Comments for Voices of Glass http://voicesofglass.com One man's journey through Paranoid Schizophrenia, Mental Health, Faith and Life. Fri, 25 May 2012 10:04:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on A Trinity of Torments – Paranoia, Insecurity & Guilt by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/23/a-trinity-of-torments-paranoia-insecurity-guilt/#comment-1248 Fri, 25 May 2012 10:04:59 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1834#comment-1248 Hi Carla,

I really want to thankyou for your kindness and encouragements. They mean so much to me.

I also wanted to apologized for the delayed response. I have been in a bit of a fog over the past few days and so haven’t really responded to anything until today. I would not be surprised if there wasn’t some spiritual attack going on here.

I am determined to fight through all this and if at the end of the day it brinks me to my knees, well hey that is fine I know what to do when I am on my knees and will just give it all to Him.

In the mean time I am not giving up and will fight this thing.

SWo again thank you for your kindness and your encouragements.
Kind Regards

Kevin

]]> Comment on A Trinity of Torments – Paranoia, Insecurity & Guilt by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/23/a-trinity-of-torments-paranoia-insecurity-guilt/#comment-1247 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:59:54 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1834#comment-1247 Hi Kiddo,

Yep they are not things which are easy to deal with. But we struggle through :)

Love to you and the boys

]]> Comment on I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naive by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/24/i-cant-stand-to-fly-im-not-that-naive/#comment-1246 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:59:02 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1843#comment-1246 Hi Carla,

Good to hear from you.

I am so very grateful for your kindness and encouragements.

I am determined to beat this thing and to step up my efforts to avoid hopsital and surgry if I can.

If I am called home so be it, that is His decision to make and I am happy with that but if I am to stay even better:)

Hope you are well
Kind Regards
Kevin

]]> Comment on I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naive by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/24/i-cant-stand-to-fly-im-not-that-naive/#comment-1245 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:26:58 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1843#comment-1245 Hi Angel O.

Many thanks for your comments and your kindness I really do appreciate them.

It sounds like you have had a very rough time of it all . I am determined to fight this thing and to step up my efforts so to speak.

I really do appreciate your honesty and compassion and hope that you are well.
Kind Regards

Kevin

]]> Comment on I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naive by boldkevin http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/24/i-cant-stand-to-fly-im-not-that-naive/#comment-1244 Fri, 25 May 2012 09:24:14 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1843#comment-1244 Hi Cate,

Don’t worry it didn’t come out wrong at all.

I am ok with this really and am going to step up my efforts to get healthier so we will see what happens. If I can avoid the 6 weeks in hospital and the surgery/surgeries then all well and good.

Hope you are well and thank you for your kindness.
Kind Regards

Kevin

]]> Comment on I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naive by NZ Cate http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/24/i-cant-stand-to-fly-im-not-that-naive/#comment-1243 Fri, 25 May 2012 06:53:30 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1843#comment-1243 I don’t want this to come out wrong but I want to say you are ‘normal’ (dare I say it!) I think your fears and worries are perfectly understandable and warranted. I say it because sometimes when we have mental illness we are not even sure of how we should react to such things. Hope that makes sense. Will be hoping and praying for you. The thought of six weeks in hospital woudl be awful to me, so I get that. Love the song too.

]]> Comment on I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naive by Angel O'Fire http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/24/i-cant-stand-to-fly-im-not-that-naive/#comment-1242 Fri, 25 May 2012 06:35:43 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1843#comment-1242 Kev,

Yes you are human, and you have every reason to be scared, feel vulnerable and to be worried about thing’s like going into those awful hospitals, surgery and worst case scenario’s about those you leave behind.

Although I am not religious, as i am of spiritual beliefs via the pagan manners, I respect your faith in Jesus, and am to be honest about to tell you, that what ever you need to hold onto to believe in, is yours and yours alone, (((hugs))), I am also going to tell you in the short version the serious similar faced conversation that numerous neuro surgeons had with me when i was 24 – 25 years old, when they sat across from me determined that if i did not get brain surgery and a shunt placed into my brain to let the pressure release that these anginoma’s i have developed since a brain acquired injury, where i fractured my skull, then i would be lucky to see 30 years of age.

Further more they stated that if I did reach 30 that I would be basically a vegetable.

Now me being me, told them to shove their surgary, and i declined it.

Partly scared and partly feeling empowered, taking away from these butchers their ability to try and win, to cut into my brain, hells bells we only have one brain, anyway long story short im 36, still got the tumors, and oh still functioning, working, driving a car and oh the most important thing ALIVE.

Stay strong Kev, what is meant to be for us in this life, never goes past us, trust me I know this one for a fact.
((hugs)))

]]> Comment on I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naive by carlarenee45 http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/24/i-cant-stand-to-fly-im-not-that-naive/#comment-1240 Fri, 25 May 2012 00:34:19 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1843#comment-1240 that is right Kevin. You aren’t fighting this alone. I will be praying for you. I will be praying for Gods will for you. God may see fit to give you the strength and ability with His help and grace to make it so that you can handle the hospital stay. He can make it happen and make it to where you can handle it all with him. If of course that was his will. But also, He can do his own healing touch on your heart and keep you for a long time. I hope that He isn’t going to call you home soon. I feel that there is so much you have that can help others, and God knows that too. I will just pray and let God decide the outcome. (((hugs)))

]]> Comment on I Don’t Wear My Underpants On The Outside. by I can’t stand to fly, I’m not that naive « Voices of Glass http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/12/i-dont-wear-my-underpants-on-the-outside/#comment-1239 Thu, 24 May 2012 23:31:36 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1761#comment-1239 [...] days ago now I wrote a piece called, “I don’t wear my underpants on the outside” in which I was saying that we need to afford ourselves the right and the freedom to be human [...]

]]> Comment on A Trinity of Torments – Paranoia, Insecurity & Guilt by myvoiceawoken http://voicesofglass.com/2012/05/23/a-trinity-of-torments-paranoia-insecurity-guilt/#comment-1238 Thu, 24 May 2012 14:19:22 +0000 http://voicesofglass.com/?p=1834#comment-1238 I have to say I am well aquainted with guilt and insecurity but less so with paranoia, although I know I have suffered from it even if to a lesser degree then some. In this piece you speak of reasons why you do not often talk about your paranoia and other aspects of your mental health and I have to agree it can be very difficult to talk about and share.
I find it much much easier to do in “cyberland” then in person. I have tried broaching the topic of mental health with people and the usual response seems to hoover somewhere around “Oh you couldn’t possibly have mental issues, you seem too “normal”…” and that usually ends the conversation rather abruptly since I would really rather not have to explain how “not normal” I often feel and am and they usually don’t want to hear how “normal” it seems to be now a days for people to suffer with some form of mental health issue or another.
I really wish I could somehow take these torments from you but since I obviously can not then I will do the only things I know how to and that is pray and love you :)

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