mental health thread

GuitarBizarre · 05-04-2013, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Burning Down · 05-06-2013, 07:56 AM

I'm actually going to see a shrink this afternoon to get an assessment on my mental health. More to satisfy my curiosity - I find that l fit the criteria for some disorders and I want to know if my self assessment is fairly accurate.

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-06-2013, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I'm actually going to see a shrink this afternoon to get an assessment on my mental health. More to satisfy my curiosity - I find that l fit the criteria for some disorders and I want to know if my self assessment is fairly accurate.

May I ask which disorders?

Burning Down · 05-06-2013, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

May I ask which disorders?

I thought my generalized anxiety disorder was morphing into something a lot more serious.

My mom expressed concern to me a few months after she noticed that I didn't cry at family member's funerals (being sad is one thing but crying is something that I don't handle well in myself and other people). I don't have a total lack of empathy towards people, though (I do have a heart!), and I don't often feel guilty about things I've done that might have negatively affected others. I am never sure how to express emotions like sadness and anger, because I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to feel when faced with a situation that would warrant those feelings. When I have a goal I will do whatever it takes to complete it, and I would have no problem cutting people out of my life if they were hindering it in some way. I do not have mood swings or extremely violent urges.

The doctor said, with the information I provided to her, that I fit the description of borderline antisocial personality disorder (psychopath/sociopath). Not the serial killer/rapist/criminal kind, but a high functioning kind. But borderline. Doesn't sound exactly definite and I'm not sure I fit the criteria. But it's a start.

WWWP · 05-06-2013, 04:50 PM

I was seeing a therapist regularly until I couldn't afford the appointments anymore. I am depressed and have an anxiety disorder. It's mostly manageable.

Engine · 05-06-2013, 07:26 PM

I suffer from anxiety and depression but my narcissistic tendencies, and whatever other non-existent disorders, prevent me from talking to psychiatrists or psychologists.

CrazyVegn · 05-06-2013, 07:49 PM

Took 50 out today, but dreams are still INSANE. 100 mg is still a lot tho which is probably the problem. No bruises tho - feeling was back around 110 mg.

Stephen · 05-06-2013, 08:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I do not have mood swings... But borderline. Doesn't sound exactly definite and I'm not sure I fit the criteria.

Do you mean you don't fit borderline because of the lack of mood swings?

Can I ask how the GAD manifests? You said you felt it was morphing into something more serious?

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 05-08-2013, 04:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

I thought my generalized anxiety disorder was morphing into something a lot more serious.

My mom expressed concern to me a few months after she noticed that I didn't cry at family member's funerals (being sad is one thing but crying is something that I don't handle well in myself and other people). I don't have a total lack of empathy towards people, though (I do have a heart!), and I don't often feel guilty about things I've done that might have negatively affected others. I am never sure how to express emotions like sadness and anger, because I'm not exactly sure what I'm supposed to feel when faced with a situation that would warrant those feelings. When I have a goal I will do whatever it takes to complete it, and I would have no problem cutting people out of my life if they were hindering it in some way. I do not have mood swings or extremely violent urges.

The doctor said, with the information I provided to her, that I fit the description of borderline antisocial personality disorder (psychopath/sociopath). Not the serial killer/rapist/criminal kind, but a high functioning kind. But borderline. Doesn't sound exactly definite and I'm not sure I fit the criteria. But it's a start.

Ok that's interesting, I honestly don't know much about it but I think it seems that you manage it well. At the end of the day its about understanding from others to why you may not behave exactly as others do.

Saurus · 05-26-2013, 09:21 AM

I have suffered from depression the recent few years (and still do). However, I feel that I have something else wrong with my mental health.

05-06-2013, 07:26 PM	#146 (permalink)
Engine air quote Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: pollen & mold Posts: 3,108	I suffer from anxiety and depression but my narcissistic tendencies, and whatever other non-existent disorders, prevent me from talking to psychiatrists or psychologists. __________________ Like an arrow, I was only passing through.

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Saurus Groupie Join Date: May 2013 Location: USA Posts: 4	I have suffered from depression the recent few years (and still do). However, I feel that I have something else wrong with my mental health. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

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Burning Down The Music Guru. Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Beyond the Wall Posts: 4,858	I'm actually going to see a shrink this afternoon to get an assessment on my mental health. More to satisfy my curiosity - I find that l fit the criteria for some disorders and I want to know if my self assessment is fairly accurate.

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CrazyVegn Left due to ban epidemic Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 498	Took 50 out today, but dreams are still INSANE. 100 mg is still a lot tho which is probably the problem. No bruises tho - feeling was back around 110 mg.