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  1. 1. Have you been diagnosed with something?

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You might have had an awful experience, but it doesn't change anything about the fact that I find myself feeling happier and sharper while on medication than off and that my experience with psychiatry has been fairly good. There are problems in the field, yes, but at the very least I can vouch for myself. 

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i repeat... you americans should stay away from psycologist... attention disorder? bah, ocd? who has not an ocd? come on guys! the world just look at you like you were all crazy or with problems! we are far worst than you! we are selfish crazy idiots and nobody gives us silly mental desease names! it is just stupid! what is normality then? everyone equal to the other? come on! make me a favour! craziness is happy! craziness is living! if people don't consider you crazy or different then you are not enjoing life completely! come on! smile smile smile! ahahah! let's party!

pills? what are pills? drink this glass of fine italian wine and everything will return allright! see!? no? still depress? well why don't u get a party with some spritz with us?.. man too much pills... you should stop it... the only pills we have to take are digestive pills when you eat like a pig during traditional festivals!

 

Sorry that it has to come out in response to your post, but stereotypes and misconceptions about disorders and mental illness are a pet peeve of mine. And boy, are they everywhere.

 

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is actually a pretty painful thing to live with, but it's become a stereotype that has little to nothing to do with the actual disorder. I speak as someone who had an uncle with OCD, has frequently been involved in anxiety support groups, and is dating someone with OCPD (which has similarities). I don't disagree that the US has some issues with the way it goes about diagnosing and treating people (the country where people who hate kids become teachers because at least it's work... sigh), but the problem doesn't lie in the fact that there are disorders that are not visible and physical.

 

Fake OCD is a cute, funny, pretend thing where people are very clean and organized. Ha ha, how silly! She's so OCD that she organizes her entire desk and gets angry when you move things. Ha ha! What a joke of a disorder! America is so dumb for diagnosing this fake problem and Americans are even dumber for believing they have a problem.

 

Nah.

 

Real OCD involves obsessive thoughts that people can't or struggle to stop. They may have thoughts of hurting others or hurting themselves even if they don't have a violent personality. They may have thoughts of their loved ones dying, things spiraling out of control, or of bad things happening. They alleviate these anxieties through compulsions, which are specific actions or rituals designed to "prevent" them even if it's irrational and they know it. It can become a nasty, restrictive way of living that can cause people to question who they are and whether or not they're a good person.

 

I try to call this out whenever I see it because there are real people out there who are suffering with real problems. If other people believe their conditions are trivial or fake because they just keep passing around wrong information and pretending that something that doesn't interfere with their functioning is a disorder, then the ones suffering will hesitate to reach out, think that the way they're living is just the way life is supposed to be, and not recieve the support they need from non-professional family, friends, and community.

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Well, according to the poll actually theres still a fair amount of bronies without any disorders. So i guess maybe you and me ain't so alone.

 

And i suppose thats your way of thinking of it, your perspective, its ok.

 

I haven't gone through any family member death, so i can't really vouch my reaction, but I will say that while i'm totally ok with crying i don't cry much at all.

 

I see, well i guess i'll just work with the info you gave me ;p.

 

And sorry to hear about the Aspergers.

 

However i must agree very much so, you have an incredible amount of music talent, and i can vouch for it being a trumpet player myself. And thus a musician, and i can say your work is quite awesome.

 

Your talents make me kinda jealous ;p.

 

I guess theres bright sides to essentially everything in a way.

 

Ah i see, i can imagine that being scared to death of toilets flushing would prove for some difficulties.

 

Heck, even me myself i find that some in public bathrooms are way to freaking loud...

 

And ah i see, sorry to hear about that. But i'm glad you mostly got over it, if i ever see you I'll try not to hug you and restrain myself. Unless you really want me to.

 

And i was quite a picky eater when i was younger actually, but after i got into the teenage years that kinda faded away as I got more hungry and just ended up eating whatever was around.

 

And your writing a self help book? That is an awesome idea, Kudos to you! I wish you the best of luck!

 

And that is interesting, I do find alot of different mental disorders interesting, not just from curiosity, but overall interest.

 

And yep, the human mind is quite complex. Its what makes us all unique i suppose.

 

Sorry to hear :(.

 

And yeah, I think early diagnosis while helpful can sometimes be a bit inaccurate, depending i suppose.

 

Yeah, i have friends with Asthma, one forgot their inhaler after a band competition and had an attack afterwards, we had to have someone run to go get it, thankfully everything went ok. Scared me for a bit.

 

Ow. Sorry about that.

 

I have a question about eating disorders though if you don't mind asking. Are they like some kind of urge to binge or do other things, or is it like some kind of self confidence thing?

 

It just always confused me as to how exactly it causes these things.

 

So if you don't mind asking i'm curious. Thanks.

 

Not sure i know what schizo effective disorder is.

 

I know what the others are i think.

