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This is a normal post Exactly, I'd say it would be the coping strategies
I don't think its something that can just fix it's self over time (though I may be wrong). But stuff like Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has been proven to be extremely effective, more so than medication in a lot of cases, and essentially CBT is just a method of creating coping strategies and understanding the processes that are going on.

The problem is the stigma that goes along with mental illness, and what I think is terrible is the stigma that is still with depression given the sheer numbers of people that suffer from it. I've been trying to handle it my self since I was first diagnosed, though my GP back then did handle it incredibly well, its been going on for too long now, and I feel like I should start some proper CBT with a therapist to sort it out once and for all (though the book Feeling good which started the whole CBT thing has helped). Problem is my cousin recently got a mortgage, and obviously had to get Life Insurance to get it, one inconsequential mention of 'anxiety' on her medical records got her life insurance claim application rejected (until she got a second opinion etc. etc.) Now with me with 'Clinically Depressed' on my medical records already, I have no idea if in the future I'll be able to get a mortgage? And its actually putting me off going to get more help which I increasingly feel I need, I just don't want to ruin my chances of getting a mortgage etc more than going to the doctor in the first place has? It shouldn't be right that insurance companies etc can discriminate over something like mental illness?
 (I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 15:59, Reply)
This is a normal post Officially
I don't believe insurance companies can access any info you don't give them. This was one of the arguments about ID cards with medical records on; then they could. However if you fail to tell them then make a claim they might not pay. But only if they prove it was a pre-existing condition that you were aware of. Some insist on a medical, so they will know all about you from that. But my understanding is that a doctor will only give out information with your permission. For now, anyway. When big Brother really gets rolling.... *tin foil hat on*
 (I helped save b3ta! TheSundaeLunch I'm a fucking shrub, alright?, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 16:33, Reply)
This is a normal post Ah right,
Well that's reassuring,Thanks :)
 (I helped save b3ta! Jorvic, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 16:36, Reply)
This is a normal post One time I applied for a job at the civil service,
and with the letter I got inviting me to the interview came a form asking me for sign over to them the right to access my medical records. Fuck that, I thought. At the very least offer me a position first.
 (I helped save b3ta! Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Sun 6 Mar 2011, 16:55, Reply)