Poll: How many people do you know who do *not* possess a mental disorder?
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If you can ever afford therapy in the first place.sky14kemea said:Lol Mental disorders run in my family. When the Doc was asking "does depression run in your family" my mum was all "uh oh." I think she's just about recovered so if I follow suit it means only 20 more years before I'm cured!
People I grew up with were fine, I think. I find online friends are more vocal about their problems, partly due to it being so easy to find someone else with one.Therapy is great if you're the kind of person it works for, IMO.Phasmal said:
I've tried like 3-5 Therapists/Councillors over the years and it's done nothing for me. Any kind of behavioral recognition or positive thought change plans just fall short on me.
I can see how they'd help others though, so I think it's still a good idea for people to at least try a few times first.
i wouldnt give up on it as it really depends on the therapist.ive tried 8 at last count over the yearssky14kemea said:Lol Mental disorders run in my family. When the Doc was asking "does depression run in your family" my mum was all "uh oh." I think she's just about recovered so if I follow suit it means only 20 more years before I'm cured!
People I grew up with were fine, I think. I find online friends are more vocal about their problems, partly due to it being so easy to find someone else with one.Therapy is great if you're the kind of person it works for, IMO.Phasmal said:
I've tried like 3-5 Therapists/Councillors over the years and it's done nothing for me. Any kind of behavioral recognition or positive thought change plans just fall short on me.
I can see how they'd help others though, so I think it's still a good idea for people to at least try a few times first.
i out right told my current psychologist this was a waste of time when i first saw her and shes been awesome. tailoring the treatment to what would actually help me.
as for the original poster.. a friend has schitzophrenia and ive got bi polar disorder but everyone else i know is fine mental health wise
Never diagnosed with anything, but I am a socially anxious trainwreck most of the time. I haven't really been able to really speak or have a conversation with someone in a long time, either (this applies both in-person and online). Certainly doesn't help that I think I have a major issue with pushing people away if they try to help.
I'm not sure how long I'm going to perpetuate that dynamic, but I hope I get my head out of my ass sometime soon.
I'm not sure how long I'm going to perpetuate that dynamic, but I hope I get my head out of my ass sometime soon.
You actually raise a good point there. I've never really had the courage to tell a therapist outright that the method they want to try definitely won't work for me.pookie101 said:
I may go back soon and ask to try another one. Thanks
Well I know someone who has anxiesty issues and other with an issue aswell (can't remember the proper terms).
As for me, I am certain I do got a disorder of some kind but I liked to think it's mild at best but I have never been diagnosed.
As for me, I am certain I do got a disorder of some kind but I liked to think it's mild at best but I have never been diagnosed.
/criesRiseOfTheWhiteWolf said:They're both from Britain m8, they get that shit for free.Paragon Fury said:If you can ever afford therapy in the first place.sky14kemea said:Lol Mental disorders run in my family. When the Doc was asking "does depression run in your family" my mum was all "uh oh." I think she's just about recovered so if I follow suit it means only 20 more years before I'm cured!
People I grew up with were fine, I think. I find online friends are more vocal about their problems, partly due to it being so easy to find someone else with one.Therapy is great if you're the kind of person it works for, IMO.Phasmal said:
I've tried like 3-5 Therapists/Councillors over the years and it's done nothing for me. Any kind of behavioral recognition or positive thought change plans just fall short on me.
I can see how they'd help others though, so I think it's still a good idea for people to at least try a few times first.
Some? It's hard to estimate. I have family history of certain cocktail of issues, been in hospital previously for things. People dont generally like to admit experiencing anything in person unless you show that you understand somewhat, they don't like the judgements and avoidments. At times I'd prefer to be more honest to others so that they don't assume my weird behaviours are because of them or times that may be interpreted as rude, withdrawn, incompetent. But it isn't really that simple. I guess Online anonymity does seem to easily appeal more to those who want to be themselves without lingering worries and perhaps such people are attracted to others who can offer a sense of shared understanding to feel slightly less alone in this confusing existence.
