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Depends on how you look at it, I would imagine. Diabetes is considered both an illness and sometimes a disability, so I think this falls under the same sort of categorization. As for the term 'mental illness'.. it doesn't bother me really. I've been bipolar since I was 9, and learning that...

I've been having issues with this as well. I've recently become involved with a lady. Thing are going wonderfully, but inevitably something will go wrong, there will be an upset, etc. We had one of those recently. In itself it wasn't such a big thing, but it kind of snowballed when I had a panic...

I wonder how much rebellion is also caught up in attachment? I know that as part of my abandonment issues, I rebelled (in my way) against the morals and customs which I was taught. I spent a good long time acting out in this manner in order to reassert my independence I think, trying to...

I would say that it's entirely likely that this person is a stand-in for your father. It's a weird dynamic, but it happens. In my case I harboured an great resentment to somebody who was looked extremely similar to the woman who caused some of my issues. It was only later on that I discovered...

Congrats! Happy Anniversary!

Errgh.. You've hit on one of the hard ones. Being good to people does not necessarily mean spending your time and resources on that person. I work in a downtown area with lots of homeless around. Some are friendly, some are not. But you'll find yourself having to walk by them sometimes because...

Well.. when I'm manic.. visions just wash over me. It's kinda awesome. When I'm depressed.. I just hear the voices and images of things that make me depressed. Alot of time though, I talk to myself in my head.. or out loud if there is no one about. I don't know... v0v

Well I can't say much of anything about organized torture, the way you're describing it. I think that it's just a silly game and should be treated as such. Ham it up, overact, just have fun. Though one thing I have heard of, is that animals (and that's people too) tend to whimper or whine when...

I had a similar thing happen. I was (am) very close to finishing my Bachelor's, but the fear and panic attacks just trashed me over several semesters. It was a massive kick to the gut, and has caused friction with my family. They don't understand...

Yikes. I've been there, not in the long distance sense, but in a co-dependent relationship with a sufferer. It was hell on earth. Like Deer said, no matter how much of your life you throw at them, it's never enough. It is in every way like dealing with an addict. Nobody can save them but...

Aargh.. this is a difficult one. I mean, the only thing that I can say I was actively brainwashed to believe is that there is a God in the sky. There was a hell of a lot of that laundry being done when I was a kid.. Those churches are into getting 'em young is what I'm saying... As for the...

Lazy is: sitting around waiting for things to get done by themselves or by others. Refusing to make the effort to accomplish a goal. I've done a lot of this in my life, so I know what I'm talking about. It's the procrastination, the 'well I'll just f*ck it up' attitude that just so conveniently...

Lol... If I took such a pill there wouldn't be any me left... Practically my whole personality was built in reaction to those traumas, so I just wouldn't exist. A person -is- their memory, ultimately.... That's the terror of Alzheimer's... the individual stops being themselves, as they forget...

Happy Birthday! :hug:

I think another somewhat overlooked part of the whole 'mental illness' scapegoating when there is a massacre depends on perspective. Let's face it... If a black or middle-eastern person perpetrated a massacre, it would be labeled as terrorism. If an asian or latino did the same, it would be...

As a dedicated couch potato, you are my hero...

Heh. Trying to decide if I should give one a try myself. From what I hear, it's like Kathy and you said. There is a generalized service that pretty much anyone can jive to.. But I do worry about people, like you do. It's the continual battle... I only feel comfortable when I'm alone or in the...

I've left the forum a few times, for various reasons. The first time it was because I was so wrapped up in it that I had to get away.. That post about symptoms getting worse if you don't keep an eye on yourself is pretty accurate. It had become almost an obsession of it's own, to me. Since then...

It's good to have a name for that. I pace all the time, and very frequently drag my nails across my skin (very lightly) as if I'm clawing at myself. This goes on all the time at work. I guess it also explains why I just can't sit still at work.. Though that may just be a normal thing for office...

Yikes. I do this all the time, usually as a way of relieving anxiety when I'm at work and can't get up and get away from the stressor. I don't know of any way to 'stop' it, because for me it's a very useful tool. Except for the face, ofcourse. That took a while to train away. But I was able to...

Well I -was- young with PTSD, once. :p Like a lot of folks, I grew up with it, so there has never been a 'normal' experience to measure my life against. And I get how it might be hard to relate to people who are significantly older than you. But don't write us off completely.. ;)

I'm trying to find a way to write some good things, but damn if it isn't hard. It's one of the strange parts, like others have said... it's so easy to see the good things in others, and so difficult to see even those same things in myself. Good topic.

Good thread. Go Hungry comes from a short story I read somewhere, I can't remember the name of it though. Also it's in reference to one of my splits who is an addict and therefore ravenous for a certain... umm.. thing, and I need him to Go Hungry. :)

This sounds a lot like my troubles with Shame. One thing that I have to do is stay away from articles about child-on-child violence or bullying. I read that and I'm 12 years old again, trying desperately to find an escape from an untenable situation. There was no escape, no respite, no safe...

Sorry. I should have explained myself better, but now I can't remember my point. So... brainfart, I guess? :confused::)