Mental Illness Dance

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Living the Dance of Mental Illness It is not unforeseen that the world with its critical events like, ongoing hostilities, terrorist threats, war, and a doubtful economy that people are experiencing powerful emotions. It is fit for most people to experience unhappiness, worry, anger, and grief. Often mental illness goes undiagnosed until it culminates into a crisis. Some of these individuals are disabled and caught in the Dance of Mental Illness. The mental illness dance is a person who is living in a constant state of crisis. Those who are disturbed in this type of a crisis are unable to reach the next step in the healing process that would consider a crisis is over. Norman Wright, the author of (Crisis &Trauma Counseling) emphasizes, …show more content…

Many people are stuck in a crisis waiting for funding, red tape for medical treatment and for therapy. The local hospital is overflowing with crisis patients for psych evaluations and the cost is exponential. An interview with Misty Huggins will show a person caught in the dance of mental illness. Misty is a single woman that suffers from chemical dependency and self harm issues states that “The most difficult part of her ongoing recovery is that she has to continually divulge her dark past to strangers over and over again” (Huggins”. She receives government benefits and has been in and out of various forms of treatment for eight years. She has given birth to three children, none are under her care. She attends twelve step programs, and forms support teams well. She experiences periods of sobriety from drugs and self harm. Misty takes mood stabilizers and appears normal. She is in and out of situation crisis as she continues to fight for her children. Sometimes Misty simply forgets her doctor’s appointment to refill her medication and stops taking her medication that results to a chemical imbalance. Suicidal episodes ensue and are followed by hospitalization, periods of lock down in the county mental health facility, counseling and outpatient therapy. When Misty is deemed stable and no longer a treat to herself, a social worker finds another safe place for Misty to live until the cycle repeats itself. “The only place I feel safe and can get the recovery I need is in the Celebrate Recovery ministries in the local area. I have a personal relationship with Jesus, a sponsor and support group around the clock twenty four-seven”

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