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  • August 22, 2011 at 8:08 pm #6162
    DJ Max D.
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    Emma Partnow, post: 6071 wrote: the Only Pleasant Thing I can Think Of Is Suicide 🙁

    No. Don’t. Just don’t.
    To be perfectly honest I often came here just to read your posts because they are so inspiring and constructive and positive.. After reading what had happened to you during your life, I have even more respect for you and believe me, the world would be at great loss without you. Keep your chin up and don’t think bad thoughts, please 🙂 We still need you to inspire us.

    August 22, 2011 at 8:57 pm #1001468
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    DJ Max D., post: 6157 wrote: No. Don’t. Just don’t.
    To be perfectly honest I often came here just to read your posts because they are so inspiring and constructive and positive.. After reading what had happened to you during your life, I have even more respect for you and believe me, the world would be at great loss without you. Keep your chin up and don’t think bad thoughts, please 🙂 We still need you to inspire us.

    Thank You Max for your Wonderful and Caring Words; that is Such A Kind Thing To Say;
    My Brain tells me I am ‘Nothing’; and that I ‘Deserve To Suffer’
    Yet; All I Try To Do Is To Help Others; and I see that as ‘My Purpose’;
    So for you to use Words such as ‘Inspiring; Constructive; and Positive’ in Relation To Me; Means A Great Deal;

    August 22, 2011 at 9:46 pm #1001469
    Michael Fuchs
    Member

    I second Max. You are honestly an inspiration more than you could believe and you show me how much can be accomplished in the face of adversity, which is incredible to me. Just keep in mind that to me and many others on here, you are far more than “nothing” and I would be blessed to meet you one day, and look forward to that day. I hope you can think of me as more than just an “online” friend. Actually, as a matter of fact, I took a leadership class at my sleep away camp and we were asked to describe people who inspired us and helped us be who we are today and who are great leaders, and I talked about “my friend Emma, a great DJ who is resilient and stands strong against any obstacles thrown her way”.

    August 22, 2011 at 10:22 pm #1001471
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    Wow Michael; that is an Absolutely Honour to be Thought Of By You in that Manner;
    And Certainly I would like to Consider You As More Than An Online Friend;
    My Maturity and Care For Others is Part Of My Personality Of Course; but Grew Mainy Through Adversity with my Incarceration for 3 Years in a Mental Institution following a Very Unfortunate Incident;
    Discovering this Forum; and the Wonderful People who come here; has not only Blessed Me With A Place Of Safety and Acceptance; but has Rekindled my Passion for DJ’ing; which to be Truthful I was going to Give Up just a couple of months ago; and Of Course This Then Would Have Left Me With ‘Nothing’; and spending 23 and a half Hours a Day in my Bedroom (as I have done for some years now); it wouldn’t have taken long for the Inevitable to Happen;

    August 26, 2011 at 3:45 pm #1001508
    Haroon
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    Hi Emma

    I hope you are better today?
    I have had some experiences of family with mental health problems, my uncle, my sister and now my niece, all different but I have learnt to accept things in different ways. It’s a subject that I find very hard as I’m quite a rational person and mental health issues are very hard for me to errm rationalise, but I just need to accept them and love them despite their issues not because of them, if you know what I mean.

    Your story is an inspiration to us all, but perhaps you need that at this moment too?
    I cam across quite an inspiring story this week, its a clip from Steve Jobs commencement speech – very touching and I hope people can find the time to watch it:
    [media=youtube]D1R-jKKp3NA[/media]

    This is another one, that gets me everytime:
    [media=youtube]13N6gAlhAqg[/media]

    August 26, 2011 at 4:23 pm #6398
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    Haroon K, post: 6387 wrote: Hi Emma

    I hope you are better today?
    I have had some experiences of family with mental health problems, my uncle, my sister and now my niece, all different but I have learnt to accept things in different ways. It’s a subject that I find very hard as I’m quite a rational person and mental health issues are very hard for me to errm rationalise, but I just need to accept them and love them despite their issues not because of them, if you know what I mean.

    Your story is an inspiration to us all, but perhaps you need that at this moment too?
    I cam across quite an inspiring story this week, its a clip from Steve Jobs commencement speech – very touching and I hope people can find the time to watch it:
    [media=youtube]D1R-jKKp3NA[/media]

