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WCDT strips 4046-4050 (15 - 19 July 2019)
Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: GentlewomanOtter ---I am so massively uncomfortable with today's comic that I created an account to comment. That is just not how mental illness works. It isn't how OCD/anxiety work specifically.
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Welcome, new person!
The interesting thing here is that Jeph has first-hand experience of mental health challenges.
I wonder if Hannelore's enlightenment was just the capstone on her months of exposure therapy, which were the real cure. That would make more sense.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 17 Jul 2019, 10:09 ---
--- Quote from: GentlewomanOtter ---I am so massively uncomfortable with today's comic that I created an account to comment. That is just not how mental illness works. It isn't how OCD/anxiety work specifically.
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The interesting thing here is that Jeph has first-hand experience of mental health challenges.
I wonder if Hannelore's enlightenment was just the capstone on her months of exposure therapy, which were the real cure. That would make more sense.
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^^^THIS^^^
Just because one person experiences mental illness in a certain way doesn't mean everyone does.
In my own experience with crippling clinical depression, my physician told me it would be a long struggle to get to "the place," but that up on arriving it would feel like I'd turned a corner. And ya know what? He was right.
But, Your mileage WILL vary. That's one reason mental illness is so God damned difficult to treat.
Jeph is telling his character's story, most likely very well grounded in his own. Please don't demand that he make it conform to yours. Your story is yours to tell, not Jeph's, not mine, nor anyone else's.
Jeph, aside from it being an amusing yarn, I follow QC because of your insights into human nature and how relationships work. I've gleaned things from your work that my PhD shrink wasn't able to show me. No disappointment here, I think you're doing fine.
hedgie:
Thank you, Old Goat. It's not the same for everyone, and I'm starting to think that to some degree, Jeph's experiences are closer to mine than some of the other posters on this subject. I know that there's no "cure" for mental stuff, but for a number of things, I tend to think of myself as "cured", just because they no longer impact my daily life.
OldGoat:
--- Quote from: hedgie on 17 Jul 2019, 12:11 ---Thank you, Old Goat. It's not the same for everyone, and I'm starting to think that to some degree, Jeph's experiences are closer to mine than some of the other posters on this subject. I know that there's no "cure" for mental stuff, but for a number of things, I tend to think of myself as "cured", just because they no longer impact my daily life.
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Yep. For me part of it was realizing that I'd never be cured in the sense that it would go away and never bother me again. It's still there, but I've acquired the ability to cope with it, or at least a large part of it. And, y'a know? That's even better.
If I'm moving through life thinking, "I'm so glad that shit's behind me, it kicked my ass," it implies I might encounter it again. I'm much better off moving through life thinking, "If that shit turns up again now I know how to deal with it."
Razgriz:
There's a world of difference between "now that I've confronted the absolute worst I could imagine and done a lot of soul-searching, I'll more easily (but never totally) be able to cope with the obstacles of day-to-day life" and "I shoveled yak poop for a week and realized there's no point to being grossed out by things! Who knew, right? It seems to obvious in retrospect. Anyway, now I'm cured". The former suggests realistic coping and improvement. The latter says that anyone with OCD just isn't trying hard enough.
I mean, imagine this is years ago and someone came here and posted "I don't understand Hannelore, why doesn't she just realize there's no point to being grossed out by things?". They would've been torn apart. That isn't how it works, it's not a decision a person can just make, it isn't that simple... except apparently it is that simple?
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