i think i have ADD because whenever i'm writing an essay or an assignment i find myself on Smogon. is this bad?
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Mental illness
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PTSD, Xav? Just try some talk therapy, it's hard to get started but they have ways of making you talk. Mostly nipple shocking and beatings ;).
Yeah it's actually helped me open a lot to random people and makes me understand my deal a lot more. Just give it a shot, if it doesn't work they can suggest other therapies.
Blamon, you're a dipshit. People like you are the reason why ADD and ADHD (I have the latter) gets a stigma and why it doesn't actually receive appropriate attention. Don't troll a thread like this. People like you running around like morons infuriates me...I lost attention for 2 seconds AAAAHH ADD.
Yeah it's actually helped me open a lot to random people and makes me understand my deal a lot more. Just give it a shot, if it doesn't work they can suggest other therapies.
Blamon, you're a dipshit. People like you are the reason why ADD and ADHD (I have the latter) gets a stigma and why it doesn't actually receive appropriate attention. Don't troll a thread like this. People like you running around like morons infuriates me...I lost attention for 2 seconds AAAAHH ADD.
Well I am an actual aspie
then there's my left-handedness, my 'giftedness' (being gifted apparently =/= just being smart) and a family history of schizophrenia
mind you my arrogance, laziness, etc. are just my character traits and nothing to do with these
then there's my left-handedness, my 'giftedness' (being gifted apparently =/= just being smart) and a family history of schizophrenia
mind you my arrogance, laziness, etc. are just my character traits and nothing to do with these
no i'm being serious. i always find it hard to concentrate in school so i just usually ignore the teacher. i'm trying to convince my mom to get me tested or something. my friends also keep insisting that i have this as well
ok thanks for the info, don't i feel stupid now
i'm not going to say more in fear of looking like a jackass but yea interesting read.
Most students lose concentration at least a few times each day! It's nothing odd.
EDIT: Ice-eyes, I get the sex/music part, but it's the level of speech, their personalities and the general way they behave that annoys me so much. By all that I meant: behaving like a self-centred, arrogant and uncaring dipshit, which too mnay people do. Also, I get that drugs are 'fun' for people stupid who take them, but I mena CONSTANT talk, as in classrooms, lunch time, every spare moment of their time.
EDIT: Ice-eyes, I get the sex/music part, but it's the level of speech, their personalities and the general way they behave that annoys me so much. By all that I meant: behaving like a self-centred, arrogant and uncaring dipshit, which too mnay people do. Also, I get that drugs are 'fun' for people stupid who take them, but I mena CONSTANT talk, as in classrooms, lunch time, every spare moment of their time.
In fairness, you have called yourself some of these things and been apparently serious. Hopefully I won't be too boring for you.
As far as myself I don't have any apparent problems, or at least none Ive gone to a doctor to address. I tend to overanalyze everything and get a bit rambly trying to mix in metaphors to continue a train of thought until I either run out of breath or can't find a new link.
Pretty sure that just makes me overly introspective though. I am extremely skeptical of solutions to mental problems that emphasize medication first. Whether its just a fear of chemicals or addiction or whatever I consider it a last resort on principal until there is a real physical manifestation of a problem.
My only experiences with mental illness involve my grandfather after he had a stroke and was basically unable to communicate in a meaningful way. We still visited on occasion but I couldn't wrap my head around people basically just existing. They're still people and still deserve to be treated with dignity and respect, but if I can't connect with a person cognitively on some level I'm usually at a loss.
It's the same experience when I see someone who is clearly clinically retarded in a restaurant. Some of them have odd facial expressions or movements or don't appear to be able to control their tongue or some other apparently horrendous affliction. Others you can only really tell because they're basically of full human height but they act like the smaller children around them and they're doted over. I won't lie, I do find it a little frightening sometimes because you don't know when they'll fly off the handle. Dealing with a toddler who is 2'6" and 71 lbs is a lot different than dealing with someone who has the same mental state but is 6'2" and 170 lbs.
I don't think that fear is particularly irrational, but it's not sensitive or I guess "correct" either. I just count myself lucky that my worst mental proclivities are probably self-induced overstimulation that leads to mild insomnia.
EMDR is supposed to be amazing for PTSD. I always found medication helped more than talking therapies.
Xav, you seem like a genuinely nice person who's been through a lot at such a young age. I'd hate for you to ever lose hope, just be strong and always remember you have a purpose.
I know I sound overly empathetic, but I really do respect cancer survivors, and it's always saddening to see someone so young talking so despairingly.
I know I sound overly empathetic, but I really do respect cancer survivors, and it's always saddening to see someone so young talking so despairingly.
Dude, fuck you. Man I lost a lot of respect for you, I thought your 'good christian values' would prevent you from being that predatory, at least according to what you've told me. Looks like hypocrisy runs deeper in you than just your mysticism. Totally uncalled for. I am actually genuinely upset by that comment, deck. I hope you get swift and brutal repercussions for that comment from your God (I don't care if the punishment is internalized by you or quite unlikely some external "oh bad luck too bad" shit, just that it happens).
I am not some armchair diagnosing fuckstain who can't concentrate in a boring class. Every diagnosis, every potential answer...everything about my mental state and any labels I put on it is straight from the professionals mouth. You know me well enough to know that if I'm not satisfied with a diagnosis I seek out something that is a better fit. Well, sad thing is, I have fit every fucking diagnosis I have received. The problem with psych is that you basically have a constellation of symptoms that can be interpreted any number of ways. It's literally like throwing a dart, while blindfolded, at a spinning dartboard that has most of the symptoms and MAY have an answer. These symptoms are often a moving target and I'm learning this more and more as I actively participate in treatments instead of troll the group I'm in (I don't do group anymore) or tell the DB therapist to fuck herself. I am learning more and more what the symptoms I have mean and even how my hallucinations and ADHD impact me on a day to day basis (they manifested in Borderline Personality Disorder twice now). You can't imagine the horrors I've exacted upon myself, Deck, and upon those I love.
I have had ADHD since before I can remember- I was hospitalized (in patient mental health) for the symptoms at age 10 and I hit 10/10 for the symptoms in adult ADHD (you need like 7/10 to get a diagnosis) and was on adult (or more) dose meds at the age of 6 just to function at all day to day. That was the only inpatient treatment I've had, but I've had numerous outpatient ones and many visits to emergency. I also probably did have some of those things I was serious about, but they can be more transient, especially with treatment, and especially borderline personality disorder in particular. It's hard to get a diagnosis and trust me, if you ever are in a state like I've been in a few times, any little flicker of diagnosis and resolution for why you are freaking out like that is something you go after.
Honestly, if not for staggeringly high intelligence I wouldn't have coasted through one of the hardest university programs available with pretty good marks while drinking far more than anyone should in a lifetime (all uni students say that...but this was a nightmare, even for my friends) to deal with his aunt dying a violent and scary death due to brain and spine cancer followed by his mom getting breast cancer and probably PTSD right after it (95% mental illness rate in women in middle ages surviving breast cancer) as well as the onset of hallucinations and a myriad of terrible other circumstances that I won't bore the forum with. Hell, with the mental bullshit I dealt with BEFORE the age of 14, I'm lucky I had such great parents who fought tooth and nail or I'd be some fucking boner peddling crack junkie turning tricks and robbing other playas to make enough skrill so I can inject myself with meth on the hour...and then I had to deal with several deaths that I didn't take so well and also include the above. I really want to drive this home: that was an offensive, hideous blow shrouded as an "oh and also the bulk of my post is about how I kind of have issues but don't so yay" bullshit DK essay. You always regress to a "well, logic can't defend my beliefs so MORALITY WILL"...ignoring all the logic I've provided, as well as Hammurabi, I think after that comment you really can't claim the moral high ground or justification EVER again, as I will remind you EVERY FUCKING TIME of this.
For the record, I still do suffer from hallucinations (mostly auditory, non schizophrenic) and other memory 'rapes' and those DO have a profound impact on me. I also still have mood and personality issues as well. Unfortunately, I'm in the 5% that can't be diagnosed with MRI or EEG, as I was clean on both. You don't need solid evidence just to believe something is real, right Deck?
Mysticism Knight said:
Schizophrenia, or at least delusions, like any religious person but you're pretty out there so I assume there is some aspergers or other autistic spectrum disorder.
It's like this has turned into "Q&A with Morm"
Morm, if a depression/stress phase suddenly gets super serious and self-destructive, but only lasts for half a year, would that be considered a mental illness?
Morm, if a depression/stress phase suddenly gets super serious and self-destructive, but only lasts for half a year, would that be considered a mental illness?
great post, listener
So, in following with one of the most offensive things I've ever encountered from someone I consider a friend, I am met with you.
Your question, in summation, is that:
Mental illness isn't legitimate based on time limit? I would wonder if a schizophrenic hears ONE voice, telling them to kill their family, FOR THE FIRST TIME would meet your criteria? How about someone walking into emergency soaked in their own blood for the first time?
Why don't you, as someone who is a complete ignorant fucking retard, sit the fuck down and learn from people who have experienced some shit. In conclusion, shut your fucking troll mouth SO tight...FOREVER.
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So, in following with one of the most offensive things I've ever encountered from someone I consider a friend, I am met with you.
Your question, in summation, is that:
Mental illness isn't legitimate based on time limit? I would wonder if a schizophrenic hears ONE voice, telling them to kill their family, FOR THE FIRST TIME would meet your criteria? How about someone walking into emergency soaked in their own blood for the first time?
Why don't you, as someone who is a complete ignorant fucking retard, sit the fuck down and learn from people who have experienced some shit. In conclusion, shut your fucking troll mouth SO tight...FOREVER.
