Mental illness anyone?

Wonder how many here will fit the new classifications?
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/02/09/shyness-illness-in-dangerous-health-book-experts-say/?intcmp=obnetwork

"Apathy Syndrome" is a mental illness? Guess I'm classifiable after all, but I really don't care.:o

I've been told I was mentally ill all my life but I've never let that stop me. In fact I wear it as a badge of honor.

I tend to be rather obstinate at times. I know, I know. You guys had no idea, right?!

The social stigma regarding mental illness certainly comes into play whenever issues like this are considered.

Say, we divide all illnesses into two groups, one being physical illness, and the other mental illness.

Just about any physical condition, some temporary, some chronic, and some fatal, are considered a physical illness, and usually have a treatment. This can range from a temporary itchy rash to a fatal heart condition.

When it comes to mental issues, there is a threshold below which people are very hessitant to call it an illness. People live with these conditions for years, or their entire lives, but unless it becomes a danger to other, or totally prevents their functioning in society, these issues are often not addressed.

Some people are bound to be more outgoing and confident, while others are going to be shy and have more social anxiety. These, among other things, are what make us unique, and it would be a very poor society if everyone acted and thought the same.

OTOH, and I'm not qualified to express much of an opinion beyond this, but sometimes it seems like some people may struggle their entire lives with a mental condition and never get any help because of the stigma about mental illness. Imagine having allergies your entire life and never getting them treated because of a social stigma!

...I still wet the bed.....OK well, not really...but I sure would like to...gettin up 3/4 times a nite to pee is insane.....

Yep been there done that and still have a bit left . But you just have to ask for a little help now and then with a good Doctor

Never lose sight of having a bit of fun most importantly.

And when some wacko judge decides because you are shy(a diagnosed mental illness) you are a threat to yourself and your family and has you committed for observation? All of a sudden you have lost your right to own a firearm.

Doctor Schmokter....whats he gonna do...pee fer me????...

My ex is a psycologist and I think she's pretty good at it. She never did come up with a formal diagnosis on me though. She just says I went nuts. >:D<

Yep it could be.

How about this case?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/10/anne-sessions-oregon-octogenarian-suing-debt-collector-fake-suicide_n_1269267.html?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl1|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D134705

Woman taken against her will and forced to pay the costs because of bill collector's lie

I don't suffer from insanity.

I enjoy every minute of it!

B)-

BobbyG

amazing. some people will defend cops even after watching a video of the cops beating someone, yet are willing believe other "stories".

Two of the highest compliments I have ever recieved are:

1. "You're an independent little bastard."
2. "You're your own worst enemy."

Fill out a 4473 and if you answer that you have been determined to have a mental illness (among other complaints) you are inelegible to purchase, own, transfer, or recieve a regulated firearm.

So, yeah. There are compelling reasons to not attract attention to any percieved mental illness (or other complaint).

No, Sly, it's about definitions that can be used against someone in a court of law to deprive him of his personal liberties.

So gerry if s person is found to be suffering from some sort of mental illness you think that being denied the right to own a firearm is depriving them there personal liberty's

And we've now reached the top of the slope, should be all downhill from here.

The correct form is 4473, I apologise for the error. I edited my original post above.

http://www.atf.gov/applications/e4473/download.html

If any one of us had to defend their "sanity" we would become agitated, paranoid and perhaps angry. That would lead an otherwise impartial observer to question ones sanity.

If you buy the various theories of psychology, we all have what are known as defense mechanisms that make us "feel better" about ouselves. Defense mechanisms when taken as a whole, are considered essential to a well rounded mental condition.

Events in our lives sometimes temporarily cause certain defense mechanisms to overwhelm the equilibrium, and cause us to act irrationally. Some mental issues are temorary, caused by circumstances. Some are not temporary.

To increasingly classify behavior as a DSM "illness" (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), now in it's 5th revision since it was introduced in 1952, is to create both a comprehensive tool and a potential weapon.

I'm not particularly into conspiracy theories, but with the Defense Appropriation Act of 2011 (allows the military to detain US citizens suspected of terrorism without charges or right of habeus corpus), plus new "diagnoses" from an accepted authority, the framework is in place for extrajudicial rendition of citizens who may not agree with, and perhaps comment on, certain government policies.

...don't get me goin on this stuff...here ya go greasy....B)-..da man
http://isepp.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/dr-thomas-szasz-professor-of-psychiatry-emeritus/

Believe it or not - there are some doctors that didn't want to be. They were pushed into it by their doctor parents, usually fathers.

They reach a point in their careers where they have to either gut it out for the rest of their lives, or choose another specialty. A few even quit, however that isn't usually seen as an alternative.

There is a "joke" among medical types about psychiatrists. They decided at some point that they didn't want to be doctors - they didn't want to touch anyone, so they became psychiatrists:

"I'll listen to any $#!^ you have to say, but I'm not going to touch you."

Another choice is pathologist - their patients never complain die.

And, there is a "specialty" known as administrative medicine - they don't touch people either.

Gerry, It is currently against Alabama law to marry a crazy person. If they change that law I will marry my woman.

Steve -
Gerry related bull$#!^ psychology to something that is real to him (and me) and you asked if he really believes it.
His (our) opinion has no less merit than anyone elses.

Sure didn't take you long to figure that out...you must have read some of my postings.

OK, som silly answers on page 1 at least. I have no qualms about admitting to Manic Depressions boardingm on Bipolar, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome and ADD/ADHD.

And people wonder why I work for a Cable Company.

Re the firearm comment - if this is the case half of the returned servicemen (including me) should not have firearms. I passed both a mental check-up and the Concealed course in order to own and carry if I desire.

"Re the firearm comment - if this is the case half of the returned servicemen (including me) should not have firearms. I passed both a mental check-up and the Concealed course in order to own and carry if I desire."

Also includes anyone who has been through an in-house substance abuse program, as I have-25 years ago

It is not right to penalize someone for doing the "right" thing, regardless of the context.

http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Police-Officer-Shot-Brooklyn-370-Bushwick-138450134.html----------------------Yeah tell me how you care about cops getting shot wounded and killed and then present this bullshit argument. Now you bring in veterans and people who had dependecey arguments. Just pathic but why should i be surprised

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.....http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/58/1/85 now couple this with my earlier link...and then take two aspirin and get some rest....Dr Dads orders....
http://isepp.wordpress.com/2011/08/30/dr-thomas-szasz-professor-of-psychiatry-emeritus/

Cool off sly,answer the question. You seem to support the classifying of being uncomfortable with crowds and excessive internet use or substance abuse treatment 25 years ago as mentally ill. Is that your view?

Yep, Wyatt, I had seen that before. Interesting findings

It is concieveable that some day merely expressing a desire to own a firearm could be viewed as a mental illness.

...JimK ....my recent Ebay excursion after I placed a 1960 Daisy BB gun on an Ebay aution...

your portents are right on...check this out...and their BS line of "reasoning"...

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200712448375 - DAISY MODEL 25 PUMP BB GUN


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Wyatt, get a marshmallow, paint it orange, stick it on the end of the gun, and relist

Perhaps the fact that someone spends time on Ebay may be a future disorder as well?
Or watching Nascar? or football? I've known some guys that could not function on Sundays without football to watch-they'd go into depression during the off season

Someone afraid of snakes in the woods isn't mentally ill.

Someone afraid of snakes in his bathtub is.

Sometimes when I walk behind a beautiful woman I get mentally unbalanced. When I sniff the air flowing off of her I get more mentally unbalanced. This mental illness can only be treated one way, but some will slap the hell out of you if you try. Mental illness is my only defense should I find myself in court.

All I can say is that at some point we all "suffer" ... and stray from the norm. The assertation of a disorder is (i think) based on a person remaining compromised for an unusually long period of time or cycling through repetitive bouts of said behaviour.

The thing that I would like to ask is - what scientific research has been done to substantiate their reasoning for including these new descriptions in the DSM? The classic example of the categorization of homosexuality as a normal behaviour in the psychology circle, was not premised on scientific research, but rather on placing votes.

As already, mentioned, it becomes suspicious when certain protocols are abandoned when identifying/ naming disorders and to what end or purpose?

Signed,

MG ADDHD pshyco,MG neurotic,GM phobic,british,american bipolar,schizoid,typo,hypo, MG obsessive, compulsive,MGFfff,turret,G,A,B,B,Y - YA delusional soul.

There is a pill for everything... if you watch TV long enough you will be able to find a pill that will work for you.. but ask your doctor if its right for you, if you have XYZ... though it may not be right for you.. side effects include.....