Mental Disorders You Have (Or Think You May Have)
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Hahaha, I have that one too. It feels weird when there is only enough for oe side to feel...missed out of...?The Virgo said:
I don't know when it started, but only in the last five or so years (Am currently 21) in which I say 'telephone' whenever a phone rings. Just about all the time, it's out of my mouth before I even realise I said it. I occasionally have full out conversations with myself, in which I use about two different accents as well as my own. I'm pretty certain I have some form of depression, and some other mental issues that I don't entirely know the symptoms of. Damn all that time spent playing video games instead of anything else. Now I'm a social person with broken-arse social skills.....and yet people always like me for my quirkiness.
Borderline on the clinical depression with somewhat severe schizoid personality disorder. Possible causes include post-traumatic stress disorder and survivor guilt syndrome. None of my shrinks have been able to figure it out... but I feel fine most of the time, so I'm not complaining.
I tend to think people who "self diagnose" (pretend to have various diseases) are mostly just hypochondriacs.
Edit: In fact, I think most modern psychology is silly. My money is on the idea that most "disorders" are really more like different personality types. I also strongly believe in bitchslap/get over it therapy.
Edit: In fact, I think most modern psychology is silly. My money is on the idea that most "disorders" are really more like different personality types. I also strongly believe in bitchslap/get over it therapy.
Yay I found a thread where I don't have to really worry about telling someone how crazy I am. I am bipolar and schizo-affective. I was diagnosed with the bi-polar at the age of 15 and 2 years ago I was diagnosed with schizo-affective after telling my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices, seeing things, and had to urge to kill most of my cats (The cat part was my sister's fault). It's so sever that I am on disability. my medications that I take are carbamezapine, paxil, and Loxapine
I'm pretty sure I'm hyperactive,which is basically a guy who CANT STAY STILL.when im in class or in bed I always have to keep making movements.I also have that thing that you(the thread starter) do,which is basically chewing the same on both sides so it doesn't feel off-balance.Like,if I'm chewing for 5 secs on the left side,I feel uncomfortable and gotta chew 5 seconds on the right,then it feels like ive been chewing on the right side for longer,so i then proceed to chew on the left,then right,then left,then right,then WHEN DOES THIS FUCKING END?Oh,and this doesn't only apply to FOOD,it applies to simple things as climbing a staircase or making pressure on ur arms like to show the muscles,etc.speaking or pressure things,i keep making pressure on my arms and chest and etc for no random reason.
So,yes,imagine me,a guy who goes around making pressure on his chest(which emits a noise from my mouth like "UH" usually),on his arms(both of them,so it doesnt feel off-balance),climbing staircases weirdly and not being able to sit still in 1 spot for 5 secs.YAY.i guess you could call all of these "ticks",which come and go,but the problem is that the new ones i get are usually weirder.altough well im learning to overcome my "disabilites",like if im chewing on the left side of my mouth and i suddenly get the urge to chew on the right i think to myself "NO.NOOO.NOT THIS TIME.IM NOT DOING IT.NO.I DONT FEEL THE NEED TO CHEW ON THE RIGHT SIDE".but i still end up doing it ;(
oh,did i mention im anti-social,but not rly?i sort of wanna hang with ppl but im weird and every1 says im anti-social cuz i dont hang with them.FUCK PPL,WHO NEEDS THEM.wait,this also proves im bi-polar.im also narcistic
I HOPE YOU READ THIS TEXT OF WALL,YAY,i mean,WALL OF TEXT
So,yes,imagine me,a guy who goes around making pressure on his chest(which emits a noise from my mouth like "UH" usually),on his arms(both of them,so it doesnt feel off-balance),climbing staircases weirdly and not being able to sit still in 1 spot for 5 secs.YAY.i guess you could call all of these "ticks",which come and go,but the problem is that the new ones i get are usually weirder.altough well im learning to overcome my "disabilites",like if im chewing on the left side of my mouth and i suddenly get the urge to chew on the right i think to myself "NO.NOOO.NOT THIS TIME.IM NOT DOING IT.NO.I DONT FEEL THE NEED TO CHEW ON THE RIGHT SIDE".but i still end up doing it ;(
oh,did i mention im anti-social,but not rly?i sort of wanna hang with ppl but im weird and every1 says im anti-social cuz i dont hang with them.FUCK PPL,WHO NEEDS THEM.wait,this also proves im bi-polar.im also narcistic
I HOPE YOU READ THIS TEXT OF WALL,YAY,i mean,WALL OF TEXT
Oh god. Can we not do this? "Think you may have"?
Truth is, we all have symptoms of serious mental illnesses. Anyone fits into the description of schizophrenia at least a little. But there's a very fine line between having something like that and just having all the symptoms. As it is, a lot of people get diagnosed, or just have problems that cant all be put into one diagnosis. We dont need more people diagnosing themselves.
Take Asperger's. I've lost count of how many escapists have said they have it. Yet, by some statistics, about 2-3 per 1000 actually get diagnosed with Aspergers every year. (It's also, as someone pointed out already, the most common wrongly given diagnosis in the USA) I find it very hard to believe that so many are on the escapist. Now, I am sure that some of our fellow escapists actually have Aspergers, and I do not wish to upset them. I know that Asperger's is a terrifying thing, and has a huge impact on one's life. It is rather the people self-diagnosing themselves that I am speaking to: DONT.
Most of us have problems with social interactions at some point in our lives. But it might just be shyness. It might just be that you have poor self-confidence, like I had when I was terrified of speaking to anyone in high school. It doesnt mean you have Aspergers.
Same thing goes for disliking changes in routine, or knowing a whole lot about a certain subject. You might just be interested in it.
