I probably do. I get along with maybe five people in person, and not one of them hasn't been diagnosed with a mental illness. At least two of them and I feel I meet A LOT of the criteria for Asperger's, and one of them suspected me of being a sociopath. My aunt and her boyfriend have mentioned to my cousin that they think I'm crazy, and my best friend's step-father has mentioned to him that he thinks I'm crazy/stupid.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Sometimes I think I have some mild form of autism. Other times I think I'm just really different from other people. Either way, having a mental illness is no excuse for me to be lazy and pass all the blame to my illness. If I have one. Otherwise you turn into Chris-Chan.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I absolutely DESPISE people who try to diagnose themselves. It's ignorant, attention-seeking, and appropriative of people who actually do struggle with legitimate disorders. It's bad enough that society shuns and mocks those with mental disorders already, you're not doing any help by misrepresenting them. Reading the DSM chapter or Wikipedia article about a disorder does NOT put you on the same level as a trained psychiatrist. And even if you did happen to go to school for eight years studying psychology, it would STILL be idiotic to diagnose yourself because you're much too biased--another set of eyes is required for that sort of diagnosis. If you honestly think something is wrong with you, you should see a professional. If your argument is that you can't afford to see a professional to get a diagnosis, then why do you need one in the first place, considering the fact you wouldn't be able to afford treatment, either? Sorry about the rant. I keep finding people on Tumblr who are like to pretend they have Disassociative Identity Disorder and this post sort of made me remember how fucking obnoxious those people are.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Well, obviously some people are doing it for attention. People who sit there and tell everyone they're schizophrenic on Facebook are one thing. On the other hand, a lot of times a self- diagnosis is followed by an official one, because sometimes you know yourself well enough to know that something is off in your head.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Few people are familiar enough with abnormal psychology to accurately pinpoint what may be wrong with them, though. You can certainly know that there's something wrong with you, but you're often far too biased in regards to yourself to give an accurate diagnosis. Could it be done? Yes, if the person is astute enough to detach themselves from the situation and analyze their behavior in an unbiased fashion while also holding a decent knowledge in abnormal psychology. However that chance may be, I would still highly advise against it. Self-diagnosis does more harm than it does good. I mentioned how detrimental it is to those with legitimately diagnosed disorders, but it can harm yourself as well. If you start believing you're a certain way, and you actually aren't, your following actions (however subconscious they may be) to either 'live up' to this false diagnosis or 'cure' it, could be very unhealthy.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

But with depression, you can actually tell. You're sad all the time, uninterested in some things that were fun to you, self harm, thoughts of suicide, etc.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

my parents think I do :/ They kept on taking me to specialists and they're not really sure about me either, but can't fully diagnose anything. I dunno, I feel normal. Maybe a little hyperactive and loony, but who isn't? Well, looking back I can see times where I've lacked all self-control and hit and tackled friends. I remembered a lot of people hated me for it. I've calmed down since then.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I honestly think I do. I wish I was closer to my parents so I could be brave enough to ask them to see a psychologist or someone.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's hard to do, especially when you're not close to your parents. Do you know how they stand on the topic of psychological 'disabilities' and the likes?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I have professionally-diagnosed depression and insomnia.I was pretty proud to say that I self-diagnosed both of those.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Insomnia isn't that hard to spot now haha :)

by Anonymous 11 years ago

True. The longest I went without sleep was 4 days. I started to feel like Edward Norton at the beginning of Fight Club.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It really sucks, I had a period where I did with 1-2 hours a night and had to go to college and my job every next day (was busy 7 days a week). After my breakdown I quit my job, finished college and took on a normal full-time job, did wonders for me :) Any clue what causes your insomnia?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I don't know. I used to row three hours a day, after 6 hours of school, and then I had a ton of homework. But the insomnia continued into the summer when I did nothing. I had a breakdown once, but it was a very weird, sleep-deprived, off-my-meds kind of breakdown. Scared the shit out of my little brother. I sat on the couch bawling about how "they wouldn't let me sleep" and how "my eyes were gonna pop out." That was on the fourth day. I think it my be a side effect of my anti-depressants.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

It's a common side effect yes. I got Trazolan myself, which is an anti-depressant, but I took it 30 minutes before I went to bed, which caused me to sleep at least 8 hours and without waking up constantly either. More sleep got me out of my depression, too.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I feel like sometimes I have OCD.... I will check the lock on the door 7 or 8 times to make sure I really locked it. And I'll check my alarm clock at least 10 times to make sure I set my alarm for the morning.... But those are the only two things I really do so I don't believe it really is OCD, just my paranoid self

by Anonymous 11 years ago