Comments on: Stigma http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/ Written and photographed by Jessica Monte Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:49:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Prasanna http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3636 Prasanna Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:54:17 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3636 Aww, thank you both! Now I feel good too! By the way, I checked out Mama-Om's blog, and it's intriguing and fun. I plan to join the readership. Aww, thank you both! Now I feel good too! By the way, I checked out Mama-Om’s blog, and it’s intriguing and fun. I plan to join the readership.

]]> By: robin (woowoo mama) http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3628 robin (woowoo mama) Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:36:27 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3628 there is no reply button under your reply to my reply so i am replying to my reply. i had to type that out. it was fun. reply. ok so, did you want me to help you answer that question or what it rhetorical? love ya. there is no reply button under your reply to my reply so i am replying to my reply. i had to type that out. it was fun. reply.

ok so, did you want me to help you answer that question or what it rhetorical?

love ya.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3616 Jessica Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:23:12 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3616 I love that analogy. I think I've heard you use it before. So now I wonder, and yes I am with a therapist who I love, what work must I do? I love that analogy. I think I’ve heard you use it before. So now I wonder, and yes I am with a therapist who I love, what work must I do?

]]> By: Jessica http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3615 Jessica Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:21:45 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3615 Aw, :-) I am feeling good. Really, everyday I feel like I'm starting to get the hand of being mom to 2. Aw, :-) I am feeling good. Really, everyday I feel like I’m starting to get the hand of being mom to 2.

]]> By: robin (woowoo mama) http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3614 robin (woowoo mama) Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:12:53 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3614 jessica, i am sorry i didn't mean to imply at all that being on antidepressants is a bad thing. i am a FIRM believer in medication. i think it is good stuff and i always advise people to use it. i wish there was not a stigma attached to it. i only wrote what i did in my reply to keep alive the idea that mental illness is not, in my personal opinion, always as clear cut and permanent as some of the healing community might have us believe. i was a person who would have taken my own life, was diagnosed as bipolar, was told several times that i was a lifer, and here i am -- i am not. so i just like to keep that possibility alive for people. i should flesh out that i do not think it would have been at all possible for me to get where i am without proper medication. it wasn't until i was stable (thanks to medication) that i could get the work done i needed to do to be able to someday go off medication. i would take it again in a heartbeat if i needed it. one analogy i like to use is that i think medication is great scaffolding to have up so we can work on the building. ok sorry to go on and on but i felt i needed to clarify. jessica, i am sorry i didn’t mean to imply at all that being on antidepressants is a bad thing. i am a FIRM believer in medication. i think it is good stuff and i always advise people to use it. i wish there was not a stigma attached to it. i only wrote what i did in my reply to keep alive the idea that mental illness is not, in my personal opinion, always as clear cut and permanent as some of the healing community might have us believe. i was a person who would have taken my own life, was diagnosed as bipolar, was told several times that i was a lifer, and here i am — i am not. so i just like to keep that possibility alive for people. i should flesh out that i do not think it would have been at all possible for me to get where i am without proper medication. it wasn’t until i was stable (thanks to medication) that i could get the work done i needed to do to be able to someday go off medication. i would take it again in a heartbeat if i needed it. one analogy i like to use is that i think medication is great scaffolding to have up so we can work on the building.

ok sorry to go on and on but i felt i needed to clarify.

]]> By: Everyday woman http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3613 Everyday woman Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:10:28 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3613 Jessica~ditto what your Mom said! We all love you! Jessica~ditto what your Mom said! We all love you!

]]> By: Jessica http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3607 Jessica Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:35:11 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3607 Mommy, thank you. You've set the mark high. Mommy, thank you. You’ve set the mark high.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3606 Jessica Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:34:35 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3606 Prasanna is one of many mothers and friends who I admire. She helps me take a few steps back and look at things with a little more peace and understanding. Prasanna is one of many mothers and friends who I admire. She helps me take a few steps back and look at things with a little more peace and understanding.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3605 Jessica Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:33:23 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3605 Thank you Ruth. We're doing the best we can. Thank you Ruth. We’re doing the best we can.

]]> By: Jessica http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/2010/01/22/stigma/comment-page-1/#comment-3604 Jessica Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:32:50 +0000 http://www.greenmamma.org/blog/?p=3248#comment-3604 Exactly. I am setting aside the guilt, the beating myself up over doing things for myself like taking a yoga class, making a date with a friend, or taking the time to fix my hair and makeup in the morning. It's the little things that make us feel good that make a huge difference in how the rest of our day goes, don't you think? Exactly. I am setting aside the guilt, the beating myself up over doing things for myself like taking a yoga class, making a date with a friend, or taking the time to fix my hair and makeup in the morning. It’s the little things that make us feel good that make a huge difference in how the rest of our day goes, don’t you think?

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