Split Hope - for people with mental disorders

Mental illness is not an easy term to define. It refers to significant clinical patterns of behavior or emotions that are associated with some level of distress, suffering, or impairment. These patterns can affect a person's ability to function at school or work, and to interact with colleagues, friends, and family. At the root of mental illness is behavioural, psychological, or biological dysfunction, or a combination thereof.

Being mentally ill doesn't necessarily make a person dangerous. It shouldn't make them and their families outcasts. But the stigma of mental illness can be very strong.

Many people suffer in silence, masking their emotions and pain because of society's misperceptions of mental illness. They refuse to seek treatment, even though a combination of psychotherapy and medication can help many people recover to lead active, healthy lives.

Anxiety, Compulsive Disorders, Eating Disorders, Depression, bipolar/manic depression. Dissociative disorders like did/mpd, Personality Disorders like borderline, and Schizophrenia are all forms of mental illness that can be treated successfully.

Mental health problems are the same as medical problems and they can be treated successfully. There is more than just hope for success, there is abundant evidence of it. Lives can be reclamed. Help is within reach.

This site and the mailing list are run by non-professionals. There are suicide links supplied as well as a link to a Psychology Therapist.
Some of the mental health links probably have professionals. Preferably go to a psychiatrist or a therapist if you have a real mental problem. This is only a support site with helpful information, but doesn't replace the professionals you might really need.
This is a non-profit site offering information and links for mental illness problems such as multiple(DID/MPD), major/bipolar depression, compulsive disorders, personality disorders, stress, anxiety, self-injury, and others.

Our mailing list support group for bipolar depression is:
Faces in the Dark.

Our mailing list support group for DID is:
Split Hope.

For littles of DID:
SplitHope Littles.

For teens and protectors of DID:
SplitHope Teens.

For teens and tweens of DID who don't like bad language:
Teens and Tweens.

Support for anyone trying to get better (for those who have a mental health problem):
Quieting the storms inside.

Looking for friendship or more? (for those who have a mental health problem):
Only the Lonely

This site is connected to a page on myspace www.myspace.com/Split_Hope.
You need to be a member and add the page as a friend to see it. It is very supportive with a lot of good articles, videos and a Blog.

We have had the good fortune of a great writer Stan Popovich offering to write several helpful articles for our site.

Stan Popovich is the author of "A Layman's Guide to Managing Fear Using Psychology, Christianity and Non Resistant Methods" - an easy to read book that presents a general overview of techniques that are effective in managing persistent fears and anxieties. For additional information go to: http://www.managingfear.com/

You will find these articles under self-help and links to them under affective-disorders and anxiety-disorders

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