/mental/ - Mental Health, Illnesses and Disorders

>>3594
I think about it all the time. I watch people interacting with each other in ways I never could and wonder "…what is it like?"

I feel like the Little Mermaid.

It seems like they know so much more, yet are completely oblivious.

All I feel is jealousy, hatred, a yearning to be like them and at the same time, wishing that they would fall under all kinds of misfortunes.

Honestly when I'm out and about I hope that someone who maybe has a relative with the same condition will see me, notice, approach me and comfort me about it.

The idea of a stranger doing that makes me feel really good inside for some reason.

Yeah I feel this all the time, so much envy when I see people who can just walk up to me with no second thoughts and start talking to me like in the store or something. Or just people interacting with each other normally and happy I wish I could do that for a day just be happy. One day not thinking about suicide once would be amazing

Yeah, and I can't comprehend it. I've never felt any envy though, I'm just angry at them for not even caring when people eat in public, even if it's gross and loud and greasy, and they get so damn EXCITED over food. It's disgusting. But I don't want to be like that, I'm happy being good and clean. I just wish they were like me. It pisses me off when they talk about their hardships, because most of the time I've had to go through the same thing but with major setbacks they can't even understand.

Many people seem so ridiculously simple, like they're barely even sentient. I think life is more interesting this way, especially since troubled people tend to be more intelligent.

>>3594
I try not to. They're annoyances at best, for the most part. They go about everything all wrong, they never do anything right.
They can't drive, they impose all these bullshit rules AND THEN DON'T FOLLOW THEM, but god forbid I break one.

I can't stand them, yet I go crazy if I'm not around people often enough.

And they're just so fucking NOISY. Talking talking talking all the fucking time non-stop. Always with the posturing and the refusing to fucking listen to my reasoning or listen at all.

If I ruled the world, I would reserve the right to shoot people for annoying me.

I was just out in public for about 5 hours and the entire time I was avoiding people, praying they wouldn't notice me. I look like a 15 year old girl so I'm always just kinda face down, not looking at anyone and staying with my roommate for protection.

I'm such a fucking autist I hate it.

>>3594
Sometimes I wonder what my life would be like if I didn't have depression.

I do, but I don't feel envious. They're annoying, ignorant, and ungrateful. They throw the names of our disorders around like a fucking joke, "I didn't get to bed until four! I'm such an insomniac", "I like order, I have OCD", "I'm feeling a bit blue, I'm so depressed".

It may be easier for them to get up and be happy with their life, but I don't thnk they quite know what life could be, and take what they have for granted.

I don't think I'd be half the eprson I am now without my problems, and it might be nice not to have them - only if I don't lose who I am.

Its impossible to understand each other. Humans can't know what others know and won't have the same experiences. The "human condition" is everyone trying to get see thought each others faults to the core of the person. In this manner people are people and where they mental illness or not doesn't make them more or less what they are.

Often times when I interact with people in public they'll look at me like I'm fucked up or something and I'll spend the next hour wondering what the fuck I did.

>>3594
>How is life different for them?

Well, sense they don't have disorders, then they don't have these daily struggles that we have. But that doesn't mean that they're perfect, they still have a variety of sort-comings.

>Are they happier than us?

Depends on the quality of their life, and or Mental Hygiene.

>Is it really easy for them to just get up and enjoy their lives?

Refer to the last question.

Sheep are the happiest animals.

It would be nice to be one.

Not really.

Mental illness definitely makes life more of a challenge, but that doesn't necessarily mean that there isn't someone out there who hasn't had a much rougher life than I have, despite never having any sort of mental disorder. I've dealt with Depression, but I've never dealt with poverty, or war, or serious physical illness/injury, or any number of challenges unrelated to mental health.

They Mostly just reinforces my fears for the future.

My peers are confident, articulate and have an attention span longer than a nat, most importantly they seem happier and more willing to do something more than fuck all.

Considering the highly competitive nature of the job and the time restrictions place on you, i'll either be left in the dust with a shit ton of debt or kill myself.

They are mostly good people though, I wish them the best. Just because I am unhappy and afraid doesn't mean everyone else should be.

According t many psychologists and hypochondriacs EVERYONE has some sort of mental disorder. Yes even the competent members of society we're supposed to depend on like police officers, politicians and the very psychologist who diagnose us

It probably has to do with the old adage "crazy people don't know they're crazy"

>>4273
>crazy people don't know they're crazy
More like psychology has labelled every little fault in the mind as a disorder. Psychological diagnoses don't mean anything to me anymore, most "issues" are just a weak point of your personality that you have to deal with. True that many people are crippled by these abnormalities, but the mind is such a vague and unique thing that you can't group people together and say they've all got the same problem, save for actual physical problems. But obviously everyone has difficulties and people are too quick to diagnose.

I've got panic disorder and anxiety since a year.
I clearly remember what it was being normal.
I wish my normal life back so much!
I don't know if I have any chance? I'm not envy… I just think they are so lucky.

>>4273
I think I agree. It's just the study of the human condition. Only some are more high-functioning than others.

>>4273
Personally I think the concept of mental disorders is bullshit. It's not always like the body where there's a specific ailment, unless the problem resides within the brain;s chemistry but then it's not really a problem of the mind after all. It's just your personality, and some people's personalities are more or less functional than others. The only way to really define a mental disorder is a detrimental part of your personality, but obviously no one's mind is ideal so then everyone would indeed have varying degrees of issues. It's really just a matter of if you feel that it affects you negatively. The mind is incredible vague, you can't usually just group two people into the same "disorder" and pretend their situations are the same. All it is is people's individual troubles.