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Mental health treatment

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i'm actually not a jw, but i've always been curious about the religion since it always had an esoteric vibe to it.

i was raised catholic, but more than half my life i've struggled with my faith, and therefore, i've defaulted to the agnostic position.. i'm sorry, let me get to my question.

i've struggled with mental illness for most of my life.

kidchameleon43

It makes sense - they don't really help much anyway.

I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to strongly disagree with that statement. I know I wasn't raised a JW, so I wasn't taught to be wary of the psych field, but it does work plenty. These professionals and these medications save lives whether you want to believe that or not. Prayer alone is not going to cure any of these disorders, especially psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder. There is no cure for any mental illness, but we have to rely on counseling and medication first because they're proven to help manage symptoms.

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Mental health treatment

by kidchameleon43 in

i'm actually not a jw, but i've always been curious about the religion since it always had an esoteric vibe to it.

i was raised catholic, but more than half my life i've struggled with my faith, and therefore, i've defaulted to the agnostic position.. i'm sorry, let me get to my question.

i've struggled with mental illness for most of my life.

kidchameleon43

Hi everyone. I'm actually not a JW, but I've always been curious about the religion since it always had an esoteric vibe to it. I was raised Catholic, but more than half my life I've struggled with my faith, and therefore, I've defaulted to the agnostic position.

I'm sorry, let me get to my question. I've struggled with mental illness for most of my life. I also see a counselor and psychiatrist regularly for meds, which help me function. Sadly, due to my condition, I'm also on disability.

The last time I had to go inpatient in a psych hospital, there was a JW also being treated there. He also happened to be diagnosed with one of the same disorders I'm diagnosed with, so we got along fairly well. He didn't try to convert me, and I didn't ask him any questions about his religion in return. I just thought JWs were against mental health treatment and psychiatric care. I thought they fell into the category of Christian Science when it came to mental health. I know they don't go as far the scientology nutters, but I always thought they had strict rules about it.