The next recovery skill is to be self-reliant, the foundation on which all the others rest. This involves being able to take care of yourself, and if you're a caregiver, knowing your loved one will be able to take care of himself or be cared for after you're gone. The term ADL skills-"activities of daily living"-applies here, and for good... Read more
The next recovery skill is adaptability. When you have a break, it is sudden and total and you can't reverse what happened. Taking the medication will allow your brain to right itself, yet if you go off the meds, eventually your brain will revert to its dysfunctional tendency. If you don't adapt to this reality, you will do things counter to... Read more
I've decided to focus on the seven skills that will aid in recovery, jumping off from resilience. Here now I'll talk about courage. The others are patience, a self-reliant nature, adaptability, persistence, and a sense of being invested in your recovery.
Courage isn't easy to come by. That's partly because stigma is alive and well. You... Read more
The February 1, 2009 Woman's Day has an article, "Bounce Back from Anything: How to Be Resilient When Times Get Tough." This intrigued me because I had wanted to write a SharePost specifically about how taking a resilient stance enables a person to do well after a diagnosis of SZ.
My trusty Oxford American College Dictionary defines resilient as... Read more
Reading Carolyn's SharePost and others, I was inspired to write this blog entry in the spirit of giving positive reinforcement for the courage and strength it takes to wake up every day knowing the SZ never goes away, we can only keep it at bay. The thoughts in my head swirled around at midnight so this could seem to be a free-flow. I hope after... Read more
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