I see plenty of people who need some form of help but are either too proud, scared or uninformed enough to try. They resort to unhealthy coping mechanisms which more often than not only make their issues worse. It's not easy as every person is different and will connect better with different councillors/therapists/psychologists. It can take multiple attempts with various people and some get put off the processes because of it. And now our NHS is being purposefully choked financially, there are more people in need than ever. With very little awareness to help nudge them in a more positivs direction. It is a complicated issue that requires a lot more work and effort, though plenty are trying, the hurdles are ever-changing.
I see plenty of people who need some form of help but are either too proud, scared or uninformed enough to try. They resort to unhealthy coping mechanisms which more often than not only make their issues worse. It's not easy as every person is different and will connect better with different councillors/therapists/psychologists. It can take multiple attempts with various people and some get put off the processes because of it. And now our NHS is being purposefully choked financially, there are more people in need than ever. With very little awareness to help nudge them in a more positivs direction. It is a complicated issue that requires a lot more work and effort, though plenty are trying, the hurdles are ever-changing.
hope it goes well for you, but yeah they are there to help you so you both need to work together to find something that works for yousky14kemea said:You actually raise a good point there. I've never really had the courage to tell a therapist outright that the method they want to try definitely won't work for me.pookie101 said:
I may go back soon and ask to try another one. Thanks
I once tried to suggest to my mom that I had ADD, she didn't believe me for a second. She was right, and I was obviously throwing it out there to avoid admitting how apathetic and lazy I was (and still am to some degree). Besides the fact that people can't seem to decide if ADD/ADHD are actually real disorders, it was pretty obvious to her, me, and everyone who knew me that I had laser-focus when I wanted to. I just rarely wanted to because lazy.
I also have this lingering existential dread that won't go away, but I think that's just part of being an adult.
I also have a couple of friends who repost articles on facebook about the "true nature" of depression. I'm not so callous to suggest that depression isn't real, because it obviously is. But I also can't help but automatically doubt someone who claims to suffer from it if they haven't actually been diagnosed. I guess I'm an awful person but that scenario just feels like a cry for attention to me. Mental illness hypochondriacs always seem to be aspiring artists of some kind. I don't know, like I said, I'm probably just a douchebag.
I also have this lingering existential dread that won't go away, but I think that's just part of being an adult.
I also have a couple of friends who repost articles on facebook about the "true nature" of depression. I'm not so callous to suggest that depression isn't real, because it obviously is. But I also can't help but automatically doubt someone who claims to suffer from it if they haven't actually been diagnosed. I guess I'm an awful person but that scenario just feels like a cry for attention to me. Mental illness hypochondriacs always seem to be aspiring artists of some kind. I don't know, like I said, I'm probably just a douchebag.
I've never been diagnosed with anything, but it wouldn't surprise me if I had some form of disorder, possibly bipolar, or possibly depression. But I seem to manage just fine without any medication, so I don't worry about it.
As to if I know anyone that has been diagnosed...hahahah! Oh wow yes, my brother has been batshit crazy for decades. Ever since he was 16, he's 46 now, he was very unstable. I couldn't tell you what he is diagnosed with currently, because I don't really speak to him anymore, but I think right now they've settled on schizophrenic with a hyper-religious flavor to it. But since he was first diagnosed, and showed symptoms back in the 80's/90's, they were still trying to figure out what was what. He has spent most of his adult life in and out of jail/prison, and various mental facilities, due to his conditions.
How has it effected my life? It's effected it from top to bottom. It meant I had a brother that I looked up to, who was no longer really my brother anymore, at least not in the way I knew him to be. He was a different person, sometimes on a daily basis. It made me live in a constant state of hyper vigilance whenever he was around, as you couldn't trust him to not fly off the handle and do some very insane things. Between him threatening my life on multiple occasions, and actually trying to strangle my mother at least once, he became a stranger that I share genetic material with, and to cope with that, I had to develop a mindset that I might have to actually kill him to protect the people I love. So he stopped being a family member at all.
