/mental/ - Mental Health, Illnesses and Disorders

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A diagnosis is usually just a means to treatment, e.g. mood stabilisers, antidepressants, antipsychotics, therapy (like CBT and so forth). Is it drugs your seeking young neo? Do you want some random to talk through your life story with?

You take the blue pill, the story ends. You wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill, you stay in wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

>>8556
Thanks for ignoring my question completely. At least I got a reply.
I don't know whether I have anything because I might be a hypochondriac, but I also might not be. So if I can find someone online to talk to about it, I can save embarrassment and wasting time in real life later.

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>>8576
Oh, sorry, here you go: http://www.quizrocket.com/crazy-test

There might be something on buzzfeed.com too. If you think you MIGHT have a serious psychiatric disorder, you probably don't. Otherwise see your family doctor, if they agree they'll give you a prescription or referral to a psychiatrist. Don't waste your time on forums mainly catering to sexually frustrated teenagers, pedos, and nerds. You wont diagnose shit from an online personality test.

….Also, cynically speaking, depending on your areas level of healthcare (like if you're from the UK) it may not be as simple as doctor - specialist - then treatment.

You might need to reach a crisis point before you're considered for treatment, such as an overdose, panic attack, self harm, or sectionable offence.

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>>8612
You're making fun of me, aren't you? With the quiz and buzzfeed, anyway.

>>8615
Unless you mean 4chan's, this one is pretty dead.

I've taken many online tests (because I'm a hobosexual), mostly a year or two ago. I'm talking about someone on the internet who is actually qualified who you could briefly sum things up to, and they could suggest whether or not getting checked by someone in real life is worth the effort. I've tried one of those phone service things but it was shit and made me feel worse (no wonder they got a bunch of funding cut and stopped getting ads). Things like that, but over the internet. Surely something exists somewhere.

I'm really hoping that there is something for this over the internet that is reliable, I can't afford to see a Psychologist/Psychiatrist.

>>8631
There really isn't. There may be some sort of video chat service, but I haven't heard of it.

There are just too many details left out when typing over the internet:
Body language, tone inflections, facial expression, eye movements, appearance in general. All of these things are used in addition to talking about how you feel when it comes to evaluating someone. The only real accurate way to do it is in person or some other way where they can actually see and hear you.

There is also the fact that so many undiagnosed people have case of thinking they are one thing, but are actually something else entirely that may be more severe or less severe. This is why quizzes are bogus for self evaluation: One may truly think they have one of the traits being described on the question(or think they do not) but in reality, they don't(or do if they denied it.) People lie to themselves far more than they realize which makes self diagnosis, by any means, bogus. Especially for those who are untrained and uneducated.

To be honest, I would love to become a sort of "volunteer"/humanitarian psychologist and give people a professional opinion without them having to pay. I don't think I would do therapy for free as it just takes up so much time that I wouldn't be able to have a day job to put food on the table.

>>8631
Even if there was, they'd very likely just tell you to see a psychiatrist/psychologist in person if you ask them whether you should get a real diagnosis. They'd definitely want to avoid a situation were someone gets in real trouble because they told that person that seeking professional help wasn't necessary.

If you can't afford a psychologist/psychiatrist, in my country there are government-run mental health centers were I paid 5€ for every visit. Maybe your country has something similar, but you'll need to look around for it.

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>>8634
Thank you both for your input on the situation. I appreciate it.
>>8634
I'll have to do a bit of research to find one here in the US, but I doubt we have something like that.