Worked in a residential treatment facility for a little over half a year. My experience was negative due to multiple factors; head superior wasn't good at anything other than working with the clients, I had personal life problems that I wasn't addressing, and my position in the company was at the bottom rung while I desperately wanted to be higher up on the ladder. One of the things I found that's consistent in all mental health work is feeling like there is a pane of glass between myself and the person- I can't touch them, can't hug them, can't hold their hand just to show them non-verbal solidarity/support- and I had to write a certain number of reports of each person I worked with which were required to fall within specific categories they and the therapist had created. I found it all very limiting and suffocating. I've thought about trying to work with mental health again. It would need to be a very different looking system or using novel approaches that allow more simple human contact and a little more well educated autonomy for the workers.
Yeah.. the hierarchy can definetly be suffocating... as a peer support you are definetly at the bottom of the ladder. Or even outside the normal hierachy... but at the same time that glass wall isnt there as much. But yeah. when you are in the system it affects you. No matter how strong you think you are... I'm hoping for a major chang, but yeah. It takes time...
This is exactly what I experienced being a nurse at a mental health facility last year. I would always get in trouble to crossing my boundaries with the clients and for many other things. I also felt I could not be transparent with them or relatable at a human level. My superiors would always advise me to say more scripted things and always redirect things which I couldn’t understand because I knew the clients could feel when I wasn’t being genuine and it killed me inside. Eventually I found myself building this huge wall because I simply could not handle it. I couldn’t handle the clients because they wanted something that I couldn’t give them and the staff was not supportive given the fact this was my first time working is the psyche field. I seen so many things that I was uncomfortable with and I seen this system that was so sad and I did nothing to change it because I felt that I couldn’t so I left. It was the best decision for me at the time. But now looking back I’m thankful for the experience and I’ve done a lot of inner work and if I could go back I feel that I would be a lot stronger. But I don’t know if that would be an option unless the mental health system adjusted a lot of their approach. I’m also a HSP with extra sensory so I simply couldn’t handle it
I'm sure you were very compassionate and helpful to the clients/peers you worked with. If my journey thru my depression, anxiety, bipolar included people like you in a clinical setting, maybe I'd be able to hold a job and not receive a disability check anymore. I do have a good psychiatrist now who listens to me and doesn't push meds. I don't take meds except for sleeping and anxiety. Antidepressants have done nothing for me except horrible side effects and my first "manic episode", which I firmly believe was caused by the drug Cymbalta. I was healthier on my own before the drugs in retrospect. God bless you- I'm excited for you to continue this work. Thank you so much. You're forreal, you are so real. I knew that when I first found your channel. 🙏🏽 💚 🤗
Yes antidepressants can cause psychosis, it is even listed in the side effects. Thank you I try to not sugar coat this messy process, but still stay true to my healing path. All the best to you
Ive commented on other videos. I thought they are all great. Your perspective, knowledge and wisdom are right on point, especially in looking at the system. I live in San Diego, CA. I go to an excellent out patient program. But even there psychosis is a bad thing, that makes us feel bad when we have it. Ive since learnt to try my best, but accept symptoms, and myself when so much seems up in the air. What I am working on now is slowing my mind when it races as just knowing I am missing so many thoughts is disheartening and anxiety provoking. Added is mindreading, thinking, projecting and telepathy, so if you have one of these abilities and your mind is racing your paranoia will come from wondering:" what info am I putting out there?" I seem to have survived that phase, and no one just about seems to know or care, its an acute thing, close up you feel dread and believe you are showing all your life's secrets later on no one seemed to notice. Its not that I could not lead a transparent mind life, if everyone else was too, its conditioning. Back to the paranoia, acute here there, next day you walk in and feel anxious. Fear conditions us. Look at animals, look at others, and yourself.
Thank you! It's a shame that there is such a stigma around psychosis still. I mean it can be turned into a gift if treated properly. Have you seen the documentary "Crazywise"? I highly recommend it.
