Woman Starts Brave Conversation About Living With A Mental Disorder & Why Few Speak Up
Sandhya theeditor for Maple Jar roused a thread about bipolar and borderlinepersonality disorder. The ongoing thread is not about her but a snippet from the lives of those who suffer from these diseases those that are not visible on the outside.
With an umpteen amount of articles, videos, and theories surfacing on the internet that professes to teach cure for mental illness, I believe, the most pertinent amongst all is love and care.
In a country where a significant increase in the number of people falling prey mental issues, it's a shame that we are not talking about it and about time that we do.
Taking it to Twitter, Sandhya, the editor for Maple Jar roused a thread about bipolar and borderline personality disorder. The ongoing thread is not about her, but a snippet from the lives of those who suffer from these diseases, those that are not visible on the outside.
Hi! So, I am @TheRestlessQuil
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
Among other things I've been living with borderline personality disorder and bipolar disorder for a while now
Through this thread, she's not only illuminating us about her fight but, is also taking us into the lives of those she hear from.
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.@TheRestlessQuil And since I've started to speak of my own experiences with mental health issues, I've been privileged enough to be at the receiving end
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
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.@TheRestlessQuil of many admissions from people of their own conditions, battles and experiences. Every day this is overwhelming for me.
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
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.@TheRestlessQuil On an average, I get at least one email a week from a total stranger telling me about their situation in life or asking for guidance.
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
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Sometimes it's just someone sharing a good story. Those days are nice. :)
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
But through all those emails, one thing stands out for me.
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The fact that it's more women who seek help for mental illhealth than men. I think the causes are pretty self-evident (yay patriarchy!)
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
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But what bothers me over and over again is that in my totally unscientific observation, I have found more women have diagnosis of disorders
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
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And illnesses. BPD, bipolar disorder, depression, schizophrenia you name it. Men for some reason get stuck with diagnosis of social-anxiety
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
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depression, stress and a lot of anger management.
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
It always makes me wonder if diagnoses are gendered.
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I'd like to make a little detour to literature in order to establish that I sometimes thing women stepping out of the expected norms of
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
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of behaviour tend to be branded crazy. Referencing Wild Sargasso Sea, Jane Eyre and Mad Woman in the Attic here.
¡ª Maple Jar (@JarMaple) May 11, 2017
It's a lovely thread and you can follow it here!
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and bipolar disorder are often confused with each other, because of the considerable symptomatic overlap. BPD is a personality disorder and bipolar disorder is a brain disease.
With love and only love, you can take a person out of their mental issues, you can shun away all their fears and you can bring them back to their normal life.
