Wierd question, but I'm asking because I have Chronic Anxiety, with a dash of minor depression thrown in.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
I have no idea why.
I do have ADD.
I also think I am batshit crazy.
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And then people use said classifications to lean upon as an excuse for when the time arise.
And the truth is, most of us are not anywhere near a form of mind that is so extremely different from the norm that we could classify ourselves.
P.S. No, it's not a pysch lesson, just my opinion. Fuck ya.
P.P.S. And, I bet, most of us have been classified at one point in their lives. I also think most of those classifications are total bullshit, too. [ 11-24-2003: Message edited by: Black ]
Insanely layered conversations, anyone?
I don't think I have ADD but Leopold has accused me of it on occasion. Like Led mentioned, my conversations are extremely layered. I think it's more due to my way of thinking than anything, but it's hard for people to follow. Whatever. ;P
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Personally, I think the whole disorder thing is bullshit. This thread alone shows how many people 'have' them, and if they're this common are they really that unusual or that much of a disorder?
ALSO (it's edit day!), I don't think I was ever major depressive. I think the whole thing is a bunch of bullshit but whatever. Um, yeah. Moving on. [ 11-24-2003: Message edited by: Suddar ]
I prefer to flip off diagnoses and call myself mentally healthy.
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Nina had this to say about Tron:
I prefer to flip off diagnoses and call myself mentally healthy.
Hear, hear. 99%+ of it is BS.
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Everyone wondered WTF when Cowboy Darius wrote:
Hear, hear. 99%+ of it is BS.
Yep. The real "disorders" we have to be worrying about are the ones that land you in instutions. The way they're tossed around today, it'd make the common cold sound like AIDS.
"Oh, you have GAD?! Good lord, you poor soul!" Whatever. 
quote:I'd say closer to 90%
I alone love Cowboy Darius. I alone tempt Cowboy Darius:
Hear, hear. 99%+ of it is BS.
Actually I was just fucking hyper and they didn't want to deal with me.
It's not something people hear about.
The more interesting half of my mental condition is my family history; my father's entire side of the family is loaded with serious mental illness: from manic-depressives, to schizophrenia, to just plain old dementia if you go back far enough, they weren't naming mental illnesses when my family started going nuts. I know seven relatives on that side of the family- every one with a serious diagnosed mental illness, and five with issues serious enough to require time in a mental ward (in one case for quite a few years, possibly a decade or two, I've never gotten the details).
By pretty much any genetic account of pre-disposition, I'm a walking mental timebomb. Objectively, it suprises me that I'm even functional, let alone as genrerally well-adjusted as I am.
... They say schizophrenia often stikes in the early 20's, though...
In the beginning the Universe was created.Douglas Adams, 1952-2001
I forgot.
But as far as my chronic anxiety, I worry about things that I'm guessing most people don't.
Worrying about car wrecks. Worrying so much that I get no sleep all night. Whwnever I have a job interview, I stay up all night, thinking of the possibilites. I have whatifs going through my head ALL THE TIME. It's worse when I'm stressed - then, dealing with it drives me to tears. I KNOW that something is this way, but I find myself worrying over the .00000000000005% statistical probability.
I worry about myself, other poeple, strangers. Sometimes, even though I KNOW it won't happen, I keep finding myself thinking about being mugged in an open store. I'm nervous a lot.
Eventually, I get into a repitious cycle, worrying about my worrying, and I end up in depression. I know there is something wrong with me because when I stopped going to therapy/taking meds, I felt BETTER - but I regressed. It's not my fault; chronic anxiety has frequent regressions, especially when you are stressed - I've been sick for almost 5 weeks, finals are here, I broke up with my boyfriend not long ago, and we're remodeling.
So I, at least, know that my diagnosis is true.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Oscar 3/Xray 1 had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Nothing, I am the perfect image of mental health.
Other than epilepsy and constant lapses of stupidity.
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It's all fun fun.
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Mr. Parcelan had this to say about Knight Rider:
I've been diagnosed with a bad case ofawesomenessdelusions of grandeur.
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Alek Saege probably says this to all the girls:
Other than epilepsy and constant lapses of stupidity.
Eh?
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Oscar 3/Xray 1 had this to say about the Spice Girls:
Eh?
Nonono, he was sharing his illnesses, see. He quoted you by accident.
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Monica stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Nonono, he was sharing his illnesses, see. He quoted you by accident.
Exactly... wait, somehow I detect an insult in what you said. 
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Alek Saege had this to say about pies:
Exactly... wait, somehow I detect an insult in what you said.
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Naimah stopped staring at Deedlit long enough to write:
I have a headache does that count?
Do robots come out of your head?
Around 10th grade I was diagnosed as Bipolar. I wasnt really, I never had the high swings, just the low ones. Those have gone away somewhat, but have come back over the past month or so really hardcore. Bleh, I'm puttin up with em
*is dragged away in a straightjacket by two men in labcoats...*
Whee.
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