Thank you for sharing your experiences! Your honesty is very useful, it mirorrs back my own impressions as a family member struggling to watch all difficulties with not many tools to help on the way.This system and how the society looks at mental problems is really... unnatural, I would say, but needed when shit hits the fan. So I have mixed feelings as well, I guess.
You obviously have learned to cope with all of the active fprces in your own life. The number of people like you are few and far between. Whatever prompted you to start a youtube channel? It is very informative and you come across very well.
Very hopeful looking face. I did some Kundalini Yoga urs ago. Just finished “Outside Looking In” by TC Boyle ab’t Tim Leary’s brand of “psychiatry.” The title probably from a Gin Blossoms song describing me perfectly with no experience with LSD or any other drug except anti-psychs 10 yrs ago. I would still be classified as psychotic & the hissing in my ears as a form of tinnitus. Nothing like Munch’s sister in “The Scream of Nature” that pictured the hospital where she stayed & died below the bridge. My nasty group unison Truman Show repetitive voices remind me of the end of the movie Annihilation where the couple annihilate or kill their egos & survive as animatronic flatliner versions of what they killed. That’s not me at all.
Namaste What is your take on the usage of pharma drugs compared to medical cannabis in treatment of a variety of mental illnesses where heavy medication is normally used?
bohemianwriter1 My knowledge of this is not huge since cbd is super controversial here in sweden. Might try to do a video on this topic though with someone who knows a little more. Thanks!
@@lynx.medicine I'm Norwegian. Got my prescription on medical cannabis from a Dutch doctor last year. Ther three strains I take every day are medically grown, and would have replaced an entire medical cabinet of pharma drugs...All whom would make me sick. Cannabis has been a life saver. Magic Mushroom has been a door opener. Turns out that Cannabis should have been my medicine all along. And Psilocybin to be my key after all decades in the Matrix, coping in an insane society run by the inmates of the asylum. Even though I have had a long history of depressions, and anxieties (since 1 year after a study trip to India in 1991-92), even through my army year, I managed to stay away from any doctors and pills. Never trusted either of them. Now, during a Kundalini awakening, symptoms up my neck has been the main theme of the day. For some strange reason, I am looking for a psychic reader, an Akashic record, and something for a chronic pain under my left shoulder blade which has lasted for almost 2 years.. If you know of anyone near I can reach (I am in Oslo) in person, it would be appreciated.
@@bohemianwriter1 Thats great you got help from cbd, I do personally think that it has some real benefit but do not know of how it is used on a larger scale. Hoping that they will not ban it completely over here... :( I do not know of any healers in Norway unfortunately.
@@lynx.medicine Namaste I do get three strains. 1 pure Indica 1 pure Sativa 1 mix of Sativa and CBD. They have different uses for daily and nightly use.. There is only one way to get things legal which should never have been prohibited in the first place. Challenge their laws. Challenge their healthcare authorities. Challenge the justice dept. Challenge the politicians who think they have the authority to dictate the health and well being of others through draconian laws, and a destructive way to deal with it. Vote them out.... As far as any healers you might recommend, I am mobile. I have no boss. No hours. And a universe which will supply when it's needed. All I know is that if I were to pay for a reliable, and accurate psychic, I prefer it to be face to face.. I'll still be looking and finding like an Espen Ashlad.. But thank you for your insights anyway.
bohemianwriter1 If you want recommendations on swedish healers send me a dm through my facebook page. The cannabis thing is really complex here in sweden, its still considered a heavy drug for many people. But its changing slowly... glad norway is a bit more progressive. ✨
Hello! Thank you for the video. I agree with you. Have you heard of Sean Blackwell? He has an interesting view on Psychosis from a Spiritual perspective. Much love 💜
Thanks for your care and kindness in connecting with people in need of support. Has your experienced given you any clarity on a) your view of schizophrenia and 2) Psychiatry's view of schizophrenia. Thanks! :)
Worked in a residential treatment facility for a little over half a year. My experience was negative due to multiple factors; head superior wasn't good at anything other than working with the clients, I had personal life problems that I wasn't addressing, and my position in the company was at the bottom rung while I desperately wanted to be higher up on the ladder.
One of the things I found that's consistent in all mental health work is feeling like there is a pane of glass between myself and the person- I can't touch them, can't hug them, can't hold their hand just to show them non-verbal solidarity/support- and I had to write a certain number of reports of each person I worked with which were required to fall within specific categories they and the therapist had created. I found it all very limiting and suffocating.
I've thought about trying to work with mental health again. It would need to be a very different looking system or using novel approaches that allow more simple human contact and a little more well educated autonomy for the workers.
Yeah.. the hierarchy can definetly be suffocating... as a peer support you are definetly at the bottom of the ladder. Or even outside the normal hierachy... but at the same time that glass wall isnt there as much. But yeah. when you are in the system it affects you. No matter how strong you think you are... I'm hoping for a major chang, but yeah. It takes time...
This is exactly what I experienced being a nurse at a mental health facility last year. I would always get in trouble to crossing my boundaries with the clients and for many other things. I also felt I could not be transparent with them or relatable at a human level. My superiors would always advise me to say more scripted things and always redirect things which I couldn’t understand because I knew the clients could feel when I wasn’t being genuine and it killed me inside. Eventually I found myself building this huge wall because I simply could not handle it. I couldn’t handle the clients because they wanted something that I couldn’t give them and the staff was not supportive given the fact this was my first time working is the psyche field. I seen so many things that I was uncomfortable with and I seen this system that was so sad and I did nothing to change it because I felt that I couldn’t so I left. It was the best decision for me at the time. But now looking back I’m thankful for the experience and I’ve done a lot of inner work and if I could go back I feel that I would be a lot stronger. But I don’t know if that would be an option unless the mental health system adjusted a lot of their approach. I’m also a HSP with extra sensory so I simply couldn’t handle it
I'm sure you were very compassionate and helpful to the clients/peers you worked with. If my journey thru my depression, anxiety, bipolar included people like you in a clinical setting, maybe I'd be able to hold a job and not receive a disability check anymore. I do have a good psychiatrist now who listens to me and doesn't push meds. I don't take meds except for sleeping and anxiety. Antidepressants have done nothing for me except horrible side effects and my first "manic episode", which I firmly believe was caused by the drug Cymbalta. I was healthier on my own before the drugs in retrospect. God bless you- I'm excited for you to continue this work. Thank you so much. You're forreal, you are so real. I knew that when I first found your channel. 🙏🏽 💚 🤗
Yes antidepressants can cause psychosis, it is even listed in the side effects. Thank you I try to not sugar coat this messy process, but still stay true to my healing path. All the best to you
Ive commented on other videos. I thought they are all great. Your perspective, knowledge and wisdom are right on point, especially in looking at the system. I live in San Diego, CA. I go to an excellent out patient program. But even there psychosis is a bad thing, that makes us feel bad when we have it. Ive since learnt to try my best, but accept symptoms, and myself when so much seems up in the air. What I am working on now is slowing my mind when it races as just knowing I am missing so many thoughts is disheartening and anxiety provoking. Added is mindreading, thinking, projecting and telepathy, so if you have one of these abilities and your mind is racing your paranoia will come from wondering:" what info am I putting out there?" I seem to have survived that phase, and no one just about seems to know or care, its an acute thing, close up you feel dread and believe you are showing all your life's secrets later on no one seemed to notice. Its not that I could not lead a transparent mind life, if everyone else was too, its conditioning. Back to the paranoia, acute here there, next day you walk in and feel anxious. Fear conditions us. Look at animals, look at others, and yourself.
Thank you! It's a shame that there is such a stigma around psychosis still. I mean it can be turned into a gift if treated properly. Have you seen the documentary "Crazywise"? I highly recommend it.
