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From: Carl.Herring@f11.n203.z1.fidonet.org (Carl Herring)
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Date: 29 Jun 90 04:33:19 GMT
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you are corect about having a chimical inbalance.  i have been a
mental healty worker and amalso blind.  have familymembers who
suffer from hearing voices panicatacks also.  unfortunatly
medications only take the edge of for some. the important thing is
you are starting to get control bak by geting educated about your
disability and realizing when it is becoming out of control or
unmanagable.  i am sure you did not mean to harm your dong or ytou
would not have felt so bad later. listen to yourdoctor learn to
trust develope a suport system peiple who will let you know when
they see youstarting to loos it.  they can help youmaintain
control  self admition into ahopital seting is positave not
negitave because you are chosing to take control back rather than
geting so ut of it that you become resistant to help and have to be
admited against your will for uour own safety.  you seem to me to
be a caring and loving person the oonly diference between your
psych disability and physical ones that people cant see the cause
as easy.  you are just as disabled and should not have to feel
ashamed. hopefuly with education and people loose there
steritypical ideas and begin to look at your situation with more
compation you will nothave such a hard time well geting longwinded
i realy do understand you are not alone have worked with and am
friends with others inyour situation keep on the bbs call for help
if you get aafraid dont isolate yorself

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