I know, that sounds silly. But this really concerns me. I have a strong feeling that by the time I'm 30 my mental health will shift dramatically. I have an aunt with schizophrenia, another one with what I have secretly diagonosed as paranoid delusional personality disorder. I love psychology and I read alot about PD's so I'm sure my diagnosis is correct. Depression and substance abuse runs rampant in my family. I suffer from bouts of depression as well as small case of avoidant personality disorder. Although I have gotten much better, I'm still weird. I have bloody gorey dreams all the time. I love crime library.com as well as most horror movies. I have a slight obsession with all things dark. But of course this obssession isn't anything I talk about to anyone. Everyone who knows me says I'm weird (or different if they are trying to be polite). I am an extreme introvert so I don't know how much of my isolation is due to this or if it's actually the begininng stages of something way more serious. It's gotten worse during the past few years. But for the most part, people in large doses drive me insane!!! I spend sooo much time alone. But like I said I have gotten better because I force myself to interact with others. Even though I don't care to. While I know online quizzes are no indication of my mental health, I took one called "How Crazy are You". I also sent it to two of my co-workers, that both got normal. I came out...well crazy. Just let me know if you see anything in my future that I need to start preparing for. Thanks.
Hi Sullen Girl We each are our choices. Crazy is relative. So is normal for that matter. Where we let our thoughts and minds dwell is also where we choose to let our selves act out. Kind of like a dance. One step follows the other. My brother is a boy, so does that make me one too. Nope I am a girl. Just because someone is different does not mean you will be like them. What you feed your thoughts will reflect in your mental energy. Here is a story for you. I was talking to the farmers pig one day and asked him if when a person takes mud baths will they become pigs. He smiled, grunted and wollowed a bit more before he reminded me of my sister. While growing up on the farm my sister used to love to roll in the mud. She read somewhere about mud baths and spa's. They were supposed to make her beautiful. She got a rash and a leg infection that left a scar two inches long on her leg and took two months to heal. So much for what we read. Then said, "So not unless she saw herself that way, or unless the intent was not clear." So see yourself as you wish to be. Then layer by layer Choose your next step. You can be crazy if you want to be. You also do not have to be. Sometimes we need to choose another dream to make us whole inside.
" know, that sounds silly. But this really concerns me. I have a strong feeling that by the time I'm 30 my mental health will shift dramatically." As long as you are aware of the 'shift' whenever it happens or you recognize the moment that you feel somehow sent you over the edge... you'll be ok. It's as if you think you don't have anything to do with an event that takes place in the future that you will have no control over, and it's possible that you won't.. but you will be responsible and benefit from how you respond to being forced to swallow , 'the icing on the cake' it could be a loss of life or the loss of a job that you see yourself not being able to rebound from, but if you ever find yourself... lying there, sick with everything in your environment... hopefully you'll remember that you're the only one who can change your surroundings, or the way you feel about them. Being concerned about going crazy, to me, is like worrying about 'turning' gay overnight (or something like that), it's a change that only you can make and naturally it's a turn that you would notice first. see your life for what it is, and notice the hazzards.. as you've already done. You'll be fine, even if you consider yourself as crazy, it's ok. most everybody is considered crazy by somebody that they know. As long as you can make yourself strong about where you are, and find some comfort in it. ..... Isn't she fine.... gawd !
(quote) While I know online quizzes are no indication of my mental health, I took one called "How Crazy are You". I also sent it to two of my co-workers, that both got normal. I came out...well crazy. Just let me know if you see anything in my future that I need to start preparing for. (end quote) I think asking internet forums about the future is a pretty good indication of madness... And taking online quizes is the final straw! Seriously, you seem to take too much notice of this bollocks. Don't. Enjoy life.
Ever notice how insane the "normal" people in the world are these days? I see more insanity every day than I can possibly track, and the occurances seem to be accelerating. Heck, even some of modern society's foundations (the perpetual growth economy, reckless materialism, etc) are ridiculous on a massive scale in relation to how nature actually works and what we really need in our lives. Don't worry about being "crazy", because there is no "crazy" anymore. When everyone's crazy, nobody's crazy. So focus on what truly matters: keeping yourself and the ones you love happy, in whichever way makes you all the happiest, crazy or not.
Thank you Old Crone, that was pretty. Thanks to you all. But an insane "man" never questions his sanity, right? I don't think my aunt thinks she crazy. Let her tell it, everyone else is crazy for not beleiving there are all of these unknown forces out to get her and ruin her life! I doubt if she chose schizaphrenia for herself. Maybe crazy was the wrong word, I'm afraid of developing a severe mental illness. I'll stop eating because my food is being poisoined, and/or keep my blinds tightly drawn with web cams facing the drive way because "they" want to find me and destroy everything I've worked for. (She does this because she thinks it's really true)
