What Is The Hardest Part Of Living With Mental Illness?

We have observed for a long time how people who do not suffer from mental illnesses wonder and question what the experience of a disorder is, and what makes the desired improvement in people who suffer from it so complicated.

Thus, We are going to give three insights into the difficulties that patients encounter when they have to assume that they have a mental illness

First of all, being aware of a mental illness is challenging.

At first, when someone suddenly suffers psychological symptoms (common in panic attacks, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder or post-traumatic stress), they go through a stage of psychological and emotional shock in which a certain confusion appears.

During this period the person will begin to understand what exactly is happening to them.

Let us not forget that these diseases are not and do not have to be chronic there are many treatments that considerably improve the quality of life of people with mental disorders.

The feeling of rejection or social discrimination can also be a great obstacle

When I mention “sensation”, I am not referring to the person making it up, but rather experiencing it as real, and this is important to hear. Obviously, if the rejection is tacit, the complications become much worse.

Any person with mental illness deserves support and love, since disorders represent difficulties and do not make someone worse or better, people take care of that, not diseases.

Living with the feeling of not deserving anything better for being who they are

“Because I am so nervous I will never work on what I am passionate about”, “she left me to isolate myself, I don’t deserve to be loved”, “I don’t think I am capable of doing anything in life”.

These thoughts appear many times because “who I am” is often confused with “what’s wrong with me.” I put a lot of emphasis in the first sessions on this, because it makes the difference between working to solve internal problems and getting your life back, or trying to change the person so that they do things better. If someone tries to change themselves, they will inevitably fight back, greatly increasing unnecessary suffering.