 

Isn't it bipolar disorder not syndrome though? Just curious, maybe i'm wrong.

 

Sorry to hear about all those though.

 

Well, i guess if we're talking about things in the past I might as well add that i use to be hypoglycemic to an extent when i was younger.

 

Basically it just meant that if i didn't have enough food and stuff to eat to keep my blood sugar up, i'd end up getting sick like i was going to vomit, and many times doing so.

 

Of course, it was not terribly frequent as i learned to eat good substantial amounts, and eventually it went away essentially all the way to my knowledge, as far as I know now i could go atleast 1-2 meals and not get super sick. I've got 1 meal plenty times. Where as when i was younger even skipping a meal for a little bit might make me sick.

 

But its not a current thing, so i don't really include it anymore, plus idk how serious i'd say it actually really was. Happended mostly during boy scout camp.

Hm, sounds like a bit of an interesting theory, but i don't know if thats possible ;p.

 

Maybe you just have one of the diagnosis happy doctors.

 

Oh, sorry i didn't quite know how to put it. I kinda meant like things along disorders and different irregularities i suppose? Syndromes, stuff like that.

 

I couldn't quite find out how to put it to make sense. So sorry for the confusion.

 

On a side note i've luckily not had any serious injuries yet, i'll probably have my time soon enough, but still.

 

 

I don't even know what half those mean actually to be honest.

 

On a side note, i weight like 120 or so and i'm like 5 "10, i use to weight like right at 100 for a long while ;p.

 

I think maybe the ice cream is all catching up to me ;p.

 

Although i do still have a really fast metabolism.

 

No disorder though.

 

Sorry to hear about em all btw though.

I see, well i don't think i'd want to take medicine, since well, i don't know people who really want to take medicine exactly, but yeah.

 

I see, well idk about the SED, i was a picky eater when i was younger, but not ultra picky.

 

If you have the vomiting side affect or something then its possible, otherwise i wouldn't falsely diagnosis it to soon.

 

But idk really why people would think its weird if your OCD, and even the SED, which isn't even confirmed exactly. And they'd mostlikely just think of it as your picky.

 

And honestly don't feel bad if others in your family don't have disorders.

 

And honestly, "Normal" is a kinda subjective word.

 

I'm mean suree.. I'm "Normal" according to the doctors(That i've visited currently.) but honestly.. what is "normal" and whatever it is, i don't think i qualify as it, because i can be quite crazy ;p.

 

So yeah, "Normal" is a bit of a subjective word, we're all weird or crazy in our own way in my eyes :).

 

Omg sweets addict bro!

 

I also have a high metabolism, which does sometimes make things good, but at the same time makes it harder for me to feel encouraged to Not eat sweets. ;p.

 

I remember when i was younger my grandmother actually spoiled me even more then i spoiled myself, i had like atleast two ice cream cones a day... Sometimes 3...

 

I really need to cut off on my sweets, right now i only eat ice cream like once a day really.. But thats not good enough. Really need to kinda cut back, before i end up dead before 30...

 

But my blasted sweet tooth!

 

Huh?

It's something you can't control,like a stringed puppet or somebody using a remote control.It starts off as "I'm going to cut down a bit and excersize more" it pays off and you start thinking "I like this,maybe thinner" Start skipping a meal or two...Next thing you know you weigh 80lbs and after starving yourself you binge.You gain weight and it makes you feel like crying,"I want to be 90lbs...80...70...60...I want to die".
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I'm actually not sure how to vote here. On one hand, I'm sure that I have an anxiety disorder of some sort and a child psychologist gave me a test to take and bring back so I could get a diagnosis. However, my mom didn't believe I had one at all so she never took me back. So, I guess I'll vote no, as I haven't been officially diagnosed with anything as of right now.

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It's something you can't control,like a stringed puppet or somebody using a remote control.It starts off as "I'm going to cut down a bit and excersize more" it pays off and you start thinking "I like this,maybe thinner" Start skipping a meal or two...Next thing you know you weigh 80lbs and after starving yourself you binge.You gain weight and it makes you feel like crying,"I want to be 90lbs...80...70...60...I want to die".

Oh ok, that makes sense, sorry to hear about it :/. Glad your getting better though.

I was diagnosed with autism. I had no idea I had it until way later in my life when my parents did tell me. It certainly explains why I memorize things better than anyone else and why I have so much talent in music. It also explains my inability to understand facial expressions...

yeah, my parents didn't even tell me about a purely speculated Dyslexia diagnosis, which i found through some of my own research is mostlikely incorrect as i'm missing some more important symptoms.

 

But I guess it was nice to finally understand things about yourself, and i'm sure you don't mind the extra talent, i wouldn't ;p.

 

I have been diagonised with autism. In the early 1980s I had to leave school and I moved to a pschyciatric hospital for kids way back then.

Oh they didn't even keep them in schools? That sucks :/. Sorry about that.

