Topic: Insane in the Brain (Read 3825 times)

Arc · « **on:** October 04, 2008, 08:55:20 AM »

Quote from: Lyrai on October 04, 2008, 12:40:37 AM

I have a mental illness

You never told us this. Not once.

Air · « **Reply #1 on:** October 04, 2008, 10:27:59 AM »

Quote from: Rock on October 04, 2008, 08:55:20 AM

Quote from: Lyrai on October 04, 2008, 12:40:37 AM
I have a mental illness

You never told us this. Not once.

Suddenly, it all makes since.

Course I bet you could all clearly see my ADHD, Bipolar, Asburger, and... Hmm... I could swear there was a fourth one. Well, must not have been important.

Detonator · « **Reply #2 on:** October 04, 2008, 10:35:35 AM »

Quote from: Air on October 04, 2008, 10:27:59 AM

Ass burger

Oh yeah, had that called weeks ago.

sei · « **Reply #3 on:** October 04, 2008, 12:47:34 PM »

I think Oppositional Defiant Disorder is one of my front-runners for seems-like-bullshit conditions.

A² · « **Reply #4 on:** October 04, 2008, 01:35:04 PM »

Quote from: Rock on October 04, 2008, 08:55:20 AM

Quote from: Lyrai on October 04, 2008, 12:40:37 AM
I have a mental illness

You never told us this. Not once.

It was on the old pyoko boards. I missed out on a generation of gaming because it caused me to be in a mental institution for 6 months.

sei · « **Reply #5 on:** October 04, 2008, 01:35:46 PM »

Only six months?

A² · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2008, 01:48:54 PM »

Quote from: Flash Tran on October 04, 2008, 01:35:46 PM

Only six months?

Treatment worked! It was a very remote Mental Hospital, with a focus on teens, so it was relativlely fast.

(Severe ADHD/Bi-Polar, by the way. Went into an episode and almost killed someone and didn't even realize I was doing it)

Catloaf · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2008, 01:54:52 PM »

Quote from: Lyrai on October 04, 2008, 01:48:54 PM

Went into an episode and almost killed someone and didn't even realize I was doing it

You have piqued my curiosity. If it's not to much trouble, please elaborate.

A² · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2008, 01:57:22 PM »

There's...not much to elaborate on, really. That's what happened. Said person did something, I got mad, didn't realize I was getting out of shape..next thing I know I'm grabbing their neck and swinging them around like a doll. If the adults hadn't shown up when they did, they'd have died.

Detonator · « **Reply #9 on:** October 04, 2008, 02:04:54 PM »

Oh yeah, this is getting split. I think it's worthy of its own topic instead of going straight to jail.

François · « **Reply #10 on:** October 04, 2008, 02:08:51 PM »

Quote from: Flash Tran on October 04, 2008, 12:47:34 PM

I think Oppositional Defiant Disorder is one of my front-runners for seems-like-bullshit conditions.

Quote from: Dr. Suchong

"Until Adam, you could no more domesticate a child than a boa constrictor."

Air · « **Reply #11 on:** October 04, 2008, 02:31:41 PM »

Quote from: Flash Tran on October 04, 2008, 12:47:34 PM

I think Oppositional Defiant Disorder is one of my front-runners for seems-like-bullshit conditions.

# deliberate attempts to annoy or upset people
# blaming others for his or her mistakes or misbehavior
# often being touchy or easily annoyed by others
# frequent anger and resentment
# mean and hateful talking when upset
# seeking revenge

...

Catloaf · « **Reply #12 on:** October 04, 2008, 02:43:54 PM »

Since this is now a I'M CRAZY

!!! thread,

The worst things my depression did were:

On one occasion, I felt, well, sort of numb. More like I was a thin, wiry creature in a thick, rubbery flesh suit. I'm just glad I never went crazy enough to attempt to free myself of the suit.

On another occasion, I tried knocking myself out with a baseball bat. Because in my depression, one of the few things I hated more than myself were emo kids, and cutting myself just wouldn't do.

I love my pills.

Guild · « **Reply #13 on:** October 04, 2008, 03:29:10 PM »

I am happy that my brain works goodly.

A² · « **Reply #14 on:** October 04, 2008, 05:20:58 PM »

But yeah, I've had a less than ideal life, what with insurance companies and a lot of people convinced psych is a load of bunk. What are your guys' thoughts on that?

Air · « **Reply #15 on:** October 04, 2008, 05:28:38 PM »

Well, some girl I worked with was saying that all those mental illnesses were bullshit because they wern't there 20 years ago. I told her I guess that makes STDs bullshit too

.

Anyone who doesn't think this shit is real is a moron.

sei · « **Reply #16 on:** October 04, 2008, 05:30:34 PM »

The state of the field as a whole?

Psychiatric medicine (read: drugs) can provide a lot of benefit in daily operation. Adderall did fucking WONDERS for my productivity.

I've never really been big on every-day [psycho]therapy.

I'm not really informed enough to say anything about cognitive therapy.

Doom · « **Reply #17 on:** October 04, 2008, 05:30:42 PM »

They're real, but they are also used as a crutch for a lot of dim-witted failures, like guys who can't earn $400 in two weeks of minimum wage work.

Brentai · « **Reply #18 on:** October 04, 2008, 05:31:59 PM »

Man, I remember when syphilis was first discovered in 1988.

sei · « **Reply #19 on:** October 04, 2008, 05:33:12 PM »

I'm a bit concerned that some of the disorders which get introduced are just small clusters of symptoms with little-to-no descriptive power when it comes to identifying the underlying problem or how to fix it.

"You have a case of the ANGRY. Pay me $100/wk to come talk about it until the problem goes away."

News:

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