
Isobel
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J's psychologist (who is a very Tiggerish sort of person) has recently got hooked into 'The Recovery Model' which seems to be based on a talk given by Dr. Patricia Deegan some time ago. From a brief look at her on the web she seems to have created an industry around her ideas. She also claims to have had psychotic illness when she was a teenager. J & I are rather mistrustful of all this especially when his psych. says that it is the big thing in MH circles these days. Speaking for ourselves we've never seen anyone who's been in the places we have 'recover'. The most people can do is more or less survive at home with the occasional spell as an in-patient.
This psych is also very full of being positive and feeling gratitude. He's asked for funding into a study into gratitude which he's asked me to take part in. I am very afraid that it's going to be too simplistic and not take into accoount our circumstances and personalities as well as our illnesses. However, there's a small fee involved and a lunch out so I will contribute.
Can positive thinking make a difference to mental illness of the down kind, can being genuinely grateful - without a sense of obligation - help lighten our thinking?
Any comments?
Take care all,
Isobel
This psych is also very full of being positive and feeling gratitude. He's asked for funding into a study into gratitude which he's asked me to take part in. I am very afraid that it's going to be too simplistic and not take into accoount our circumstances and personalities as well as our illnesses. However, there's a small fee involved and a lunch out so I will contribute.
Can positive thinking make a difference to mental illness of the down kind, can being genuinely grateful - without a sense of obligation - help lighten our thinking?
Any comments?
Take care all,
Isobel