mental health thread

[PoorOldPo]

Men over here repress things like this. talking about their feelings. It seems to be a vice inherent in Irish men. Where they even find it difficult to show affection to their fathers.

[CLOSER]

Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

Men over here repress things like this. talking about their feelings. It seems to be a vice inherent in Irish men. Where they even find it difficult to show affection to their fathers.

[FETCHER.]

Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

Men over here repress things like this. talking about their feelings. It seems to be a vice inherent in Irish men. Where they even find it difficult to show affection to their fathers.

I wouldn't consider that a mental health issue though, it's very much the case over here and probably has a lot to do with culture. I'd think anyway.

[Sansa Stark]

Originally Posted by FETCHER.

I wouldn't consider that a mental health issue though, it's very much the case over here and probably has a lot to do with culture. I'd think anyway.

It can exacerbate and sometimes trigger mental disorders but not cause them.

I'm about 99% sure my ex had borderline personality and was actually more off the rails than I am and he'll never get help for it because he sees it as weak~ to admit it. It's not just Irish culture tbh

but **** that guy he started triggering my episodes with his bull**** so he can get hit by the crazy truck for all i care

[Rjinn]

Originally Posted by CLOSER

I really do suggest you nip it in the bud, now before your mind runs off with other fears and anxieties.
Quite recently, I went through an experience where I can say I felt the exact same way, and in hindsight I'm able to say a small aspect of it was self induced. I was Hungry, Angry and Sleepy... lets say over a week of rarely any sleep after dwelling on stressful pieces of my life. (Yes I made an acronym for it in order to keep in check the reasons why my mind may get away from me.)

I can only suggest, from my experiences.. that you take care of your physical state first and foremost, as it correlates with your mental mind frame. And no, these feelings do not just 'pop' out of nowhere.. there is a point where you really need to look inside yourself and be honest about why your emotions are filled with paranoia or anxiety.

GOOD LUCK

Thanks for the response.

One thing though, I don't daydream after an emotional reaction. The emotional reaction if anything manifests after daydreaming, because of disorientation. They're caused by triggers. I think that's why Maladaptive Daydreaming requires psychological investigation at this point. It's like bipolar disorder and I've noticed despite having erratic moods, daydreaming is at its own steady level.

See if I can give a better example of what goes on.

*Watching something instantly start daydreaming of something else*
*Looks or hears something start daydreaming*
*While daydreaming whatever type emotions and behaviours are made up to suit that daydream*
*starts pacing moving walking around in circles some random movement*
*Brought out of daydream reacts anxious depression some other bipolar craziness*
*wtf is going on*
*repeat*

[PoorOldPo]

Originally Posted by FETCHER.

I wouldn't consider that a mental health issue though, it's very much the case over here and probably has a lot to do with culture. I'd think anyway.

Well Irish and Scottish culture are very similar. Shur the french are completely different.

[FETCHER.]

Originally Posted by Hermione

It can exacerbate and sometimes trigger mental disorders but not cause them.

I'm about 99% sure my ex had borderline personality and was actually more off the rails than I am and he'll never get help for it because he sees it as weak~ to admit it. It's not just Irish culture tbh

but **** that guy he started triggering my episodes with his bull**** so he can get hit by the crazy truck for all i care

I can understand that that sort of behaviour could trigger all sorts of disorders in certain cases/people.

And I think your ex is probably a prime example (although I don't know him, I completely trust your word) because he won't seek help in fear of being seen as weak, which is pretty much opposite, if you can take on a mental illness and learn to control it then that's pretty strong imo.

Ain't no brakes on the crazy train

Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

Well Irish and Scottish culture are very similar. Shur the french are completely different.

As much as we are very different, since speaking with you and various other Irish people I've met irl, I find our cultures and attitudes are much more alike than we care to admit.


Because you know, the Irish are bigger alcoholics than us

[ThePhanastasio]

The issue I'm having right now is that they're STILL not able to diagnose me.

I'm not Bipolar, because the psychosis is too prevalent. And schizophrenia seems like a long shot, because one of my issues is that I have the most vivid of dreams, lucid approximately 25% of the time without ever making any effort towards this, and schizophrenics are purportedly not known for vivid, full color lucid dreaming.

I also worry that my googling everything that happens to me and dismissing it, letting it play its course but burying it, has had a negative impact on my ability to be diagnosed. It's like, "Have you ever felt like someone was reading your thoughts,"

And I'm like, "Yeah, with utmost conviction. But I know that's irrational, so I just suppress it. I let myself think that, but at the same time, I got through the effort of reiterating that it's just going to run its course."

I'm just saying....not going to be happy if I really have some weird, hybrid, unidentifiable disorder.

[ladyislingering]

I believe that everyone, to some degree, has a mental illness.

I have a couple that really hinder my ability to feel any approval for myself, but generally avoid discussing it because society has this ridiculous notion that all people suffering from mental illness are going to bust down their front door and murder their whole family or something.

Mental illness in itself isn't something anyone should feel bad about living with; the objective is really just finding a way of coping with it. I don't think anyone can be "fixed" because most thoughts and behaviors that are considered "abnormal" live within everyone. In other words... while it is exhausting to be sick, the exhaustion is there; while most people don't understand it, it's not their responsibility to. Just think "well, this is part of me, and I might as well roll with it" but if things get to the point where you can't handle life anymore, it might be best to reach out to a professional (or several - many psychiatric doctors are different; every one of them has their "thing" that they know, but someone else might be able to help you a lot more).

[CanwllCorfe]

Originally Posted by PoorOldPo

Men over here repress things like this. talking about their feelings. It seems to be a vice inherent in Irish men. Where they even find it difficult to show affection to their fathers.

We have that in the U.S. too. I think that's more of a man thing than a culture thing. Maybe not though. Here's a documentary about it: