's the whole point- to find ways to feel good and boost your chemical levels to where they need to be without doing dangerous activities and self-medicating with things like booze or self-injury.
Long story short- tell your dad to fuvck off and tell him your medical treatment is between you and your doctor and that's that. It's none of his business and he should kindly butt the eff out.
Double dog this.
Personally, I'd strongly consider limiting contact with these people to Christmas cards.
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PPD agrees with the all mighty fuss as well.
I was just thinking the same thing.
Damik, these people are toxic. The less contact you have with them the better. And talking to them about anything other than the weather is only giving them fodder to berate you with later.
Damik, I think your relationship with your parents is another way you self-sabotage. They are toxic to your health and to your recovery. Start sharing things on a strictly need-to-know basis and your life will be so much better.
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Ditto this and everyone else sayimg your dad is being a twat.