I have Social Anxiety and OCD.

It's one thing to be completely aware of the demons lurking inside of you, but another to give up the fight and let them take control.

(Though sometimes I will admit that I sort of feel like that scene from Girl, Interrupted where Daisy tells Lisa that she's jealous just because she (Daisy) has recovered, and Lisa says "you changed the scenery but not the situation" or whatever the line is.)

I was diagnosed with GAD a few years back, but lately I've been struggling more with OCD symptoms than anxiety. Sometimes I'm also having short panic attacks, and some days I'm feeling low and want to be left alone while other days I feel like I'm on top of the world, but I think I'd qualify for neither panic disorder nor clinical depression.

Does anyone else go into hermit mode when things get rough? I do it all the time - can't get out of bed, avoid everyone's calls, just wanting to be alone in general.

i'm pretty sure that's called depression :)

lol, true. I guess I wonder if I take it to extremes sometimes

Dysthymia, body dysmorphia, and social anxiety. First two are mild but extremely annoying; latter gets in the way quite of lot things.

I often do that. Now I'm getting used to a cray life so don't really do it as much

I seem to turn into a really crappy person when I'm down and I instantly feel guilty when my spirits are slightly lifted because I've not been aware that I've been acting like such a dickhead. I've told my mum how I feel and I also told my bf in an emotional outburst but mainly I don't think people believe me. I generally think they are under the impression I use it as an excuse when things don't go so swimmingly because that's when I can't control how I feel and have outbursts. I've pretty much been acting quite wild when I go off on one, recently I had a bit of an argument with my brother and I pretty much went off on a rampage and punched a huge dent in his BMW, oops.

I just feel at times that my head is pretty ****ed up and why can't everything be the way it was a few years ago. I've developed some pretty crazy anger problems as well, I dunno if that's related to depression/anxiety or not but my family have suggested anger management to me a number of times.

I guess technically I'm a sociopath, or used to be back when I was in therapy at least a decade ago. My therapist told my dad at age 12 I had the whole family wrapped around my finger haha. I kinda like it though, because I find over emotional people incredibly annoying and useless in times of critical thinking. I'd hate to be one of them.

I probably have seasonal depression too like everyone else in the world. And too much pot as a kid has definitely made me paranoid, like sometimes I think my boyfriend secretly hates me because he's a sexist or something and is just biding his time to break my heart as badly as possible. Also used to talk with a non-existent being via metaphor and hidden messages, but then I joined the great temple of science and that faded.

I know my flaws, and I usually know when I'm reaching crazy. Medication can blow me.

I'm also pleased with the title of this thread including the phrase character flaws, because frankly, I believe in embracing a personality. Again... medication can blow me. But I'm not schizophrenic.