Study Mental Illness Stigmatization Study

[simplekindofgirl]

I took the survey- do I get a little sticker like I do when I vote??? :geek:

I found it hard to answer some of the questions just based on where I am in my treatment, therapy, etc. How likely am I to seek a professionals help- after answering that 12 times with a number to indicate how likely it would be, I was wishing for a "been there, done that many times" choice.

Anything that helps to bring to light the facts of PTSD rather than the dramatic hollywood horror movie version of it is more than worth my time, and energy. (And was worth the risk of a trigger.)

 

[cdinwv]

I couldn't agree with you more simplekindofgirl. Even at risk of trigger or self-pain, to help break stigma we can turn our cirumstances of medical complications into an enlightenment for others and to share the truth of the real issues of mental illnesses and stigma associated with it.

The biggest thing I do when contibuting to these surveys, talking about sexual abuse, or anything to build awaressness is dissociate myself honestly. I have to help me to be stronger than the circumstances of abuse that got me here anyways. But it works for me and this might help others to work past their pain, hurt, and trauma to be able to become an advocate to a good cause. I am not only a survivor, or was a victim but I am as a person that has absorbed so much information thru circumstances and trauma that I feel like all this pain even when triggers are hard sometimes still gives me control because I am taking the bad I endured to possibly help others.

After years of silence and no one talking about the topics of mental illness, disorders, or abuse; for me, I feel I need to and release this as much as I can and in any outlet I can. Just because so much of my trauma was not about me but a broken system that not only impacted my life but many professional industries of fault as well and creation of more abuse that can be prevented.

I hope this might help others to consider viewing these resources of helping others as a way to constructively stop the pain within by being able to call it out constructively as in these surveys. We are not just PTSD classified people. We are not just individuals who have trauma to contend with. We are also people and persons that deserve to be heard in society as any other person who has not been in trauma, abuse or have any mental illness or medical issues. We have a right to enforce our freedom of speech to help enhance and educate life around us. Sorry, I rambled to long but if it helps one person to overcome to step out past their pain, then my rambles are worth it.

 

[Nighthawk]

There is no questions related to if you are seeing a T in this survey. That made it a bit harder to respond correctly.

 

[Fan Blender]

I just took the survey as well. I felt kind of robotic while answering the questions. Also, there were a few questions which "told" you what to answer without a question. I feel very silly saying this, but being told how to respond made me feel a lot of anger and resentment. I so very much wanted to be that angry little girl and say screw you! I gonna answer completely opposite to what you want because I feel forced and that makes me not like you very much!

Did anyone else experience that? Ok, well not entirely like what I described, but any other feelings of resentment or anger towards being "told" how to answer?

I suppose this survey did trigger me. Not majorly though, or anywhere close to that. I will just have to make a nice hot cup of cloudberry tea and pat myself on the back for recognizing a trigger I wasn't aware of before. :tup: