TheBlackPirate
Bluelighter
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- Dec 16, 2015
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In the midst of challenging experiences people often loose perspective on past and present. This happens with some drugs and also mental illness. I offer a suggestion. Briefly journal your thoughts and review them in the future.
Perhaps on this day you were filled with thoughts of self harm or your hallucinations were particularly bothersome. Undoubtedly how you were feeling probably influenced recent behavior. Often realizing how different those experiences are from everyday life requires the input of a sober person or retrospectively looking at a journal.
Perhaps when things have brightened up in late spring you'll realize how different from normal these thoughts and subsequent actions were. With and without mental illness, moods fluctuate. This is human nature. Perhaps you'll realize these thoughts of self harm this winter were irrational and temporary. Perhaps you'll realize hyper focusing on your hallucinations exacerbated them when, in reality, they were nearly the same as always and benign. Maybe you'll have other observations when retrospectively reviewing your journal.
I hope the biggest observation involves gaining the perspective of how tumultuous life is. I am confident in the past you had tough experiences and eventually prevailed. I am confident wonderful and joyous experience also happened. Good and joyous experiences are in your future. Realize this in retrospect when looking at this journal.
-TheBlackPirate
Perhaps on this day you were filled with thoughts of self harm or your hallucinations were particularly bothersome. Undoubtedly how you were feeling probably influenced recent behavior. Often realizing how different those experiences are from everyday life requires the input of a sober person or retrospectively looking at a journal.
Perhaps when things have brightened up in late spring you'll realize how different from normal these thoughts and subsequent actions were. With and without mental illness, moods fluctuate. This is human nature. Perhaps you'll realize these thoughts of self harm this winter were irrational and temporary. Perhaps you'll realize hyper focusing on your hallucinations exacerbated them when, in reality, they were nearly the same as always and benign. Maybe you'll have other observations when retrospectively reviewing your journal.
I hope the biggest observation involves gaining the perspective of how tumultuous life is. I am confident in the past you had tough experiences and eventually prevailed. I am confident wonderful and joyous experience also happened. Good and joyous experiences are in your future. Realize this in retrospect when looking at this journal.
-TheBlackPirate
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