Mental illness?

[noname1012]

does anyone have a mental illness hear ? also have you ever been to the psych ward?

[Axon]

No. Nope, never had any serious mental problems.

[Phage]

I've had a mild case of OCD and a minor depression.

I'm not sad I went through that though. It spiked my interested in neuroscience and that study helped me fight and prevent it from happening again.

[noname1012]

I've had a mild case of OCD and a minor depression.

I'm not sad I went through that though. It spiked my interested in neuroscience and that study helped me fight and prevent it from happening again.

heres some documentation for you, read the brain that changes itself. good boo

[Phage]

heres some documentation for you, read the brain that changes itself. good boo

It's noted down, thanks!

[0E 800]

51.50  illegally-sane & antisocial personality disorder. 

Whatever that means.


 

[hanorotu]

I can honestly say that I don't have any form of serious mental issues. I sometimes think that I may be slightly too ancy at times. Maybe some kind of partial anxiety. Don't know, doesn't affect me enough to care.

[Freak]

I'm definitely one of the crazies. I've been diagnosed with depression and social anxiety, which can be pretty tough. I also used to hear voices for a while in high school and they were horribly mean and terrifying, but I've been so depressed lately that I kind of want them back so that everything isn't so flat and pointless. I'd rather be terrified than numb and emotionless.

I actually don't believe that mental illness is a real thing. Obviously I know that people can hear voices, have anxiety, depression, or whatever else that's out of their control, but I don't think that "ill" is a good description of that. I don't think it's a bad thing to hear voices, but I think it's a bad thing if they scare the shit out of you like mine did. There was a psychiatrist named Thomas Szasz who wrote a lot on this topic, and I like his position. He called this stuff "problems with living" instead of mental illness. Being depressed or having extra anxiety or anything like that doesn't make you ill, but it can be a problem with living that you experience.

I am currently on medications, but I want to get off of them. I don't think they do anything and I'm sick of paying for them. I also was never told that they drastically increase my risk of getting seizures, so that's pretty fucked up. I wonder what else they didn't tell me.

I've never been to a psych ward, and I'd probably do whatever I can not to go to one. I don't like that they can call me a danger to myself and effectively imprison me against my will. There was actually recently a woman who was imprisoned in a psych ward and sedated against her will for a week because she told her doctor "Obama follows me on Twitter" and he actually did, but nobody believed her.

[noname1012]

I have these to issues freak:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_alcohol_spectrum_disorder


just an fyi, not an easy life for me lol

[Matriplex]

Mild insomnia and a minor depression when a 2 of my family members died along with a friend dying in a plane crash, all in one month.

[white_noise]

I have Borderline Personality Disorder so I have quite regular depression

[HTH]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_alcohol_spectrum_disorder

Hows your relationship with your mother?

Ontopic: Autism, Depression, OCD, Insomnia, lots of other shit at different times.

Currently in my Stable frame of mind and have been for about a year now.

[noname1012]

Better then before man, had lotsof depression issues, Never had any coping skills till i was taught about that.
since i have a mental illness its hard for me to show emotion, so i study basic emotions to show what im feeling to people. friends are helping me with that .

[Freak]

I have these to issues freak:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schizophrenia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_alcohol_spectrum_disorder


just an fyi, not an easy life for me lol

My position isn't meant to downplay the difficulties for people who have been told they're mentally ill. Like I said, I've been diagnosed with stuff myself. Battling thoughts of suicide is a daily struggle, and my anxiety can get so bad that I'm afraid to leave my room to get water if my roommates have company.

I won't deny the reality of fetal alcohol disorders. From what I understand, these are neurological disorders and issues with fetal development. That's different from just looking at certain people and saying "Your emotions are wrong! You must be ill." or any related statement.

As for schizophrenia, I don't think that's an illness. This is despite the fact that I've had relatives and close friends with the diagnosis. I don't think there's anything wrong with hearing voices, but if they're scary or disturbing then that's a problem. What's actually really interesting about this is that people with "schizophrenia" in Asian and African countries rarely have bad voices. It's strangely unique to America and Europe to have mean or scary ones. With delusions, I think it'd be hypocritical for anyone to say claim that your perceptions of reality are wrong while assuming that theirs are right.

You're free to disagree with me, I just want to make sure it's understood that even if I don't think there are mental "illnesses" I think it's equally shitty to live with this stuff.

[noname1012]

Everyones free to there own opinion my friend but i understand.