For those of you who don’t know Sharon Salzberg, she one of America’s leading mindfulness teachers and authors and has played a significant role …
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You provide many tips on mental health. Can you possibly state how does one get an individual who is obviously depressed( living with parents for 6.5 yrs., no job for over 15 yrs. stays in bed in dark rm. almost all day, has eating and alcohol issues) and does not believe they need help to actually get help? We brought person to clinic and Drs. said person obviously has problems but if she won’t ask for help, they can’t do anything. I am very concerned for elderly parents and problem person.
Hi Patricia,
Often the most difficult thing in life is being connected with someone who doesn’t want to help themselves. There are even therapy groups for those who are related or connected to those who have severe mental health challenges and who don’t want to get better. You can try and talk with the elderly parents and see what their ideas are. At the end of the day, it’s important to remind yourself that you cannot control other’s lives and that in order to be the best support, it’s important to make sure you’re taking care of yourself.
MJ
11:37 am on
September 23rd, 2009But how do you connect? sometime even small talk doesn’t come easy; and then one only talks if there is something of staggering importance to say, after some cycles of that if one makes small talk it becomes even more glaringly small… and so on…then the opposite happens to the point every small remark seems loaded
Colby Kaye
1:34 pm on
October 23rd, 2009Millions of Americans suffer from a misdiagnosed or undiagnosed mental illness. Silver Hill Hospital, a substance abuse and psychiatric hospital, has clinicians trained in evaluation, diagnosis and treatment and provides hope for people who may not have been getting the right care.
Alfred
12:03 pm on
July 19th, 2010I read some of the interview before I realized that it is unlikely one will ever become kind by reading about it. There might be a short interval that one has some positive feelings created by entertaining “nice” thoughts but one will shortly revert to their general quality of consciousness. There are more substantial approaches to inner growth than this…at least for this reader.
Hi Alfred,
You are absolutely right, reading is for knowledge, but the intention here is for you to take this reading and turn it into action in your daily life, that’s where change happens. Give it a try…
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