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MrEthanWackadoodle
2,965 M Hopeful Heart 7
PathStep 18 Compassion hearts43 Forum posts121 Forum upvotes119 Current upvotes119 Age GroupAdult Last activeApril, 2016 Member sinceMarch 26, 2014
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Struggles with Making Art - Even Though it Feels Really Good!
Hobby Zone / by MrEthanWackadoodle
Last post
 July 28th, 2016
...See more Hey all, I've always been an artsy person. I even want to be an Art Therapist, since it's helped me so much. Sometimes, I have a hard time making art or being creative at all. Recently, since I started seeing a therapist again(I was on waiting lists for 2 years!) I've started making art again. I realize that art doesn't have to be perfect or pretty or even skillful. Sometimes just scribbling feels good, because it shows how I'm feeling and I'm letting it out. I can even throw is away now; it's served it's purpose! I used to keep everything, and be embarrassed when people saw the works that I didn't like. Now, I don't hesitate to rip something out of my sketchbook and either throw away or put it away until I don't need it anymore. I knit, crochet, draw, pain, and write poetry. Even when I can't bring myself to get out of bed, I can still write poetry! I'd love to hear others' experiences on this. I'm sure I'm not the only one!
Difference in Treatment and Meds- BPD vs Bipolar&PTSD
Personality Disorders Support / by MrEthanWackadoodle
Last post
 May 10th, 2015
...See more Just as I said in the topic line, what would be the difference in treatment and medications? I've been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and PTSD as well as Dissociative Disorder Otherwise Specified. Pretty much, that's all the symptoms of Borderline. It's been suggested a few times, but I don't really want the diagnosis, because of discrimination against it even within the psychiatric community. I've had training in CBT, DBT, and Mindfulness. I know that DBT was developed for the treatment of BPD, but it's use is more widespread now. So, if there is a difference in treatment and symptoms, and even roots and causes, then I'd like to educate myself. If there isn't...well, the purpose of a diagnosis is to facilitate what the causes and treatment is. So it wouldn't matter, if the treatment is the same.
I hate this life I have but I'm not sure how to have a better one.
General Support / by MrEthanWackadoodle
Last post
 January 27th, 2015
...See more Knowledge is one thing, and doing it is another. I KNOW what do do, in theory, and some things I've even done before. It just seems insurmountable. Thing is, I've felt like this before and gotten through it some or much of the time. SO I tell myself hopelessness doesn't mean I'm hopeless. But I don't know how to get from here to there, even if I have read the instruction manual already.
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