 

While I have never been diagnosed with any particular disorder (probably because I have never been to a doctor to get diagnosed with one) I am pretty sure that I have both ADD and Social Anxiety Disorder.

I have been to doctors, but none have really been qualified to test me, and non have suspected anything.

 

My eye doctor thought i was dyslexic, but i never got that officially checked, and with some self research I learned that i wasn't.

 

Overall i'd be careful with self diagnosis, aswell as some doctors.

 

Everyone's got something wrong with them. If you spend enough time with a mental health specialist... they'll find a disorder for you to fit in with. Just look at how big the DSM-V is. 

I guess its possibly true, especially if they are the type who just want money.

 

ADHD, OCD, and a minor form of autism.....

 

But you wouldn't be able to tell after I take my crazy pills  :blink:

Yeah i guess not. Although alot of people i know don't like taking pills, which i don't blame them for exactly ;p.

 

I have Aspergers Syndrome, but I've also been wrongly diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder. It makes for a good talking point... XD Apparently, according to the quack who said I had a personality disorder, I should be at least a serial killer by now. :blink:

Oh i see. 

 

And haha yeah i guess it would make for a good talking point. You can be like "Haha so according to this nutty doctor i'm suppose to be a serial killer :). " 

 

I hope that doesn't come off as offensive. 

 

I have a light case of OCD (numberphile) and I wear glasses (I can still see without them though).

I have also had an operation done on my... (Uh, wang?).

 

I also have an addiction to Crvena zvezda. :D

 

I see.

 

And oh.. uh, i don't know if i want to know the details on that..

 

You might have had an awful experience, but it doesn't change anything about the fact that I find myself feeling happier and sharper while on medication than off and that my experience with psychiatry has been fairly good. There are problems in the field, yes, but at the very least I can vouch for myself. 

Yeah i guess it just varies from person to person maybe? Maybe it helps some, but some it doesn't.

 

Theres no denying the field of diagnosing mental disorders has problems, like false diagnosis and stuff, but there is certainly real cases.

 

Sorry that it has to come out in response to your post, but stereotypes and misconceptions about disorders and mental illness are a pet peeve of mine. And boy, are they everywhere.

 

Obsessive-compulsive disorder is actually a pretty painful thing to live with, but it's become a stereotype that has little to nothing to do with the actual disorder. I speak as someone who had an uncle with OCD, has frequently been involved in anxiety support groups, and is dating someone with OCPD (which has similarities). I don't disagree that the US has some issues with the way it goes about diagnosing and treating people (the country where people who hate kids become teachers because at least it's work... sigh), but the problem doesn't lie in the fact that there are disorders that are not visible and physical.

 

Fake OCD is a cute, funny, pretend thing where people are very clean and organized. Ha ha, how silly! She's so OCD that she organizes her entire desk and gets angry when you move things. Ha ha! What a joke of a disorder! America is so dumb for diagnosing this fake problem and Americans are even dumber for believing they have a problem.

 

Nah.

 

Real OCD involves obsessive thoughts that people can't or struggle to stop. They may have thoughts of hurting others or hurting themselves even if they don't have a violent personality. They may have thoughts of their loved ones dying, things spiraling out of control, or of bad things happening. They alleviate these anxieties through compulsions, which are specific actions or rituals designed to "prevent" them even if it's irrational and they know it. It can become a nasty, restrictive way of living that can cause people to question who they are and whether or not they're a good person.

 

I try to call this out whenever I see it because there are real people out there who are suffering with real problems. If other people believe their conditions are trivial or fake because they just keep passing around wrong information and pretending that something that doesn't interfere with their functioning is a disorder, then the ones suffering will hesitate to reach out, think that the way they're living is just the way life is supposed to be, and not recieve the support they need from non-professional family, friends, and community.

Yeah, alot of people just simply haven't done research enough on different disorders and don't understand totally what they're symptoms are. So lose interpretations of the symptoms spread around.

 

Theres plenty of mis-diagnosis' out there, but there are plenty real ones for sure. 

 

Honestly alot of people i know at school hardly know about the more what i consider well known disorders. If they do its a very lose interpretation.

 

Maybe i'm just nerdy and have done research ;p. And even i haven't done research on alot of disorders

 

I'm actually not sure how to vote here. On one hand, I'm sure that I have an anxiety disorder of some sort and a child psychologist gave me a test to take and bring back so I could get a diagnosis. However, my mom didn't believe I had one at all so she never took me back. So, I guess I'll vote no, as I haven't been officially diagnosed with anything as of right now.

Well i guess if its not official i wouldn't say its for sure, but its worth mentioning regardless.

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I was diagnosed with low functioning autism as a young child in Kindergarten, I was forced to take a IQ test and this was not the case.

However I do have many traits of ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and so I have my reservations about just how far away the stick was from the tree. However it works with my view of the Autism spectrum anyway.

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