Thank you for these pointers Rajesh. On 15-Jan-2018 6:45 pm, "Rajesh Mehar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Vani, > > I haven't had to deal with mental illness in myself or in my immediate > family. > > But I have seen several people discussing mental health and getting support > from each other online. > > E.g. On Twitter, there is a handle @therestlessquil operated by a woman who > regularly discusses mental illness. In fact, just this morning she was > asking people dealing with Bipolar to respond to get thread because she is > thinking of organizing group therapy. > > Also, a close friend whose mother deals with some pretty intense mental > health issues had found The White Swan to be a great resource. Especially > from the perspective of the caregiver, which often goes unacknowledged: > http://www.whiteswanfoundation.org > > Hope this information helps you. > > On Mon, Jan 15, 2018, 10:59 Vani Murarka <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have multiple sclerosis. It is a result of trying to meet the ailment > > proactively and as responsibly as I can, that I learnt about observing > the > > energy space in me and others. > > > > My brother has bipolar. Currently he is in one of his manic phases. His > > condition places acute strain on the family. It is all quite terrifying > at > > times. In all this, I continue to try and observe the energy space, in > him, > > in me, and in whatever is happening in the family -- in each individual > and > > as a organism as a whole. > > > > I feel my only job here is to love. To love each and every person as best > > as I can. I feel, that to love a person is to see that person, and to see > > is to see beauty. All else is blindness. Of course in all this, the first > > thing is to love myself and to see beauty in myself. > > > > Whenever I am unable to see beauty in a person, to me that is an > indication > > that I am not seeing correctly, and so I try as best as I can to further > > see my thoughts and emotions, trying to understand that person better, > > until I can see that same behavior of the person from another perspective > > which makes me feel I have a better understanding of where he/she is > coming > > from. > > > > In the present configuration, I feel this is the only option available to > > me, the only job I can perform and doing so maybe is also in some subtle > > manner playing a positive role in the scheme of things. However, yes, it > > does get harrowing. It is not just my brother's behavior, but also what > > quirks each and every family member brings to the whole thing, my own > > quirks and vulnerabilities etc. etc. etc. > > > > Is there anyone else here whose family member has some mental illness, or > > who himself / herself is dealing with the challenge of having some mental > > illness? Would you like to share how you deal with it and what you have > > learnt so far from being in that experience? > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Vani Murarka > > > > * vani expressions - blog writings < > > http://manaskriti.com/vani-expressions/> > > * काव्यालय (Kaavyaalaya: House of Hindi Poetry) <http://kaavyaalaya.org> > > * गीत गतिरूप - कवि का अनोखा साथी <http://manaskriti.com/geet-gatiroop> > > >
