Poll: Mental disorders and you: Would you get rid of it if you could?
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It is rare. What is not rare are maladjusted introverts with no social skills who choose to blame a real mental condition for their inability to hold a conversation with another human being.RoonMian said:
Sorry if I'm sounding like a douche, but Asperger's Syndrome is a real mental condition which has serious effects on the people who suffer from it. When I read the title of this thread, before so much as clicking it, I raised my hand and said "this thread will be full of people talking about their Asperger's Syndrome. One of them might even have it."
If you have Asperger's Syndrome, know that this is not directed at you. But the vast majority of you don't. Stop piggybacking on a serious mental condition as an excuse for your social awkwardness, and consider the possibility that you don't integrate with others well because you never fucking talk to anybody.
No, my aspergers is a part of me. yeah, sure, i probably wouldn't get depressed about certain things as much anymore, and i would probably actually acheive a lot more in school, but i don't care, i like the way i am and just wouldn't be the same without the disorder.
plus i have a considerable ability to paint miniatures and probably never would have taken an interest in such if i didn't have my aspergers. now why would i want to lose something that gives me such a sense of pride and achievement?
plus i have a considerable ability to paint miniatures and probably never would have taken an interest in such if i didn't have my aspergers. now why would i want to lose something that gives me such a sense of pride and achievement?
If I had the chance to rid of my mental disorders, I would not do it. They're what make me, me. Doing so would be like suddenly ripping out a vital part of me.
Sounds like several of my older male relatives who are well on their way to drinking themselves to an early grave.Illesdan said:
I'm still suffering from depression but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be. I had a fear before I started therapy that maybe my depression was part of my personality and that without it I'd lose a part of myself, especially my empathy and creativity. Of course, recovering from depression has only made me more empathetic, more creative and a better person on the whole. The idea that depression is part of your personality is just a complete myth.
I can't comment on things I haven't gone through myself though, like Asperger's, which actually is intrinsic to a person.
I'd love to be rid of my schizophrenia, the medication has been working for the time being and thank God, because their were a bad couple of months when I was first diagnosed when the medications I was being given weren't working...
I think the only positive thing about having my mental disorder is that if I come across some one who starts to suffer from this illness in the future, I can help them through it with a few simple words about how they really need to do everything they can to help the doctors do everything they can to treat the person's illness.
I think the only positive thing about having my mental disorder is that if I come across some one who starts to suffer from this illness in the future, I can help them through it with a few simple words about how they really need to do everything they can to help the doctors do everything they can to treat the person's illness.
I went for 'yes', but now I think about it... I don't know.
My depression was utter hell; the brief periods of lucidity/clarity I experienced were filled with anger and fear regarding how incapable I was the rest of the time. There were no plus points to it whatsoever.
But the recovery process forced me to think more about how I was living life, forced me to stop putting so much pressure onto myself, and made me realise that I needed to make more time for... life, really.
I've come out of the depression thing feeling better than I ever have, and with a better understanding of myself than I could ever have achieved otherwise. I've also lost the fear of being myself I had previously, which has led to me generally becoming more sociable, and discovering that apparently I'm 1) actually funny, and 2) kind of cool.
None of this would have happened without the depression, so it's a hard call to say whether or not I should have used a 'go away' button. I would have used one, sure. But that's not to say it would have been a good idea. Though the worst parts of the whole ordeal could have been skipped with much the same end result...
My depression was utter hell; the brief periods of lucidity/clarity I experienced were filled with anger and fear regarding how incapable I was the rest of the time. There were no plus points to it whatsoever.
But the recovery process forced me to think more about how I was living life, forced me to stop putting so much pressure onto myself, and made me realise that I needed to make more time for... life, really.
I've come out of the depression thing feeling better than I ever have, and with a better understanding of myself than I could ever have achieved otherwise. I've also lost the fear of being myself I had previously, which has led to me generally becoming more sociable, and discovering that apparently I'm 1) actually funny, and 2) kind of cool.
None of this would have happened without the depression, so it's a hard call to say whether or not I should have used a 'go away' button. I would have used one, sure. But that's not to say it would have been a good idea. Though the worst parts of the whole ordeal could have been skipped with much the same end result...
All my life I've been told by too many doctors that I have (I'm aware its come up a lot already) aspergers. It's never bothered me one bit, how am I meant to fairly compare 2 apparently different ways of thinking without a way to experience them both?
I suppose the only reason I would wish it gone is that then i could stop being made to see all these people about how ""differrent" I am.
