Hello everyone! Have i got a mental illness?

Well my names Rodney, and im from australia, ive been through the mental health system here, because in 2007 i was getting unwell,




ill just wait for someone to ask me a question and ill respond below

Hi Rodney,

What happened in 2007 that made you 'unwell'?

You are very welcome here.

Take care
Kevin

gidday Kevin, you asked "What happened in 2007 that made you 'unwell'?"

my responce is, ive had a pretty ###$ up life, starting at kindergarden, ive had chest pains at certain stages in life, and went thro huge amounts off stress,

at 18 i started a job which wasnt for me, i spent 3 years working full time at this job than i left because i had no choice, and started working in a factory packing boxes on pallets on moving machines where more huge amounts off stress was loaded onto my mind

i didnt know how to fall in love with a girl because i had no experience in doing so

than one day in 2005 after getting charged with grevious bodily harm one night, i said to myself, in a cell down the local cop shop "###$ there is something wrong with me and i know there is something wrong with me and this is where it starts, how im going to figure myself out and try to lead a normal life"

at this stage i was very stressfull,

i went thro 2 years on bail signing my name in at the cop shop every monday and friday, i went to court in 2007 (two years later) in front off the jury, i was convicted "not guilty" , (because off self defence)(this would have been in 2005 where i wasnt working but instead i was boxing competitively)

anyway, this increased my stress levels even more, and i was running, skipping, hitting the boxing bag, and compeating in boxing fights, i won some good ones and lost some easy one (on points) (lost some easy ones due to my mental condition) my last boxing fight in 2007 which i won, (that was 4 years ago)

at the end off 2007 i was trying to make this girl next door to me , fall in love with me, i didnt know what to do , and my dad and his mate decided to take me down to the local mental ward to get me checked out,

i aggreed to tag along that night and have a interview with one off the doctors on juty,

me and the doctor spoke, and i didnt know what he reconed but the doctor decided to put me in HDU (High Dependency Unit) "i thought i went well with the interview and i thought i proved to him that i was calm and relaxed" (but he still locked me up)

anyway, they "made" me take medication, which i was not fond off taking medication as thinking back now i wanted to be pure/natural and was against any form off medication as i was into fitness
(i was sucicideal at this stage because i didnt wanna be seen in the local neighbourhood as someone thats just been in the mental ward and on medication)

anyway, cut the story short, i was in the mental ward for 6 weeks, i got relised and got off my ito Involentary Treatment Order, and the first thing i did was stop taking the risperidol, i was fine for 7months,

than i thought to myself, "###$, ive gotta do something with my life" (cos i was doing nothing at home but playing computer cames) and in 2008 i started running skipping and training in boxing again, (this may sound stupid but i wanted to win the world title in boxing) (i absoultly love the sport)

at the end off 2008 i was admitted to the hospital again, (yes the dreded hospital) (back on the ito)(back on medication)

at least going thro the system reduced my stress levels and taught me generally what life is about, and a bonus, how to treat girls as i met a few in there and dated a few

now its 2011

and that Chucky answered your question about what made me unwell,

your thoughts?

Hi again,

Thank you for expanding on what happened. I am sorry that you have suffered so much in your life already. In fact, you have probably suffered more than other people will suffer in their entire lifetime. All of what has happened is the past. The one thing that remains in your life is the future. You have the ability to make the future better. I'm sure that you have gained much wisdom from everything that you have gone through, and this wisdom will be advantageous to you as you go forward.

Please tell me more about your current situation - i.e. job, living arranagement, etc.

Take care
Kevin

thanks kevin, i live with my parents and are looking for a job

Heya again,

Do you need any help getting/finding a job?

Chucky wrote:Heya again,

Do you need any help getting/finding a job?

gidday there kevin , , october the 11th off 2011 was the last time we spoke on this thread , ,

anyway , , long time no hear , , its been a bit more than a year now , ,

i stumbled over my original post whist surfing the net , ,

anyways , ,

i accepted my illness not to long after i made the original post in 2011 , , i accepted it in 2012 febuary the 8th , ,

months went by this year , , now im finally currently here and i havent felt better , , the illness isnt an issue , , i think these meds are doing something positive , so i guess ill stay on them , ,

im working now and doing all the good stuff , , lets see what 2013 will bring me

all the best kevin , ,

rod