Mental Illness..

kirakaydawn
kirakaydawn Posts: 211
edited November 2023 in Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
They say a lot of people suffer from it these days..

Does anyone have anything a lil more serious then Just depression tho?

I'm not saying it isn't important.. Just.. Idk..

I feel like the only crazy one in this world..
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  • Littlemouse1973
    Littlemouse1973 Posts: 21 Member
    My mum has Bi Polar II ...
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    I have Multiple Personality Disorder..
  • Articeluvsmemphis
    Articeluvsmemphis Posts: 1,987 Member
    I'm not sure where the standard for "normal" came in at, I think we're all a little nutty which is normal. We all get depressed it's just a problem when it controls your life and you can't function. But what is functioning? lol, okay I'm just teasing now, but seriously, no-one is completely normal
  • paravision
    paravision Posts: 148
    I have severe anxiety and OCD so for me of course I have a scale,I think about it all day ect thats the OCD. The anxiety doesnt let me relax and makes me worry that on days like the weekend if I dont work out I will gain weight and loose progress. It also makes sleeping hard. I hope by working out I will up my energy, get rid of the naps and be tired enough to pass out at night :o)
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    i have so much trouble sleeping until about 4 nights ago my mate suggested I get this App and so I did..

    Its 20 minute of this guy talking and I literally fall asleep after like 10 minutes lol
  • miriamtorason
    miriamtorason Posts: 208 Member
    Multiple-source PTSD and whitecoat hypertension. Interestingly, these were all "given" to me from external sources.
  • paravision
    paravision Posts: 148
    i have so much trouble sleeping until about 4 nights ago my mate suggested I get this App and so I did..

    Its 20 minute of this guy talking and I literally fall asleep after like 10 minutes lol

    Whats MPD and how does it affect you?
  • littleali
    littleali Posts: 179 Member
    Borderline Personality Disorder (OCD comes from it, as does my EDnos) and depression.
  • chicky89
    chicky89 Posts: 260 Member
    Mental illness has been growing unfortuantly.

    I dont have one, but dated my ex for a year and a half with a dual diagnosis. (ADHD and Schizophrenia) I didn't find out til the end of our relationship, which ended with him being in jail, and the cops telling me he had schizophrenia. Yah, I was young and nieve.

    Im also working with adults with Autism, who alot have a dual diagnosis. Autism with schizophrenia, autism with bi polar.

    It is out there, your not alone! :)
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    lol 'just' depression.
    I have depression, PTSD, generalized anxiety, and probably OCD and EDnos too.
    Fyi depression is pretty 'serious'. Lots of people die from it. Doesn't get much more serious than that.
  • Artemis_Acorn
    Artemis_Acorn Posts: 836 Member
    One of my dearest friends developed a form of Schizophrenia in her 40s. They think that she was genetically predisposed to it but it didn't trigger for some reason until she hit a particularly stressful period.
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    i have so much trouble sleeping until about 4 nights ago my mate suggested I get this App and so I did..

    Its 20 minute of this guy talking and I literally fall asleep after like 10 minutes lol

    Whats MPD and how does it affect you?

    I have things we call clicks basically it means I have no idea whats going on but I function normally..
    sometimes I do htings a lil crazy like the other day I had a click and when I became"Me" again I was sitting across the road in a paddock in the rain..

    Other times I will go about my business normal and then just have to get reminded things happen..

    I talk differently during a click I pronounce things wrong *which anyone who knows me knows I hate cause speech is something I hate when people do wrong*

    and I have trouble sleeping..

    sometimes I will go to sleep for an hour and wake up thinking I have slept for 8 or more hours and will have NO luck at all going back to sleep..

    We call my Alter Sarah.. She's a b*tch tells it like it is..
    It's almost like that voice in your head that wants to say all this stuff..

    basically my voice builds up until I have a click.. then everyone gets to know what I think..

    These days I try to not hold it in cause clicks suck some last a few hours other times its minutes..
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    lol 'just' depression.
    I have depression, PTSD, generalized anxiety, and probably OCD and EDnos too.
    Fyi depression is pretty 'serious'. Lots of people die from it. Doesn't get much more serious than that.

    I didn't mean that it wasn't serious.. I have depression..
    I just more meant a lil more non discussed.
  • Healthyby30
    Healthyby30 Posts: 1,349 Member
    I work in a psychology office and honestly I was/still am quite surprised with what I have learned about people and mental illness. I can't believe all the people I know (live in a small town) that go in there, and I had absolutely no idea with their diagnoses. You're not alone hun! :flowerforyou:

    ETA: I wish the general public was more understanding of people who do have mental illness though, I hate the word "crazy"
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    One of my dearest friends developed a form of Schizophrenia in her 40s. They think that she was genetically predisposed to it but it didn't trigger for some reason until she hit a particularly stressful period.

    Yeah my dr told me that sometimes people don't realize they have stuff until they hold stuff in and it just takes one event to make it all come out..

