When I used to be in psychosis and leave the house in the middle of the night. My dad would always come get me every night. I’d be yelling about some delusion. One time he left me then came back to get me. When I was in a psych ward an hour from home, he went and found my car and my whole family visited me. I was talking about it with a friend recently. My mom even found a lawyer who knew the judge to have my court date waived. Do you have someone you are grateful for? Something you are grateful for?
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I still haven’t found in my memories something I’m grateful for.
I should be grateful for life,but I’m not quite understanding a purpose for that.No friends understanding, warmth… I don’t know…
Guess I’m grateful for my apartment.To be here in peace alone.
It doesn’t have to be big, That’s a great thing to start off with or even if that’s the only thing. Sounds like stability.
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I’m grateful for the people in my life that Express love to me that make me feel safe and special and unique and known.
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For a long time I was alone with my voices and it felt like I was in hell a comedic perhaps version of it. But still it was bad.
Now I feel like the voices have lost. And that my future is bright. My present is a gift that I am most grateful for. Every day is better!
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That’s really nice to hear.
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I’m grateful for so much. A roof over my head, food, my family and pets, my car, my job, school, my clothes, hot water, and so much more.
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I’m grateful for my dad. My whole family was supportive of me once I got schizophrenia but my dad helped me the most. When I first got sick and I was in my first group home he used to visit me a lot; he worked nearby and would even come to visit me on his lunch breaks and after work.
We would have long conversations and he would listen to my delusions and try to understand. We would talk about life and he would tell me about his life and his struggles; he told me about when he traveled the world and when he was in the navy and growing up with his friends and I was in my twenties and he would tell me what he went through in his 20’s.
I would often tell him how hopeless I felt and how I felt like giving up and he would always tell me stuff to encourage me to keep going. I used to hang out with him and some of his friends and it was relatively fun. I say relatively because it was neat hanging out with him but that was when I was severely ill and had no relief from symptoms even for a second so I was never happy.
My mom helped me too but when he was alive it was my dad who spent the most time with me and I even lived with him when I was in my late 20’s and we would talk and go play PacMan and go out to eat and spend the evenings watching TV together. Even when I was on crack he stuck by me even though I wrecked two of his cars and lied to him a lot and borrowed money from all his neighbors. By the time I got clean and sober he had moved to Sacramento with his new wife and on weekends I would take the train for three hours and visit him.
The last several years of his life we talked on the phone at least once a week and by that time I was doing way better and it even got so I would help him with his problems. He died in 2006 and I still miss him, he was a large part of my life and my recovery.
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Being born in the UK during the time that I have been, pretty self explanatory imo.
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I was abused by my parents. I know my mom was abused by her dad. I think my grandfather was also abused. I’m grateful that it ended with me. What happened to us didn’t happen to my kid because for all of my problems I didn’t get broken by the abuse in a way that caused me to hurt my own child. Very grateful for that.
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That’s a lovely story
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I’m proud of you for ending it. Such a cycle. Isn’t an easy thing to confront. There are subtle cycles of abuse, more overt ones and ones like the one you dealt with. Mad respect @shutterbug
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My family members I’m close to, my home, job, car, doggie, my clothes, my drs… I have so much to be grateful for.
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Touchy subject!
Grateful kind of implies you were given something.
Anything I have, I’ve had to fight for. So I’m not really grateful for anything. I’ve had to fight for and earn absolutely everything.
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Yeah, but you can not only be given something tangible (like a gift), you can be given something intangible (help, support, info).
Are you grateful to @firemonkey for telling you about L-Theanine? Are you grateful for the support you received on the old site?
I know that you’ve fought for everything you have, but sometimes people come along and help facilitate. Maybe info. Maybe a kind word. Maybe something else.
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I’m grateful to have a great support system. That’s really the big one. Without it, I’d be homeless, in prison, or dead.
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Yes and yes!
Good points !
Edit: And actually I’m also grateful to @SzSupportAdmin aka Bowens for this site.
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I’m grateful that my father saved me from drowning when I was 12. I’m grateful for having had a very supportive mother. Really, I’m grateful for just about everything.
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I am greatdul for my family. Particularly my sons and especially my youngest as he is lucky to be alive. I’m greatful he does not appear to have any long term problems.
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I am grateful to have a dog in the house.
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