Despair to Hope
Dear Dr. Heller:
One of the first things you said to me was: "You don't HAVE to take
medicine, you GET to take medicine." How profound.
That one sentence changed my outlook on my BPD and Bipolar. I was
despairing over taking so many pills. You redirected my perspective.
Without you, without your sharing of the gifts God gave you, I truly
know I would be dead. At the very end of my rope, after a
couple suicide attempts, one morning very early (after yet another
insomniac night), I came across your website. I finally cried
because someone (you) Understood and KNEW exactly what I was
experiencing. I was astounded. And when I prayed that you were
nearby, I found you only an hour away. I felt Hope, hope alive
and desperate to stay there.
I arrived, nervous, because so many other Doctor's had *treated* me,
but not really my person, only my disease. And not successfully.
I was doubtful. You asked me to give your medicines a try. I
still doubted. And then I was born a believer. You saw me,
you saw my need to be treated respectfully. You have
always treated me with respect and kindness, and never platitudes.
THANK YOU.
You diagnosed me with GAD, BiPolar, and Borderline Personality
Disorder. All my symptoms had a name now, what a relief!
All the angst over my nervous tics, OCD, anger, dysphoria, throwing
things, "episodes", all explained. I am no longer
ashamed of myself, because you have taken the time to teach me
that I was born with my disorders, and that if given time, that
I was treatable. More than treatable, I had the potential
to succeed and surpass my very low expectations. And I have.
I am now a full-time Nursing Student, alive and awake and living
again, joyfully. I have married again, and find joy in my
life, my passions, and my children.
Dr. Heller -- Thank you for sharing your wisdom, for teaching me
that a successful person is a happy person, based on self, not
events. From being at the bottom that I ached to be dead,
today I am alive and hopeful and enjoying my life.
THANK YOU--You Rock!
A.
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