can people ever find their way back?

Question

can people ever find their way back from severe mental health problems or severe personality disorders and achieve there ambitions in life or is it doomed to end in tears?

Answer 1

I think people can make it back.

Answer 2

Not everyone can especially if they are mentally ill and have committed a severe crime like a serial killer etc., it really depends. There is no way to wipe a persons memory clean, and that poses a problem with the multiple personality issues. Read Sybil she had 15 or 16 personalities and made it to a level of understanding and actually went on a tour for discussion in Colleges but she as all the average people as well had problems but hers were more severe. However she was strong and willing and that is half the battle, the awareness by the person that the problem exists and needs to be resolved.

Answer 3

No one is ever doomed, not as long as you have a breath in your body and you're not condemned to an imminent death sentence. Mental health is a relative term, but my advice to you or someone you know who may have a mental health issue is to seek a professional in the mental health field, either at the Master's level (LCSW, LCPC or Master's in Psychology/Master's in Psychiatric Nursing) or at the Doctoral Level (Ph.D. in Psychology or a Psychiatrist who is a medical doctor). If one is not comfortable in that, seek the help of a minister, priest, rabbi or other spiritual counsel who represents your faith). Mental illness if left untreated can cause many tears, but one is not necessarily doomed to tears. Also, the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) is a great organization which helps those who face mental illness or who have family members with mental illnesses. Hope that helps.

Answer 4

Yes, Ive known people before that had such severe depression, that they tried to take their life, and luckily for them and their family, they didn't succeed, but instead went on medication, and talked to a psychiatrist and actually got back on track, and is doing really well with his life now. I believe that there are times in everyones lives where they need help of some kind and suffer from depression resulting from a bad experience, or extreme stress. There is always help out there for everyone!

Answer 5

Your question is assuming that they ever were mentally healthy or that they ever had a good personality. I can assure you, as a mental health practitioner of 20+ years experience, now retired, that many people have never known "mental health" and have never had a good personality. And despite all that, many can find their way to healthier lives, they just don't want to invest the time and energy, and money, to do so. God Bless youl.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

Well, if you've got mostly a biologically fueled anx/depression, yeah, of course!

I don't know that there's much we can do for deformations of neural connections...

except we can re-train an OCD brain. Does that count as one of the disorders to which you refer?

Answer 8

Absolutely. It's a matter of effort on their part. It's also a choice.

People choose to be victims, or they choose to view challenges as opportunities (to improve, overcome, and learn).

It helps to replace "I can't" with "I am not willing to".

Answer 9

It depends on the person and the disorder. Its very contextual.

Answer 10

Yes by praying to God he can heal anything