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[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Okay so, 50% of the human population:

  • cannot go to sleep before daylight and wake up after sundown

  • are so depressed they can't keep their living area tidy or even up to a decent standard

  • don't hold a job or hobbies

  • don't have any real life friends or a romantic partner, don't even try

  • suffer with fears, some of which impact daily life and contribute to not being able to work or be productive

  • live without purpose and are intent on killing themselves in an unspecified near future

  • have EXTREME mood swings and emotional outbursts that seem to be uncontrollable

  • are hung up on trauma they never got over, which again, plagues their daily lives.

Because it doesn't seem that way to me. Most people I've ever known seem to get along with their lives okay.

And yes, I am sure of that. I have symptoms that are hard, if not impossible, to mistake, that are tied to neurological problems. They are mostly sensory.

Your armchair diagnosis (as all tend to be) is hilariously inaccurate and, honestly comes across as snobbish and pretentious. There is a lot wrong with me and I don't appreciate being told that I'm "normal" when I've been suffering all my life without any improvement, and seem to be on a continuous downward spiral as years go by. Nobody else in the real world seems to share your opinion, especially when multiple therapists have told me directly that there's nothing they can do because I'm too extreme of a case, and that I was put on drugs as a kid because I was "out of control."

It's more condescending and unhelpful than receiving a generic "you are who you are sweety, love is love! being gay is wonderful!" response when I explain how I hate being gay & that no male has ever treated me like an equal. All it shows is tone deafness and a poor understanding of the concept. It's said not out of niceness, but out of ignorance.

You just have a warped and frankly offensive view of what mental illness is. You seem to think that mental illness is "bad person syndrome" and nothing more. That someone who can type rationally, or do anything other than be a raging narcissistic pervert like Yaniv can't possibly be mentally ill.

[–]maskdebater 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I've never met anyone who was truly uncontrollable except severely autistic people. Maybe you could look into that? There are therapists who specialize in autism. That's not an insult btw. Autism just is what it is, it can't be helped.

Everyone else I've ever seen claim they can't control themselves AT ALL are just making excuses. And how angry you got at being told you aren't mentally ill doesn't seem like someone who has actually given up, which is a good thing. You should want to stand up for yourself, and you do. Clearly you have your sense of dignity, even if you feel like you don't, because when you felt like you weren't being taken seriously, you said something about it.

[–]QueenBread 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Most people I've ever known seem to get along with their lives okay.

Yeah, it comes with depression: thinking that everyone has it better than you, and you're the only one who's stressed out or sad.

If you didn't think this way, you wouldn't feel depressed.

I've been trying to offer you some help, as I'm someone who knows what anxiety feels like (I've had panic attacks, and, worst of all, episodes of dissociative disorder). But your anger makes me think you're not THAT bad off, because if you revel in your mental disorder, it means your mental disorder isn't that serious.

[–]PenseePansyBio-Sex or Bust 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

multiple therapists have told me directly that there's nothing they can do because I'm too extreme of a case

Did they tell you what you're an extreme case of? Were you ever given a diagnosis? Or diagnoses?

[–]OPPRESSED_REPTILIANIntersex male | GNC | Don't call me "a gay", "twink" or "queen" 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nope! Unless "no you don't have (problem I highly suspect I have), you're just lazy and choosing to feel bad" is a diagnosis.