The Joys and follies of mental health services II

When a person needs help they usually are at their wits end.

Something hasn't worked, and knowing that something needs to change, involves seeking out mental health services in order to start the recovery process.

I am no different.

Though I've been through many iterations of the intake process, having to tell my story, (usually numerous times because of insurance QoS, non responsive intake specialists, etc) there is a rough element to the whole endeavor.

You feel like a rushed piece of meat.

Its a cold, and unfriendly place to be.

The reality of what was has now morphed into a kind of collage of verbal grafeti.

Sometimes there are no answers to the riddles of pain, and anguish we deal with.


Yet the struggle for balance is never there.

When you deal with a state run, budget restrained, and bureaucracy, one can't help notice the workload, stress placed on a very overly burdened system, mostly on a state level.

There are some agencies who use a implicit tactic of six months and off you go.

Yet for some this isn't always a great idea.

Back through the door one will go, in a revolving door mechanic, often being told to find a primary care physician, which with certain insurances is not possible, even with the change of recent years.

Some offices flat out refuse to deal with it, and turn people away because of it.

It is extremely frustrating to be told to immediately find something but not have any way to get the results they want.

Being shuffled from one situation to another doesn't help either.

I kind of wonder if it really has been this way.

Otherwise, its the same routine, six months of service and out the door, and back through again.

Kind of gets old.


B.

Mental Health Awarness

May is here.

Life clicks on.

Yet, there is always a need to put a stamp on our existence as it means something worthwhile.

This is the month of Mental Health Awareness.

I would even say that every month needs to be Mental Health Awareness, but I digress.

In this month I will do my part in teaching, explaining, and setting an example with my mental health.

My Bipolar I own and though I have to keep things on a professional level, it is important to share it.

It is about the lessons learned, and the importance on recovery, hope, and resiliency. (Sunrise)

There are no easy roads with mental illness.

Those who say it is haven't experienced true debilitating mental illness.

Lets not have more damage.

Lets focus on the positive strengths of pulling through.

Lets learn to forgive our weaknesses.

I will help in using our humility as means to share in recovery.

Thanks for reading.

B.