This is just an example. Bipolar disorder is also far too uncommon to be found in every other escapist. The only thing I can think of that seems a lot of people here might suffer from is depression. Because it's incredibly common. But still, "I feel depressed" is often the actual problem, not "I suffer from major depression".
Im going to sound like a hypocrite now, but Im going to use myself as an example for mental illnesses and diagnoses, because it's a pretty good example of how difficlut it is to diagnose someone. I have been diagnosed with OCD. Now, the most common case of OCD is actually being obsessed with something. Washing your hands, having things in a certain order, etc. I dont have any big problems with any of those; I have a problem with thoughts. (To be fair, I do variations of that thing you do, OP, but it's about my body, how I move and things like that. Sometimes, I feel ill when I think of large projects, numbers or something like that. Im not completely sure what it is that triggers it. But I dont count this to my OCD. As you can see, tons of people here do little things like that. It doesnt mean youre sick.) At one time, I was certain people could read my mind, and so I always thought something nice about someone whenever I saw them.
Mind you, it's developed and gotten a bit better. Now, I just have certain thought patterns regarding certain things. It's hard to explain, but it basically forces me to have periods of depression and mania. Sounds familiar? Yes, that's the definition of Bipolar Disorder, or, in my case, Cyclothymia. My psychiatrist agreed that I have the same problems someone with Cyclothymia has, but still could only diagnose me with OCD. This is the kind of problem that diagnoses always bring with them: I might act like a cyclothymiac, but it's my OCD that's making me? See, I cant understand it either.
Now, Im not saying it's interesting to discuss or think about mental illnesses and ourselves. I myself am fascinated by it, too. But we shouldnt apply diagnoses to ourselves like this thread almost encourages us to do. As I said, we all have symptoms of everything, basically.
I want to end this by just saying to everyone that you are strong. You can overcome your problems. And we all have problems, mental disorders or not. But to you who suffer from illnesses worse than mine or worse than most others, I feel for you, and I love you, and I wish you the best.
Truth is, we all have symptoms of serious mental illnesses. Anyone fits into the description of schizophrenia at least a little. But there's a very fine line between having something like that and just having all the symptoms. As it is, a lot of people get diagnosed, or just have problems that cant all be put into one diagnosis. We dont need more people diagnosing themselves.
Take Asperger's. I've lost count of how many escapists have said they have it. Yet, by some statistics, about 2-3 per 1000 actually get diagnosed with Aspergers every year. (It's also, as someone pointed out already, the most common wrongly given diagnosis in the USA) I find it very hard to believe that so many are on the escapist. Now, I am sure that some of our fellow escapists actually have Aspergers, and I do not wish to upset them. I know that Asperger's is a terrifying thing, and has a huge impact on one's life. It is rather the people self-diagnosing themselves that I am speaking to: DONT.
Most of us have problems with social interactions at some point in our lives. But it might just be shyness. It might just be that you have poor self-confidence, like I had when I was terrified of speaking to anyone in high school. It doesnt mean you have Aspergers.
Same thing goes for disliking changes in routine, or knowing a whole lot about a certain subject. You might just be interested in it.
This is just an example. Bipolar disorder is also far too uncommon to be found in every other escapist. The only thing I can think of that seems a lot of people here might suffer from is depression. Because it's incredibly common. But still, "I feel depressed" is often the actual problem, not "I suffer from major depression".
Im going to sound like a hypocrite now, but Im going to use myself as an example for mental illnesses and diagnoses, because it's a pretty good example of how difficlut it is to diagnose someone. I have been diagnosed with OCD. Now, the most common case of OCD is actually being obsessed with something. Washing your hands, having things in a certain order, etc. I dont have any big problems with any of those; I have a problem with thoughts. (To be fair, I do variations of that thing you do, OP, but it's about my body, how I move and things like that. Sometimes, I feel ill when I think of large projects, numbers or something like that. Im not completely sure what it is that triggers it. But I dont count this to my OCD. As you can see, tons of people here do little things like that. It doesnt mean youre sick.) At one time, I was certain people could read my mind, and so I always thought something nice about someone whenever I saw them.
Mind you, it's developed and gotten a bit better. Now, I just have certain thought patterns regarding certain things. It's hard to explain, but it basically forces me to have periods of depression and mania. Sounds familiar? Yes, that's the definition of Bipolar Disorder, or, in my case, Cyclothymia. My psychiatrist agreed that I have the same problems someone with Cyclothymia has, but still could only diagnose me with OCD. This is the kind of problem that diagnoses always bring with them: I might act like a cyclothymiac, but it's my OCD that's making me? See, I cant understand it either.
Now, Im not saying it's interesting to discuss or think about mental illnesses and ourselves. I myself am fascinated by it, too. But we shouldnt apply diagnoses to ourselves like this thread almost encourages us to do. As I said, we all have symptoms of everything, basically.
I want to end this by just saying to everyone that you are strong. You can overcome your problems. And we all have problems, mental disorders or not. But to you who suffer from illnesses worse than mine or worse than most others, I feel for you, and I love you, and I wish you the best.
There is a trend these days to pretend to have mental disorders to appear 'cool' and 'different'. So yeah...
Anyway, I don't have any, completely average here.
Anyway, I don't have any, completely average here.
i think i am coming down with hypochondria but i should be fine because my hyperchondria is clearing up
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I'd agree with you there, most people have some OCD/depressive/austitic type traits, only in the serious form where it actually gets in the way of your normal life does it count as a disorder (which is the actual definiton of a mental disorder).vgmaster831 said:
OT: I have Aspergers Syndrome, properly diagnosed when I was 9 or 10, and a more serious disorder that I'd rather not mention due to privacy online, but even with those I can live a relatively normal life, especially as I've grown out of a lot of the symptoms of AS meaning I may not even techincally qualify if I was tested now. I don't really see myself as being disordered, just different.