    Mine all started to show more around the time my best friend *may 06* and my uncle *august 06* committed suicide.
  • ellekay22
    ellekay22 Posts: 147 Member
    I have anxiety disorder. And I teach Dual Diagnosis children - mental health with social/emotional/behavioural issues and developmentally delays. Our days are very stressful, but when the kids learn I've got my own issues we accept and learn to appreciate our differences rather than focus on our own problems.

    My best advise, as I've seen it from both sides, is forging relationships with your healthcare professionals. If they don't want to know you, not just your problems, they aren't interested in treating the whole person, just the symptoms. Search for quality of life, not just "normalization."

    ...and I think it is more acceptable to say "I'm having issues." and seek help before we end up in long term care facilities.

    Blessings to all.
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    i have so much trouble sleeping until about 4 nights ago my mate suggested I get this App and so I did..

    Its 20 minute of this guy talking and I literally fall asleep after like 10 minutes lol

    Whats MPD and how does it affect you?

    I have things we call clicks basically it means I have no idea whats going on but I function normally..
    sometimes I do htings a lil crazy like the other day I had a click and when I became"Me" again I was sitting across the road in a paddock in the rain..

    Other times I will go about my business normal and then just have to get reminded things happen..

    I talk differently during a click I pronounce things wrong *which anyone who knows me knows I hate cause speech is something I hate when people do wrong*

    and I have trouble sleeping..

    sometimes I will go to sleep for an hour and wake up thinking I have slept for 8 or more hours and will have NO luck at all going back to sleep..

    We call my Alter Sarah.. She's a b*tch tells it like it is..
    It's almost like that voice in your head that wants to say all this stuff..

    basically my voice builds up until I have a click.. then everyone gets to know what I think..

    These days I try to not hold it in cause clicks suck some last a few hours other times its minutes..

    That must be really hard to manage. :( And your Alter has the same name as me!
    Just remember you're really not alone, there are a lot of us out here with mental illnesses. You're not 'crazy', and it's not your fault.
  • spongebob2509
    spongebob2509 Posts: 27 Member
    I have Bi-polar, PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD and have been hospitalised a number of times for psychosis. oh and dissociative disorder

    Its a living nightmare and then I go and add trying to loose weight to the mix lol.
  • chicky89
    chicky89 Posts: 260 Member

    ETA: I wish the general public was more understanding of people who do have mental illness though, I hate the word "crazy"

    I'm with you on that one... and the word retard!!! Drives me up the wall!!!!!!!!
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    I work in a psychology office and honestly I was/still am quite surprised with what I have learned about people and mental illness. I can't believe all the people I know (live in a small town) that go in there, and I had absolutely no idea with their diagnoses. You're not alone hun! :flowerforyou:

    ETA: I wish the general public was more understanding of people who do have mental illness though, I hate the word "crazy"

    yeah when I came out and told my friends they were surprised..
    I hate getting asked if I am like Me, Myself & Irene.. Nothing makes me crankier..
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    i have so much trouble sleeping until about 4 nights ago my mate suggested I get this App and so I did..

    Its 20 minute of this guy talking and I literally fall asleep after like 10 minutes lol

    Whats MPD and how does it affect you?

    I have things we call clicks basically it means I have no idea whats going on but I function normally..
    sometimes I do htings a lil crazy like the other day I had a click and when I became"Me" again I was sitting across the road in a paddock in the rain..

    Other times I will go about my business normal and then just have to get reminded things happen..

    I talk differently during a click I pronounce things wrong *which anyone who knows me knows I hate cause speech is something I hate when people do wrong*

    and I have trouble sleeping..

    sometimes I will go to sleep for an hour and wake up thinking I have slept for 8 or more hours and will have NO luck at all going back to sleep..

    We call my Alter Sarah.. She's a b*tch tells it like it is..
    It's almost like that voice in your head that wants to say all this stuff..

    basically my voice builds up until I have a click.. then everyone gets to know what I think..

    These days I try to not hold it in cause clicks suck some last a few hours other times its minutes..

    That must be really hard to manage. :( And your Alter has the same name as me!
    Just remember you're really not alone, there are a lot of us out here with mental illnesses. You're not 'crazy', and it's not your fault.

    It sucks more when my bf is around when it happens he doesnt understand it at all and just makes jokes..
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member
    lol 'just' depression.
    I have depression, PTSD, generalized anxiety, and probably OCD and EDnos too.
    Fyi depression is pretty 'serious'. Lots of people die from it. Doesn't get much more serious than that.

    I didn't mean that it wasn't serious.. I have depression..
    I just more meant a lil more non discussed.

    I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to come off as catty as it did.
    Sadly, as much as depression is discussed people still don't seem to understand it so I can only imagine how hard it is to try to explain MPD to people, or get people to understand. >.<
  • Healthyby30
    Healthyby30 Posts: 1,349 Member

    ETA: I wish the general public was more understanding of people who do have mental illness though, I hate the word "crazy"

    I'm with you on that one... and the word retard!!! Drives me up the wall!!!!!!!!

    Yes, I hate that word, too! Especially when people say, "that's retarded" and I hate when people say gay in that way, too!
  • carebear7951
    carebear7951 Posts: 404 Member
    lol 'just' depression.
    I have depression, PTSD, generalized anxiety, and probably OCD and EDnos too.
    Fyi depression is pretty 'serious'. Lots of people die from it. Doesn't get much more serious than that.
    I could be wrong but I don't think the OP was minimizing depression, just talking about things that were different. I think she meant that nowdays tons of people have depression and she wanted to know if she was alone in having something different on the mental illness scale. Something more taboo than depression.
    Depression does suck. I suffer from PPD-got worse and earlier with each pregnancy/baby. Currently I am on Prozac (since I weaned the baby) and am trying to lose the weight that Zoloft helped me gain. :/ (helped, not caused) Some days those meds are my lifeline!!!!!! There is nothing "just" about any level of depression, I think it was more about qualifying than quantifying though.
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    I have Bi-polar, PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, OCD and have been hospitalised a number of times for psychosis.

    Its a living nightmare and then I go and add trying to loose weight to the mix lol.

    I have been hospitalized SOOOOOOO many times..
    It is ridiculous..

    And yes losing weight on top of it all is crazy specially when your on medication and your dr is like you HAVE to take these oh and it may cause weight gain...

    I was on this one lot of antipsychotics and I went from 87Kg's to like 148kg..
    After swapping to a different tablet in march I am now down to 113kg..

    I'm hoping if I lose weight I will be able to take less medication.. But I'm not sure how that works really..
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    I have anxiety disorder. And I teach Dual Diagnosis children - mental health with social/emotional/behavioural issues and developmentally delays. Our days are very stressful, but when the kids learn I've got my own issues we accept and learn to appreciate our differences rather than focus on our own problems.

    My best advise, as I've seen it from both sides, is forging relationships with your healthcare professionals. If they don't want to know you, not just your problems, they aren't interested in treating the whole person, just the symptoms. Search for quality of life, not just "normalization."

    ...and I think it is more acceptable to say "I'm having issues." and seek help before we end up in long term care facilities.

    Blessings to all.

    I am very close to my dr's I am on first name basis with my main dr Charlie.. He is AMAZING I can call or text him anytime I need him.. It's very helpful
  • Umeboshi
    Umeboshi Posts: 1,637 Member

    It sucks more when my bf is around when it happens he doesnt understand it at all and just makes jokes..

    Oh no. That must be awful. :( Maybe try to find an article that explains it and show that to him. Sometimes it's easier to have someone read something than to try to explain it to them yourself.
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211
    lol 'just' depression.
    I have depression, PTSD, generalized anxiety, and probably OCD and EDnos too.
    Fyi depression is pretty 'serious'. Lots of people die from it. Doesn't get much more serious than that.

    I didn't mean that it wasn't serious.. I have depression..
    I just more meant a lil more non discussed.

    I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to come off as catty as it did.
    Sadly, as much as depression is discussed people still don't seem to understand it so I can only imagine how hard it is to try to explain MPD to people, or get people to understand. >.<

    Thats ok, I didn't see it as catty
  • kirakaydawn
    kirakaydawn Posts: 211

    It sucks more when my bf is around when it happens he doesnt understand it at all and just makes jokes..

    Oh no. That must be awful. :( Maybe try to find an article that explains it and show that to him. Sometimes it's easier to have someone read something than to try to explain it to them yourself.

    Yeah I tried all that.. I think him making jokes is his way of coping without freaking out that his gf does things a lil differently sometimes..
  • paravision
    paravision Posts: 148
    i have so much trouble sleeping until about 4 nights ago my mate suggested I get this App and so I did..

    Its 20 minute of this guy talking and I literally fall asleep after like 10 minutes lol

    Whats MPD and how does it affect you?

    I have things we call clicks basically it means I have no idea whats going on but I function normally..
    sometimes I do htings a lil crazy like the other day I had a click and when I became"Me" again I was sitting across the road in a paddock in the rain..

    Other times I will go about my business normal and then just have to get reminded things happen..

    I talk differently during a click I pronounce things wrong *which anyone who knows me knows I hate cause speech is something I hate when people do wrong*

    and I have trouble sleeping..

    sometimes I will go to sleep for an hour and wake up thinking I have slept for 8 or more hours and will have NO luck at all going back to sleep..

    We call my Alter Sarah.. She's a b*tch tells it like it is..
    It's almost like that voice in your head that wants to say all this stuff..

    basically my voice builds up until I have a click.. then everyone gets to know what I think..

    These days I try to not hold it in cause clicks suck some last a few hours other times its minutes..

    Well don't feel bad. I do that :OP
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