I got used to, growing up, getting random calls in the middle of the night, from cops, saying they picked up our brother in *insert random city in the US*, doing something crazy. We'd have to spend valuable time and money (of which we never had much) to drag his ass back here, and put him in some facility so they could try and stabilize him.
I had to deal with him developing a heavy christian subtext to his insanity, convinced that he spoke to angels and god directly.
I had to deal with the Secret Service showing up at my grandmother's house (where he lived at the time), because he'd been sending Crazy Packages to the president (George W. Bush), with random clippings from magazines, bible passages, and cuttings from old, priceless collectible books my grandmother had.
I had to deal with cleaning out his festering cess pits that were his living places, when he would get evicted.
And I currently have to deal with a guy who thinks he has been saved by his god, and yet is convinced that I'm going to burn in hell, and so he tries to act superior to me, because he's saved and I'm not.
How do I deal with it? I distance myself from pretty much all of it at this point, and live my life with the people I do actually care for, and don't communicate with the people from my past who fucked it up so much.
As to if I know anyone that has been diagnosed...hahahah! Oh wow yes, my brother has been batshit crazy for decades. Ever since he was 16, he's 46 now, he was very unstable. I couldn't tell you what he is diagnosed with currently, because I don't really speak to him anymore, but I think right now they've settled on schizophrenic with a hyper-religious flavor to it. But since he was first diagnosed, and showed symptoms back in the 80's/90's, they were still trying to figure out what was what. He has spent most of his adult life in and out of jail/prison, and various mental facilities, due to his conditions.
How has it effected my life? It's effected it from top to bottom. It meant I had a brother that I looked up to, who was no longer really my brother anymore, at least not in the way I knew him to be. He was a different person, sometimes on a daily basis. It made me live in a constant state of hyper vigilance whenever he was around, as you couldn't trust him to not fly off the handle and do some very insane things. Between him threatening my life on multiple occasions, and actually trying to strangle my mother at least once, he became a stranger that I share genetic material with, and to cope with that, I had to develop a mindset that I might have to actually kill him to protect the people I love. So he stopped being a family member at all.
I got used to, growing up, getting random calls in the middle of the night, from cops, saying they picked up our brother in *insert random city in the US*, doing something crazy. We'd have to spend valuable time and money (of which we never had much) to drag his ass back here, and put him in some facility so they could try and stabilize him.
I had to deal with him developing a heavy christian subtext to his insanity, convinced that he spoke to angels and god directly.
I had to deal with the Secret Service showing up at my grandmother's house (where he lived at the time), because he'd been sending Crazy Packages to the president (George W. Bush), with random clippings from magazines, bible passages, and cuttings from old, priceless collectible books my grandmother had.
I had to deal with cleaning out his festering cess pits that were his living places, when he would get evicted.
And I currently have to deal with a guy who thinks he has been saved by his god, and yet is convinced that I'm going to burn in hell, and so he tries to act superior to me, because he's saved and I'm not.
How do I deal with it? I distance myself from pretty much all of it at this point, and live my life with the people I do actually care for, and don't communicate with the people from my past who fucked it up so much.
Pretty much this. I can't remember the specifics as its been a whole bunch of years since I last had to know anything remotely related to the DSM-5 model, but its been pretty much broadened to the point that, if you have any sort of mental/cognitive/behavioral thing which slightly impedes your regular lifestyle, you've got a mental disorder to some degree. And hell its a good thing in a way, did you guys know that homosexuality was classified as a mental disorder at one point? Those sure were turbulent times.Johnny Novgorod said:
Interestingly enough too, its actually quite common for people to have more than one disorder as well (as its usually the case that one disorder tends to make the person vulnerable to getting other disorders, very simply put).
But to answer your question, I haven't been diagnosed yet but I bet I definitely have at least a disorder related to anxiety I bet. And most of the people I know have some sort of mental disorder to a smaller degree too (with a lot of them having been to therapy, and being open about it which is cool). Meh I learned to live with what I have though so no worries.