Thank you for sharing your experiences! Your honesty is very useful, it mirorrs back my own impressions as a family member struggling to watch all difficulties with not many tools to help on the way.This system and how the society looks at mental problems is really... unnatural, I would say, but needed when shit hits the fan. So I have mixed feelings as well, I guess.
You obviously have learned to cope with all of the active fprces in your own life. The number of people like you are few and far between. Whatever prompted you to start a youtube channel? It is very informative and you come across very well.
Very hopeful looking face. I did some Kundalini Yoga urs ago. Just finished “Outside Looking In” by TC Boyle ab’t Tim Leary’s brand of “psychiatry.” The title probably from a Gin Blossoms song describing me perfectly with no experience with LSD or any other drug except anti-psychs 10 yrs ago. I would still be classified as psychotic & the hissing in my ears as a form of tinnitus. Nothing like Munch’s sister in “The Scream of Nature” that pictured the hospital where she stayed & died below the bridge. My nasty group unison Truman Show repetitive voices remind me of the end of the movie Annihilation where the couple annihilate or kill their egos & survive as animatronic flatliner versions of what they killed. That’s not me at all.
Namaste
What is your take on the usage of pharma drugs compared to medical cannabis in treatment of a variety of mental illnesses where heavy medication is normally used?
bohemianwriter1 My knowledge of this is not huge since cbd is super controversial here in sweden. Might try to do a video on this topic though with someone who knows a little more. Thanks!
@@lynx.medicine I'm Norwegian. Got my prescription on medical cannabis from a Dutch doctor last year.
Ther three strains I take every day are medically grown, and would have replaced an entire medical cabinet of pharma drugs...All whom would make me sick.
Cannabis has been a life saver.
Magic Mushroom has been a door opener.
Turns out that Cannabis should have been my medicine all along.
And Psilocybin to be my key after all decades in the Matrix, coping in an insane society run by the inmates of the asylum.
Even though I have had a long history of depressions, and anxieties (since 1 year after a study trip to India in 1991-92), even through my army year, I managed to stay away from any doctors and pills.
Never trusted either of them.
Now, during a Kundalini awakening, symptoms up my neck has been the main theme of the day.
For some strange reason, I am looking for a psychic reader, an Akashic record, and something for a chronic pain under my left shoulder blade which has lasted for almost 2 years..
If you know of anyone near I can reach (I am in Oslo) in person, it would be appreciated.
@@bohemianwriter1 Thats great you got help from cbd, I do personally think that it has some real benefit but do not know of how it is used on a larger scale. Hoping that they will not ban it completely over here... :( I do not know of any healers in Norway unfortunately.
@@lynx.medicine Namaste
I do get three strains.
1 pure Indica
1 pure Sativa
1 mix of Sativa and CBD.
They have different uses for daily and nightly use..
There is only one way to get things legal which should never have been prohibited in the first place.
Challenge their laws.
Challenge their healthcare authorities. Challenge the justice dept.
Challenge the politicians who think they have the authority to dictate the health and well being of others through draconian laws, and a destructive way to deal with it.
Vote them out....
As far as any healers you might recommend, I am mobile. I have no boss. No hours. And a universe which will supply when it's needed.
All I know is that if I were to pay for a reliable, and accurate psychic, I prefer it to be face to face..
I'll still be looking and finding like an Espen Ashlad.. But thank you for your insights anyway.
bohemianwriter1 If you want recommendations on swedish healers send me a dm through my facebook page. The cannabis thing is really complex here in sweden, its still considered a heavy drug for many people. But its changing slowly... glad norway is a bit more progressive. ✨
Do you mind if I ask you where you practiced?
Hello! Thank you for the video. I agree with you. Have you heard of Sean Blackwell? He has an interesting view on Psychosis from a Spiritual perspective. Much love 💜
Thanks for your care and kindness in connecting with people in need of support.
Has your experienced given you any clarity on a) your view of schizophrenia and 2) Psychiatry's view of schizophrenia.
Thanks! :)
I have got a more nuanced view on these things for sure. I will make separate videos of this topics later on... thanks for your comment.