Other Schizoaffective disorder: got enough problems to worry about already

[EvenStrongerNow]

I am certainly not intending to lead anyone on here.

I was merely trying to validate his experience. Maybe the little boy inside of him is just simply looking for someone to validate PTSD as a possibility. That is not the same as leading someone on.

I see a boy who may be turning you (Anthony) into his father/mother. So no matter what you say to him as an adult, that little boy is going on the defense and will try anything to get you to love him, approve of him, and validate his experience--even if it is irrational.

We have all been there in one way or the other.

And I have come to this conclusion based on his ambiguous responses, negation of every advice given, and not completely answering questions.

I don't know what that screams to you but to me, it screams, "I want to be loved and validated and paid attention to because I never got that! I never mattered to anyone! I feel crazy and small and insignificant. I just want to be held and told that I am not crazy!"

 

[EvenStrongerNow]

I could be so wrong and I could be projecting. I just see something different. Doesn't mean I am right. Just my opinion.

 

[Abstract]

StrongerNow, I think we have to be really careful that our own experiences and feelings down't get tangled up with what we assume is happening for others. I did that recently in a big way with a friend recently. I was astonished at myself afterwards when I could see things clearly again.

Certain patterns of speech or answers can have totally different reasons that the ones that may first come to mind. In fact they could classically fit into the symptoms that would match this disorder.

The only person who can tell us how CBX feels is CBX.

 

[EvenStrongerNow]

You're right. Sorry about that.

Sorry CBX for speaking about you in the third person and attributing feelings to you that may not be there.

 

[anthony]

I see a boy who may be turning you (Anthony) into his father/mother. So no matter what you say to him as an adult, that little boy is going on the defense and will try anything to get you to love him, approve of him, and validate his experience--even if it is irrational.

This is not my first rodeo with a PTSD sufferer @StrongerNow

I will simply say this... don't believe everything you read, or assume people are who, or what, they say they are here.