Give me a chance to trade minds with a "mentally healthy" person and then you'll get an accurate answer, but for now i'm just gonna click "I'm not sure"
:As a sidenote I dont think these things are such a big deal anymore (Not includin suicidals and murderers and cripples etc.) they seem to be be cropping up far more frequently now, when I asked my psych he claimed it was due to recently improved ability to diagnose mental conditions, and while thats probably true, I dont see why society need spend so much time on people like me, and in doing so, so much less time on people who really do need help (ie. suicidals and murderers and cripples etc).
I suppose the only reason I would wish it gone is that then i could stop being made to see all these people about how ""differrent" I am.
Give me a chance to trade minds with a "mentally healthy" person and then you'll get an accurate answer, but for now i'm just gonna click "I'm not sure"
:As a sidenote I dont think these things are such a big deal anymore (Not includin suicidals and murderers and cripples etc.) they seem to be be cropping up far more frequently now, when I asked my psych he claimed it was due to recently improved ability to diagnose mental conditions, and while thats probably true, I dont see why society need spend so much time on people like me, and in doing so, so much less time on people who really do need help (ie. suicidals and murderers and cripples etc).
Considering all I have is ADHD and I don't even take the medication for it anymore because I can control it, no since it is hardly there. I like it when my mind wanders off sometimes though when it does strike.
I'd very much like to get rid of my social anxiety, my social avoidance, my depression, my insomnia, and my OCD. I know I'd probably be a different person, but I often think of how great it would be if I were. Facebook is the worst offender because you can see people you grew up with who are not f-d up and are actually doing something worthwhile with their lives. It sucks.
So you're saying you are defined by your own mental disorder?Illesdan said:
If I had a mental disorder then I probably would, I can't see how they benefit you really well.
No. My Asperger's Syndrome has given me perfectionist tendencies, anxiety problems and a crippling fear of failure, and enjoys making the occasional conversation very awkward.
But you know what? I can work with that. I was way worse when I was kid, and I've shown that I can move past anything it throws at me. Also..the Asperger's is part of who I am. Its part of why I think and act the way I do, and its shaped who I became over the years. Pressing a magic button and getting rid of that isn't just narcissistic and weak, its ungrateful, in a way. Its a denial, perhaps even a perversion, of the self.
But you know what? I can work with that. I was way worse when I was kid, and I've shown that I can move past anything it throws at me. Also..the Asperger's is part of who I am. Its part of why I think and act the way I do, and its shaped who I became over the years. Pressing a magic button and getting rid of that isn't just narcissistic and weak, its ungrateful, in a way. Its a denial, perhaps even a perversion, of the self.
That's the beauty of it though. When you're cured of your mental illnesses, you don't become a completely different person, you become the true you, the you you always fantasise about and feel robbed of. You are that person already, you're just sick.zelda2fanboy said:
i actually do have medically diagnosed aspergers, although doctors had originally pinned it on ADHD until i was about ten years old. been taking various meds to help me focus on school for god knows how many years now, including one that screwed up my appetite so bad that i still barely eat during the day, even though i changed medications years ago.Bunnybeater said:
i get obsessed with collecting things, used to be stuff like toys and crap(even tidbits of junk that appeared slightly interesting at the time), but i managed to take a deeper interest in gaming before i reached high school (thank god, i can't imagine how badly ridiculed i would have been for taking action figures or something to school at that age).
although i now channel my collection obsession towards tabletop wargaming, that aspect of my personality will probably never change.
i may as well also mention my tics, i have stupid impulses to click my fingers repeatedly,run my fingers through my hair whilst twiddling them and a variety of other little things that i do without even consciously realising it when i get worked up or excited. i assume these things would look extremely weird from another persons perspective at the time.
anyways, i've ranted on long enough and probably not gotten close to explaining all of my quirks and whatnot, but i'm too tired to actually bother typing up any more.
I have Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder.
It destroys me, but I'm scared of treatment, because I don't I would be myself anymore if I get (at least partially) rid of it.
It destroys me, but I'm scared of treatment, because I don't I would be myself anymore if I get (at least partially) rid of it.
Yes and no, yes, it'll let me be able to communicate with alot more people without no stutter or sometimes having to forget what i needed to say, and be able to understand the world a little more clearly, but then if i did and like what everyone else said upon this topic , they ll just might lose of what made there personality. i made friends , very very wonderful friends as a kid growing up here in c.a, some friends that i might never forget, some friends that i dont have disorders are friends of mine because under all the meds and the way we act, these people and i are well... still people, but some that still have a little more life than others. ;]