    Thank You Haroon for taking the time to write; and also for Providing the Steve Cob Speech;
    Over the past 2 Days I have Completed Two Tracks and Uploaded them to SoundCloud (Different Accounts);
    The First Track was one I have been Working On for 3 Months;
    I was Never Going To Say Die on this Track; and although (in my Opinion) the End Result was ‘Rushed’; it was Complete; and I Felt Some Satisfaction in having Achieved My Goal Of ‘Sharing’ This Track With The World;
    However; the Very Next Day; having slept (just 12 Hours after Uploading the Track); I Felt Sick Of Living;
    The Track and My Achievement Meant Nothing To Me;
    Last night; following an Awful Day of Physical Pain; I found 2 Tracks that I Felt May Work Together in a Mash-Up;
    And Within Just 2 Hours the Project Was Complete; and Uploaded to SoundCloud;
    Whilst Uploading this Track (it being 4am by now) a ‘Voice’ came to me that said:
    “If You Want To Be Successful You Have To Work Hard”
    And I Felt Some Comfort From This ‘Voice’; as I was in Extreme Agony; Yet I Wasn’t Giving Up;

    I found the Steve Cobs Video Very Interesting; as I myself was given just 6 Months to Live in 2006; But I Am Still Here; I Won’t Allow My Disease To Kill Me; But I Am Happy To Be In Control Of My Demise;

    I have seen the Second Video you Provided; but for the Same Reason I Do Not Wish to Watch Programmes about the Holocaust; I Don’t Choose to Watch That Video Either;
    Extreme Physical Disability is Very Different to an Extreme Mental Disorder;

    August 26, 2011 at 4:25 pm #6399
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    Haroon K, post: 6387 wrote: Hi Emma

    I hope you are better today?
    I have had some experiences of family with mental health problems, my uncle, my sister and now my niece, all different but I have learnt to accept things in different ways. It’s a subject that I find very hard as I’m quite a rational person and mental health issues are very hard for me to errm rationalise, but I just need to accept them and love them despite their issues not because of them, if you know what I mean.

    Your story is an inspiration to us all, but perhaps you need that at this moment too?
    I cam across quite an inspiring story this week, its a clip from Steve Jobs commencement speech – very touching and I hope people can find the time to watch it:
    [media=youtube]D1R-jKKp3NA[/media]

    Thank You Haroon for taking the time to write; and also for Providing the Steve Cob Speech;
    Over the past 2 Days I have Completed Two Tracks and Uploaded them to SoundCloud (Different Accounts);
    The First Track was one I have been Working On for 3 Months;
    I was Never Going To Say Die on this Track; and although (in my Opinion) the End Result was ‘Rushed’; it was Complete; and I Felt Some Satisfaction in having Achieved My Goal Of ‘Sharing’ This Track With The World;
    However; the Very Next Day; having slept (just 12 Hours after Uploading the Track); I Felt Sick Of Living;
    The Track and My Achievement Meant Nothing To Me;
    Last night; following an Awful Day of Physical Pain; I found 2 Tracks that I Felt May Work Together in a Mash-Up;
    And Within Just 2 Hours the Project Was Complete; and Uploaded to SoundCloud;
    Whilst Uploading this Track (it being 4am by now) a ‘Voice’ came to me that said:
    “If You Want To Be Successful You Have To Work Hard”
    And I Felt Some Comfort From This ‘Voice’; as I was in Extreme Agony; Yet I Wasn’t Giving Up;

    I found the Steve Cobs Video Very Interesting; as I myself was given just 6 Months to Live in 2006; But I Am Still Here; I Won’t Allow My Disease To Kill Me; But I Am Happy To Be In Control Of My Demise;

    I have seen the Second Video you Provided; but for the Same Reason I Do Not Wish to Watch Programmes about the Holocaust; I Don’t Choose to Watch That Video Either;
    Extreme Physical Disability is Very Different to an Extreme Mental Disorder;

    August 26, 2011 at 5:22 pm #6408
    Haroon
    Participant

    Emma Partnow, post: 6394 wrote:

    I have seen the Second Video you Provided; but for the Same Reason I Do Not Wish to Watch Programmes about the Holocaust; I Don’t Choose to Watch That Video Either;
    Extreme Physical Disability is Very Different to an Extreme Mental Disorder;

    Good to hear, you are finding some strength.
    The second video for me was more about the message he had rather than his specific disability rather than to draw a comparison with mental illness.

    Keep cool, keep strong 🙂

    September 7, 2011 at 6:06 pm #6999
    groovemixer
    Member

    Emma Partnow, post: 5753 wrote: It is Suggested in ‘Scientific Studies’ that 1 in 4 of Our Population Suffers from a Mental Health Illness;
    Does Anybody Know (or even Care); of Somebody With a Mental Health Illness; and if you do;
    1: How Do You Feel About It
    2: Do You Offer Any Support
    3: Do You ‘Blame’ The Person for ‘Not Being The Same As Everybody Else’
    4: Do You Take Any Interest

    This is an ‘Off Topic’ Section Of The Forum so I Don’t See The Problem in Raising What Could Be a ‘Taboo’

    I have Suffered from a Mental Health Problem (A Diagnosed Personality Disorder) since I was 14;
    When I came to this Forum I ‘Felt Like A Person’; but Recently I Just Feel Like ‘A Nobody’

    Yes my mom was and I also know others who are mentally ill.

