Comments - What do you think? - Wild Minds network2024-03-29T01:07:01Zhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=4661400%3ABlogPost%3A118297&xn_auth=noWell I have done personal res…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-12-16:4661400:Comment:1188332012-12-16T03:49:07.876ZEnoch Sunrisehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/PhaedraTalionis
<p>Well I have done personal research on online and in books. I've talked to people on mental health forums and read over the DSM IV revised. I've discussed symptoms with Dr's and my therapist, but really it seems the only consensus is that since there is now known family history and I haven't done street drugs that i simply cannot have schizophrenia. I disagree.. it has to start somewhere right? What I wish is that a brain scan would be performed to disprove the schizophrenia and could move on…</p>
<p>Well I have done personal research on online and in books. I've talked to people on mental health forums and read over the DSM IV revised. I've discussed symptoms with Dr's and my therapist, but really it seems the only consensus is that since there is now known family history and I haven't done street drugs that i simply cannot have schizophrenia. I disagree.. it has to start somewhere right? What I wish is that a brain scan would be performed to disprove the schizophrenia and could move on from that. I really think that I have DID due to memory loss I also suffer from and the feeling of loss of control. I just need to find a therapist that will take me seriously and discuss it instead of just say that I don't have it and that i'm just wrong.</p> i have similiar experiences a…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-12-16:4661400:Comment:1187492012-12-16T02:22:16.094ZKwanKwanhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/KwanKwan
<p>i have similiar experiences as you, but vaguely similiar.</p>
<p><br/>If you really think you have Dissociative Personality Disorder (aka Multiple Personality disorder) then you should watch the movie "Sybil".</p>
<p>If you think you have schizophrenia, watch the movie "A Beautiful Mind" which i love!!!!</p>
<p>Or you can watch them both and see which one is more similar to you.</p>
<p>i have similiar experiences as you, but vaguely similiar.</p>
<p><br/>If you really think you have Dissociative Personality Disorder (aka Multiple Personality disorder) then you should watch the movie "Sybil".</p>
<p>If you think you have schizophrenia, watch the movie "A Beautiful Mind" which i love!!!!</p>
<p>Or you can watch them both and see which one is more similar to you.</p> To me it sounds like DID and…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-12-13:4661400:Comment:1184322012-12-13T01:28:41.541ZSecretSeraphhttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/SecretSeraph
To me it sounds like DID and not schizophrenia. Not because it is not in your family history (which is total nonsense by the way), but from personal experience schizophrenics generally have no awareness that their behaviour is even unusual; and it is common for disassociation to occur as a coping mechanism for dealing with abuse. If you think about it mdd itself is in essence a disassociation from reality which is probably why it is often linked with trauma. I would consider trying to find a…
To me it sounds like DID and not schizophrenia. Not because it is not in your family history (which is total nonsense by the way), but from personal experience schizophrenics generally have no awareness that their behaviour is even unusual; and it is common for disassociation to occur as a coping mechanism for dealing with abuse. If you think about it mdd itself is in essence a disassociation from reality which is probably why it is often linked with trauma. I would consider trying to find a specialist that knows more about DID if you really need to know, I know sometimes just being able to put a label on a condition you have can give you some peace of mind. Well... it's hard, she has be…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-12-12:4661400:Comment:1181992012-12-12T15:20:41.638ZEnoch Sunrisehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/PhaedraTalionis
<p>Well... it's hard, she has been quite for some time now. She comes out when I have really hard times emotionally. And weirdly enough she even talked to my boyfriend once. She calmed me down and got me to "sleep" and when he came in the room she told him "Shhhh, I just got her to sleep" I am STILL mortified by her doing that!</p>
<p>Well... it's hard, she has been quite for some time now. She comes out when I have really hard times emotionally. And weirdly enough she even talked to my boyfriend once. She calmed me down and got me to "sleep" and when he came in the room she told him "Shhhh, I just got her to sleep" I am STILL mortified by her doing that!</p> Well... for myself I have bee…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-12-12:4661400:Comment:1181952012-12-12T14:53:28.482ZEnoch Sunrisehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/PhaedraTalionis
<p>Well... for myself I have been through a lot of trauma. Was molested at least once by a neighbor boy, neglected by my parents, the only person I attached to died when I was young, only to be followed by being sodomized and eventually raped by a boy I thought I was in a meaningful relationship with in my early teens(I had no concept of sex education so at the time I didn't even understand what was happening was even wrong till I told a fellow school girl). I only just blatantly tell you this…</p>
<p>Well... for myself I have been through a lot of trauma. Was molested at least once by a neighbor boy, neglected by my parents, the only person I attached to died when I was young, only to be followed by being sodomized and eventually raped by a boy I thought I was in a meaningful relationship with in my early teens(I had no concept of sex education so at the time I didn't even understand what was happening was even wrong till I told a fellow school girl). I only just blatantly tell you this because writing it or telling it to people doesn't bother me anymore. It's just a fact. That is what has happened in my life. Nothing I can do to change it. But unfortunately it's left me messed up.</p>
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<p>My current "official" diagnosis is PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Panic Disorder(with agoraphobia). I have left over symptoms like you and I have discussed and it's down to DID or Schizophrenia but all the Dr's say I can't have the later despite them not even doing a brain scan to resolve the issue. And since my therapist isn't knowledgeable about Dissociative Disorders and isn't trained in the treatment she won't even really discuss the possibility. I'm considering switching because things haven't been working out for a while now. We never seem to get anything done or actually discuss.</p>
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<p>As for Sara.. I don't fully understand her purpose. She's my more dominant side and originally I think she represented the start of any sexual feelings I did not understand as puberty hit. Overtime she has grown as any person does. A Tv quote describes her best.</p>
<p> "As much as I hate him, I still go, 'Martin says' or 'Martin used to say'.. He smiles when he's good.. He smiles when he's cruel.. Same smile."</p>
<p> As much as she can be there for me, to comfort me and whisper in my ear "Everything will be fine", she can turn around and tell me how horrible I am and that the reason why blank happens is because I'm worthless or a bad girl.</p> I know exactly what you mean!…tag:wildminds.ning.com,2012-12-12:4661400:Comment:1181922012-12-12T14:09:51.908ZEnoch Sunrisehttps://wildminds.ning.com/profile/PhaedraTalionis
<p>I know exactly what you mean! Currently I only have Sara currently that I know of. I have an as of yet unnamed one that comes to the surface from time to time but is benign. So I understand that feeling. She's a voice in the "waiting room" of my mind. I've had others but they've gone.</p>
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<p>I know, I know. Not supposed to self diagnose. But my therapist says that with my understanding of psychology it doesn't hurt to look and discuss my findings and figure it out together. But…</p>
<p>I know exactly what you mean! Currently I only have Sara currently that I know of. I have an as of yet unnamed one that comes to the surface from time to time but is benign. So I understand that feeling. She's a voice in the "waiting room" of my mind. I've had others but they've gone.</p>
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<p>I know, I know. Not supposed to self diagnose. But my therapist says that with my understanding of psychology it doesn't hurt to look and discuss my findings and figure it out together. But honestly these set of symptoms are either DID or I'm schizophrenic and there is no family history of that so the Dr's say i can't have that.</p>