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Same here. I really can't stand opening up and talking with a stranger about my "problems", I'd rather get the medication and talk with a friend about stuff if I think I need to do so.
Currently, I'm wondering if I should give the whole psychiatrist thing another try.
I've had depression for quite a while now. I currently take medication for it, but whenever I haven't been on it I've been a wreck. Even though I'm on medication, I still find myself trying to cope with some aspects of depression. For the most part I'm pretty content with life, but I think there's always going to be a small part of me that's just sad, and I've come to terms with that. I think therapy is really helpful though, and it has made me realize things about myself that I didn't know.
I've been dealing with depression and low self-esteem for a few years now. It sucks.
I've also been diagnosed with Asperger's, but as I am reading more into the self-advocacy movement I'm starting to think that it's as much of a mental illness as homosexuality is. This is also the reason why when I self-describe, I call myself an Aspie. Person-first language is great for some things, but to me "person with Asperger's" sounds as offensive as "person with homosexuality".
I've also been diagnosed with Asperger's, but as I am reading more into the self-advocacy movement I'm starting to think that it's as much of a mental illness as homosexuality is. This is also the reason why when I self-describe, I call myself an Aspie. Person-first language is great for some things, but to me "person with Asperger's" sounds as offensive as "person with homosexuality".
Just saying, because my parents never really did anything about my depression. I went out and found humour and humoured myself to happiness!
if hearing a few jokes made you "stop being depressed" you did not have clinical depression
^ Thank you.
Drugs(Celexa) never did anything to help my diagnosis; it always made me feel chemically weighed down and I was as bullheaded as ever. Nothing could ever take my intuition about things away, I guess.
And what helped me with low self-esteem is thinking that I have a lot better character and chance at success than most people do, and that they could only wish to be friends with me (Yes, it's kind of self-centered, but it works for me).
And what helped me with low self-esteem is thinking that I have a lot better character and chance at success than most people do, and that they could only wish to be friends with me (Yes, it's kind of self-centered, but it works for me).
This is somewhat off topic, but has anyone else (while reading a psych book) gone: "omg, these are my symptoms!" "oh, these are too!" "wait, I do this, too!"
I know the first Psych class those were the thoughts running through my head (I also had fun diagnosing my dad, as well, hahaha). Then I worked in the Developmental Disability field and saw firsthand some extremes of the diagnosis that I had read about and identified with.... The conclusion I've made about myself (and most people around me) is that EVERYONE has some issues/conditions that look a lot like different psychiatric diagnosis, but until those conditions effect a persons day to day living skills and/or severely impact their ability to function in society, it's just a personality quirk.
Now, to tie it all back in, when I see statements like (and this isn't a direct quote, but the general gist): "I was depressed, but I just thought happy thoughts and did happy things and then I wasn't", it makes me laugh a little. I'm not even going to go into over-diagnosed mental illnesses (yes, I think sometimes people are diagnosed when they shouldn't be and/or diagnosis that are later proved wrong stay in their files which throws off beneficial research), but what you experienced wasn't depression (much less clinical depression).
I'm not saying that you didn't have symptoms of it, but I'm betting there was some environmental and/or underlying factors that contributed to those feelings and thus, feeling "depressed" was a normal reaction for you and you developed some coping skills to deal with it. (yeah, it's just life, sometimes it sucks)
Alas, tl;dr, I'm not diagnosed with anything and I have yet to notice anything that would make me seek out counseling and/or other other professional advice. But I do hope for the best for all of you experiencing these conditions, I know how distressing they can be for both the individual and the individuals family/friends/etc.
I know the first Psych class those were the thoughts running through my head (I also had fun diagnosing my dad, as well, hahaha). Then I worked in the Developmental Disability field and saw firsthand some extremes of the diagnosis that I had read about and identified with.... The conclusion I've made about myself (and most people around me) is that EVERYONE has some issues/conditions that look a lot like different psychiatric diagnosis, but until those conditions effect a persons day to day living skills and/or severely impact their ability to function in society, it's just a personality quirk.
Now, to tie it all back in, when I see statements like (and this isn't a direct quote, but the general gist): "I was depressed, but I just thought happy thoughts and did happy things and then I wasn't", it makes me laugh a little. I'm not even going to go into over-diagnosed mental illnesses (yes, I think sometimes people are diagnosed when they shouldn't be and/or diagnosis that are later proved wrong stay in their files which throws off beneficial research), but what you experienced wasn't depression (much less clinical depression).
I'm not saying that you didn't have symptoms of it, but I'm betting there was some environmental and/or underlying factors that contributed to those feelings and thus, feeling "depressed" was a normal reaction for you and you developed some coping skills to deal with it. (yeah, it's just life, sometimes it sucks)
Alas, tl;dr, I'm not diagnosed with anything and I have yet to notice anything that would make me seek out counseling and/or other other professional advice. But I do hope for the best for all of you experiencing these conditions, I know how distressing they can be for both the individual and the individuals family/friends/etc.
see also: Medical student's disease