    1) It is a horrible experience to know someone you love have this.
    2) Yes offer as much as possible but there are times when there is nothing you can do.
    3) Yes at the begining when you don’t know excatly what is happening but then realise it is a sickness.
    4) Yes but sometimes you need to block it out to not let it effect you.

    September 8, 2011 at 5:34 pm #7036
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    Thank You Grooverider for your Interest in this Topic; and for your Very Thoughtful Answers

    September 8, 2011 at 9:13 pm #7053
    groovemixer
    Member

    No probs! There is help out there just like there is help for someone who has a broken leg. The problem is when the person with the illness refuses help. It’s not as simple as other conditions.

    September 8, 2011 at 10:12 pm #7057
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    Yes; this is a Very Unfortunate Situation; when a person Doesn’t Accept they ‘Have A Condition’; and therefore ‘Suffers Alone’; and Never Comes Into Contact with Professional Services;
    A ‘Broken Leg’ is a Perfect Analogy; as a Broken Leg ‘Can Be Seen’;
    Yet a Mental Health Problem Cannot; it is Only when Behaviour becomes ‘Challenging’ is it Recognised; but then the ‘Challenging Behaviour’ is Seen As ‘The Person’; and ‘The Person’ is from that moment on seen as ‘Challenging’; rather than a ‘Person Who Is Psychologically Unwell’ 🙁

    September 9, 2011 at 6:22 pm #7171
    Phil Morse
    Keymaster

    I am a ripe old age – well, OK, not really, but old enough to have seen so much mental “illness”. It’s the word “illness” that upsets me – Imagine a circle with lots of pin pricks in it – each pin prick is one of us, and that’s our mental state at that particular time. We’re all completely different, we all change all the time, we’re all here but for the grace of god, and while we can only help ourselves at the end of the day, society has no right to call some of those dots on the whole of life’s experience “ill” and some not. We’re all “ill”, and we’ll all go the same way. It’s the condition. And those of us who cope best with it are, to an extent, just kidding ourselves. It’s a big, big universe out there, and it cares not a jot for any of us.

    So in my layman’s view, we should just try to all help each other in any way we can, and trust a higher purpose/being/unknown with all the rest.

    September 9, 2011 at 6:59 pm #7178
    groovemixer
    Member

    Phil Morse, post: 7166 wrote: I am a ripe old age – well, OK, not really, but old enough to have seen so much mental “illness”. It’s the word “illness” that upsets me – Imagine a circle with lots of pin pricks in it – each pin prick is one of us, and that’s our mental state at that particular time. We’re all completely different, we all change all the time, we’re all here but for the grace of god, and while we can only help ourselves at the end of the day, society has no right to call some of those dots on the whole of life’s experience “ill” and some not. We’re all “ill”, and we’ll all go the same way. It’s the condition. And those of us who cope best with it are, to an extent, just kidding ourselves. It’s a big, big universe out there, and it cares not a jot for any of us.

    So in my layman’s view, we should just try to all help each other in any way we can, and trust a higher purpose/being/unknown with all the rest.

    Nicely put Phil!

    I was gonna mention (but didn’t want to open a can of worms) I believe there is a high power out there and that my belief in God has helped me get through the very rough times of my life. I look at it this way if God doesn’t exist at least I had something to carry me through the rough times. And if He does exist, well then there’s no loss there cuz Ill be ready to meet Him when the time comes.

    Just my 2 cents :rolleyes:

    September 9, 2011 at 7:21 pm #7182
    Emma Partnow
    Member

    I am Pleased the Subject of A Higher Power has come up;
    As I Believe In A ‘Power Greater Than Myself’ (I Unfortunately used to Believe That ‘I’ Was God);
    And although (like this afternoon) I was a Milemetre from Suicide (and had Forgotten Everything About Any Power Greater Than Myself); My ‘Higher Power’ put somebody in front of me who made this Action Of Suicide ‘Impossible’
    (For Today);
    I Still Have To Live with The Absolute Desperation Of Feelings That Led Me To The Point Of Suicide;
    And Although I ‘Do’ Feel Completely Alone Right Now; with No Higher Power Looking After Me;
    I Know (only from Past Experience) that ‘He’ is There; and that When The Time Is Right Things Will Become Calmer
    (Usually To a Level Of Approximately 1% From Suicide – Which Is My ‘Balanced’ State Of Normality :();
    I Don’t Know Why I Have To Suffer And I Don’t Know What The ‘Big Plan’ Is;
    But I Continue To Have Faith; And Pray (For Others) Each Day

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