[Question] Demographics: Mental illness

[Bubble181]

...Yeah, that's kind of @bhamv-y.

 

[SpecialKO]

GAD + Depression in the past, medicated + therapy. Therapy still ongoing, but much less often.

 

[PatrThom]

I had a student once tell me how good my hair smelled and was standing super close. Soooo awkward.

I've seen sooooo many people do this sort of thing, usually people newly immersed in puberty. They suddenly experience levels of emotion they've never experienced before, and an unusual amount of this leaks out of their mouths before they can stop it.

--Patrick

 

[Squidleybits]

I've seen sooooo many people do this sort of thing, usually people newly immersed in puberty. They suddenly experience levels of emotion they've never experienced before, and an unusual amount of this leaks out of their mouths before they can stop it.

--Patrick

I think the students sometimes forget I'm twice their age.

 

[Null]

I think the students sometimes forget I'm twice their age.

Coo-coo Cashew.

 

[Celt Z]

I think the students sometimes forget I'm twice their age.

Must be the Snuffleses.

 

[Squidleybits]

Must be the Snuffleses.

I do get them delivered to work

 

[Officer_Charon]

I've never been diagnosed with anything, although I've had suspicions for years, especially as time has gone on and I've passed from my "desperately seeking attention" phase... if I do have anything though, it's not debilitating or in need of treatment...

 

[bhamv3]

...Yeah, that's kind of @bhamv-y.

No it's not! I'd never go up to a teacher and just tell her that her hair smells good!

If I do, she'll get creeped out and pull away, and I won't be able to continue sniffing her hair.

 

[Emrys]

No it's not! I'd never go up to a teacher and just tell her that her hair smells good!

If I do, she'll get creeped out and pull away, and I won't be able to continue sniffing her hair.

The man has his priorities straight.

 

[fade]

The more people post about depression online, the more I think that nearly everyone has experienced some level of clinical depression.

 

[Denbrought]

IMO poll should have options for having/having-had medical treatment without formal diagnosis. For some of us it may be easier to get to medicine than it is to obtain a diagnosis, for a variety of reasons (ranging from legal to mental to economic).

 

[Ravenpoe]

The more people post about depression online, the more I think that nearly everyone has experienced some level of clinical depression.

Or at least the kind of people that congregate on long term message boards.

 

[Squidleybits]

IMO poll should have options for having/having-had medical treatment without formal diagnosis. For some of us it may be easier to get to medicine than it is to obtain a diagnosis, for a variety of reasons (ranging from legal to mental to economic).

This applies to many things. Specialists seem to hate making a diagnosis and I can't understand why.

 

[PatrThom]

I presume it is because there are stiff penalties these days for making the wrong diagnosis (at least in the most tort-happy countries).
Also because a person who regularly prescribes Schedule 2/2n substances probably gets more scrutiny than they might want.
EDIT: Explanation for @Squidleybits and others: The Controlled Substances Act, or why you can't buy Morphine/Cocaine/Steroids at your corner drug store.

--Patrick

 

[Squidleybits]

I presume it is because there are stiff penalties these days for making the wrong diagnosis (at least in the most tort-happy countries).
Also because a person who regularly prescribes Schedule 2/2n substances probably gets more scrutiny than they might want.

--Patrick

I don't understand the second line?

 

[Denbrought]

This applies to many things. Specialists seem to hate making a diagnosis and I can't understand why.

Compounded with that, getting the wrong diagnosis (or the right one) can be harmful in the long term. The stigmatization of mental illness is pretty real.