Nationstates' Mental illness thread.

[Atomic Utopia]

You should see their propaganda "Museum of Death" essentially they claim Psychiatry caused the Holocaust (not kidding). Bonus points for blaming proto-psychiatrists for killing George Washington. The main doctors decided not to do a lifesaving operation, and instead bloodletted them to the point of George begging them to go away so they could die. There was a great video from crash course noting how no one would dare make fun of a polio victim, yet they seem to have a free for all when it comes to the mentally ill.

I know Scintology is a nutty cult, that is why I used it as an example, but that deserves its own thread.

[Lunatic Goofballs]

Aww. It's been weeks since I've driven someone nuts.

Well the last time you did it became the reason Mars is a vast uninhabitable expanse.

I learned a lot from that experiment. Next time it will go better. Europa or bust.

[Torisakia]

There are a lot of people who claim that people with social anxiety are simply shy. Being shy and having social anxiety are actually two very different things. People who are shy don't speak much at first but then often open up as they become more comfortable. As to where people with social anxiety find it hard to become comfortable in social situations no matter how many times they are faced with them, at least in my experience.

Well yes there is the small minority that pretends to have a mental illness, but mental illness is just as real as regular illness.

Also, why is abstract thinking a symptom of altimeters disease?

I don't remember ever saying that they weren't.

[Calimera II]

Fortunately, I don't have any mental illness.

I bet I could give you one.

Well, if it's free......

[Napkiraly]

I've suffered from severe bouts of depression, well for a long time now. Might be partially genetic, most likely just the kind of early life I had. Resulted in, to date my first and only, serious suicide attempt almost two months ago. Currently being treated for my severe depression since I'm still in a bout. May not seem like it, but I jack myself up with tons of caffeine nearly everyday so that I can 'act' more 'normal'.

[Justin States]

I bet I could give you one.

Well, if it's free......

Why, would you want one...?

[Herrebrugh]

Well, if it's free......

Why, would you want one...?

They're just joking around.

[Justin States]

Why, would you want one...?

They're just joking around.

Yes I knew that.

[Herrebrugh]

They're just joking around.

Yes I knew that.

My mistake. I should learn to properly pronounce commas >.>

[Westeastern Dicantia]

My dad's side has a history of mental illness. I know for a fact he's struggled with bipolar disorder for decades. He's got help and medicine, and he's been stable for as long as I can remember, so it's not a huge familial problem. I was lucky (heh) enough to inherit a couple of illnesses, at the moment, the official diagnoses is depression and suicidal ideations most likely caused by social anxiety with bipolar 2 as a possibility. I had a couple of samples taken and sent in to better understand my metabolism's response to medicines, the first couple of which I showed a fairly high sensitivity to. The next time I'm in, I could be prescribed any number of medication I previously had no idea existed, some of which are antipsychotics. So, hooray for me?

[Xanama]

I think I do though, I don't like loud noises or yelling, reminds me of my past, (see page 3 or 4 I think, I I explained it to Transyl )

Then you probably do have PTSD...

Yeah.... plus, depression and pessimism don't mix, I'm basically a danger to myself...

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Had pretty severe depression and anxiety my entire life. Anxiety is getting better, but the rare panic attack is pretty shitty.

Tend to cope with both through excessive alcohol consumption.

[Benian Republic]

I used to have insomnia and depression but with the help of friends (and other things) I got better, if everyone just reached out to a random person on the street that seemed like they were having trouble it would be a much better world.

[Torisakia]

I used to have insomnia and depression but with the help of friends (and other things) I got better, if everyone just reached out to a random person on the street that seemed like they were having trouble it would be a much better world.

It would, but unfortunately we're stuck with a mentality that a lot of people have that if they go to others for help or are offered help from others that it'll only make things worse.

[Justin States]

Had pretty severe depression and anxiety my entire life. Anxiety is getting better, but the rare panic attack is pretty shitty.

Tend to cope with both through excessive alcohol consumption.

Same. Except for the Anxiety isn't getting better.

[Xanama]

I used to have insomnia and depression but with the help of friends (and other things) I got better, if everyone just reached out to a random person on the street that seemed like they were having trouble it would be a much better world.

My depression doesn't get better, as I try to die everyday, I try to get help but it never works for me. I'll always have a fake smile, then cry every time I'm alone. Basically all my disorders rule my life, they've broken me.

[Atomic Utopia]

When I was in the worst of it, I would get mad when people said "be optimistic" or "look on the bright side" or "be happy". Yeah, that was as meaningless as saying "synergize your paradigms".

Do you know how absolutely important it is to synergize the paradigms in a corporation. If you do not, my god, the world might explode or something.

In all seriousness, while I have never been diagnosed with clinical depression nor experienced it, I have noted that people being excessively "look on the bright side of life" and so on when I am most obviously not tends not to end well, and most often with me being far far more sad than before because where is this "bright side of life they speak of, eh?


EDIT: "Abstract Thinking" is a symptom for altimeters? That is new.

[Benian Republic]

I used to have insomnia and depression but with the help of friends (and other things) I got better, if everyone just reached out to a random person on the street that seemed like they were having trouble it would be a much better world.

My depression doesn't get better, as I try to die everyday, I try to get help but it never works for me. I'll always have a fake smile, then cry every time I'm alone. Basically all my disorders rule my life, they've broken me.

Well maybe if you know what's the cause of the problem you should confront it head on, it's what works for me but maybe not you.

[Benian Republic]

Had pretty severe depression and anxiety my entire life. Anxiety is getting better, but the rare panic attack is pretty shitty.

Tend to cope with both through excessive alcohol consumption.

That's how I kinda dealt with it, although drinking occasionally to deal with problems doesn't seem all that bad.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

Had pretty severe depression and anxiety my entire life. Anxiety is getting better, but the rare panic attack is pretty shitty.

Tend to cope with both through excessive alcohol consumption.

That's how I kinda dealt with it, although drinking occasionally to deal with problems doesn't seem all that bad.

But drinking every time you feel bad, leading to drinking excessively every day, even when you have to work the next day, and drinking all day on days off, developing into full-on physical addiction, is kind of bad.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

I used to have insomnia and depression but with the help of friends (and other things) I got better, if everyone just reached out to a random person on the street that seemed like they were having trouble it would be a much better world.

My depression doesn't get better, as I try to die everyday, I try to get help but it never works for me. I'll always have a fake smile, then cry every time I'm alone. Basically all my disorders rule my life, they've broken me.

Tried medication?

[Snowfall the Unicorn]

Is narcissism actually a mental disorder or am I just delusional and making excuses for being an arrogant jackass?

[Yumyumsuppertime]

ADHD, agoraphobia with panic disorder, PTSD from living on the streets, various and sundry social anxieties.

I'm a mess.

[Benian Republic]

That's how I kinda dealt with it, although drinking occasionally to deal with problems doesn't seem all that bad.

But drinking every time you feel bad, leading to drinking excessively every day, even when you have to work the next day, and drinking all day on days off, developing into full-on physical addiction, is kind of bad.

Yeah I guess, but the occasional drink to steady your nerves or deal with someone can't be that bad for you.

[Prussia-Steinbach]

But drinking every time you feel bad, leading to drinking excessively every day, even when you have to work the next day, and drinking all day on days off, developing into full-on physical addiction, is kind of bad.

Yeah I guess, but the occasional drink to steady your nerves or deal with someone can't be that bad for you.

My issue is that I can't have "the occasional drink." I start and don't stop until I run out or pass out.