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 Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 1:25 pm
I've been wondering something for a while. Is there such thing as mental disorders? Can someone's way of thinking really be considered an "illness"?
I say this as a person who's had some diagnoses themself. When I was young, I was diagnosed with ADHD and Asperger's Syndrome. But I was a kid back then. Perhaps my age is a good enough explanation for my abnormalities. They don't need to put these labels onto my brain.
Then when I got older, I managed to function well with other people. In fact, most people don't know I was supposedly "autistic". This got me to questioning if I ever had ADHD or Aspergers in the first place. I was just being a normal kid, and now I'm a normal adolescent.
It's true that a few character traits of mine matched these "disorders", but I don't think that's evidence of something either way. Even now, some people online accuse me of having different disorders based on my own character traits. I know they're no doctors, but it made me realize how easy it is to just assume someone has a mental illness.
Perhaps all or most "mental disorders" are just people being people. Do we really have to say there's a "right" way of thinking, and medicate those whose thinking is "disorderly"?
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2016 9:15 pm
There is no right or wrong, there is no normal or abnormal. Everyone is different. The fact that most people still try to separate others into categories of "Us" and "Them" is ridiculous. We're all human. We should treat each other as such.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 12:00 am
Delusiah There is no right or wrong, there is no normal or abnormal. Everyone is different. The fact that most people still try to separate others into categories of "Us" and "Them" is ridiculous. We're all human. We should treat each other as such.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:18 am
Kyotsuke Akihime Delusiah There is no right or wrong, there is no normal or abnormal. Everyone is different. The fact that most people still try to separate others into categories of "Us" and "Them" is ridiculous. We're all human. We should treat each other as such. Nope. Oh, did you get my reply to your last PM? I had been responding from the phone app, so I don't know if it went through since that's more than a little glitchy with PMs.
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Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 11:35 am
I suffer from ADHD dyslexia and Pddnos and i have mental ilmus If you have anything you want to ask Pm me we can talk about having autisme -snufkin
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 1:01 am
snufkin jr I suffer from ADHD dyslexia and Pddnos and i have mental ilmus If you have anything you want to ask Pm me we can talk about having autisme -snufkin
You know, I have something I want to ask. Don't hate me for being a skeptic, but that's what this thread is for. Is dyslexia a real disorder? Ones like these are the "mental illnesses" that make me wonder if they actually exist.
As I said earlier, I'm not even sure that I am autistic. Yeah, I was diagnosed at a young age, but I was able to overcome the hurdles of my supposed "Asperger's" with relative ease when compared to others.
It would be really nice to hear some feedback from this, whether it be agreement or opposition. Sorry I hadn't responded sooner. I thought everyone forgot this thread.
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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:15 am
Kyotsuke Akihime snufkin jr I suffer from ADHD dyslexia and Pddnos and i have mental ilmus If you have anything you want to ask Pm me we can talk about having autisme -snufkin
You know, I have something I want to ask. Don't hate me for being a skeptic, but that's what this thread is for. Is dyslexia a real disorder? Ones like these are the "mental illnesses" that make me wonder if they actually exist.
As I said earlier, I'm not even sure that I am autistic. Yeah, I was diagnosed at a young age, but I was able to overcome the hurdles of my supposed "Asperger's" with relative ease when compared to others.
It would be really nice to hear some feedback from this, whether it be agreement or opposition. Sorry I hadn't responded sooner. I thought everyone forgot this thread. dyslixa is a real thing i see and read difrent then you you can read they cat is waking with bob i can be reading they cat is waking with dod letters changs in my head when reading them
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:13 pm
snufkin jr dyslixa is a real thing i see and read difrent then you you can read they cat is waking with bob i can be reading they cat is waking with dod letters changs in my head when reading them
Most mental "disorders" I see are strictly behavioral, like the aforementioned Asperger's. Often times, they just take some slightly unusual thoughts or actions and classify it as a disorder.
I can understand things like dyslexia, where it's actually affected by the brain, being a disorder. However, things like OCD, BPD, BDD, and so on get me skeptical. I draw the line at "eating disorders", even anorexia or pica. You control what you eat through your own free will. A disorder doesn't decide what goes into your body for you.
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:16 pm
Kyotsuke Akihime snufkin jr dyslixa is a real thing i see and read difrent then you you can read they cat is waking with bob i can be reading they cat is waking with dod letters changs in my head when reading them
Most mental "disorders" I see are strictly behavioral, like the aforementioned Asperger's. Often times, they just take some slightly unusual thoughts or actions and classify it as a disorder.
I can understand things like dyslexia, where it's actually affected by the brain, being a disorder. However, things like OCD, BPD, BDD, and so on get me skeptical. I draw the line at "eating disorders", even anorexia or pica. You control what you eat through your own free will. A disorder doesn't decide what goes into your body for you. what do you mean by draw they line at eating disotres? are you saying that not a real thing or am i miss reading ?
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2016 12:39 pm
snufkin jr what do you mean by draw they line at eating disotres? are you saying that not a real thing or am i miss reading ?
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 7:07 am
I don't think unipenguins are real.
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Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2016 9:02 pm
Mental illnesses do really exist, but they can often be misdiagnosed. That doesn't necessarily mean they're nonexistent. People have been misdiagnosed with physical disorders, but that doesn't mean the physical disorders don't exist.
Aspergers and ADHD are particularly prone to misdiagnosis, as it's difficult to tell what's a child being awkward and hyper and what is an actual lifelong disorder. But brain scans have proven that chemical levels in the brain are noticeably different for people with various disorders.
Aspergers and ADHD are also both high-functioning disorders, meaning they can be overcome fairly well compared to more severe disorders.
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Posted: Fri Nov 04, 2016 2:14 pm
Call Me Nefret Mental illnesses do really exist, but they can often be misdiagnosed. That doesn't necessarily mean they're nonexistent. People have been misdiagnosed with physical disorders, but that doesn't mean the physical disorders don't exist.
Aspergers and ADHD are particularly prone to misdiagnosis, as it's difficult to tell what's a child being awkward and hyper and what is an actual lifelong disorder. But brain scans have proven that chemical levels in the brain are noticeably different for people with various disorders.
Aspergers and ADHD are also both high-functioning disorders, meaning they can be overcome fairly well compared to more severe disorders. This right here is correct i have ADHD and got the brain scan done to verify it but most people cant really tell i do unless they interact with me as a friend due to most of my Ticks / things that tip people off are hard to notice now as i have tried to overcome it with out using medicine but i do know others are not able to function normally with out it.
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Posted: Tue Nov 08, 2016 8:31 pm
I think I had Asperger Syndrome too. But you know, normal is only a matter of perspective. What I see as normal doesn't really look normal to everyone, and vice versa. So yeah, just be yourself and respect life
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2016 8:00 am
There is no normal. The normal is a lie.
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