It’s weird from April-October I was having really really intense issues due to the surgery. I became clostrophobic, really bad mood swings got really bad anxiety and panic attacks, got really bad insomnia (I was sleeping maybe 5-8 hours a week) I talked to a lot of my friends who were in the medical field and in the service. They told me that everything I have been going through plus the surgery gave me a form of PTSD. Which obviously kinda freaked me out.
I also started gaining weight at a unhealthy pace. From April to October I went from under 230 to almost 300Lb. The insomnia got worst too. Anytime i tried to sleep is wake up minutes later in a sweat and usually in a panic attack.
I went to my parents physician and he put me on some new meds, gave me a machine for sleep apnea and put me on a very strict diet and all the symptoms started going away and I lost weight at an incredible pace (almost 40 pounds in less than a month. My weight is now about 235)
Turns out a lot of the symptoms i had was just due to stress going on in my life (go back a page or two) and since one of the symptoms was insomnia I was sleep deprived which made me anxiety and panic ridden. Stacks on stacks on stacks, essentially.
Also back in August I moved back in with my parents to just kinda decompress as it were because I just hated myself being in Seattle at the time due to all the stuff that was going on. I needed to know I could function without all the stuff I held dear to me that left me over the course of 3 years. All I’ve been doing is focusing on me, putting my nose to the grindstone and getting shit done. I’m likely going to move back to Seattle midnext year. I know I can function without them and I can do what I want and how I want it.
Any mental problem always takes time to fix via corrective thinking/control and going with the flow/no control/acceptance/forgiveness/understanding of what you can’t control until your reach balance and relaxation. I have insomnia. I go could for over 24 hours without sleep and I am used to it (Which is due to a good amount anxiety that would last for hours. The panic attacks which were severe also lasted for hours). I always try to enjoy my waking moment these days which helps me relax and when I relax I feel better which leads to better sleep.
For me what helps with anxiety it’s looking at the literal. “Does what I’m worrying about have inevitable impact on my life?”, “Can what I’m worrying about be avoided?”, “Did I do all I can to solve the problem?” and etc. Forcefully shoving logic into it so I can better find out the root of the situation and handle it with a solution that has substance to it rather than trying to forget it.
I have off and on insomnia and what I usually do when it goes for to long is watch a series I’ve already seen that somewhat bores the shit outta me. (I’ve seen Star Wars 30 times at least). Dim light and taking in caffeine a couple hours earlier helps aswell. (for me. It’s not the healthiest thing, buy I figure it’s better than being a zombie all day s:)
I’m not particularly familiar with that. Has it been causing you issue as of late?
I guess aspergers is slightly delayed learning/understanding but not sure if that is even an actual condition.
I’m typing, got good motor skills, doing all these types of things regularly.
Although I did read people with it automatically have mild attention issues and focus intensely on the stuff they are really interested in.
But the same thing could be said about regular people, I mean what the hell
Any of you peeps try reading up on some self help books?
I bought a couple over the past few years that has helped change the way I think and act, its been a real life changer.
Bought a recent novel called “Quiet” by Susan Cain that talks about introverts and extroverts that’s really interesting and is helping me realize a lot of shit that has fucked me up during my childhood.
I like your post @NinetiesArcade , I wish I lived in Cali so I could do some Surfing lol
Singing lessons/musical meditation (preferably non verbal if just listening)
self respecting diet (learn to say no sometimes when craving)
depression emerges due to chemical imbalances, so learn to use your body in creative ways; the symbiosis of mind and body will then come together again.
talking/reflecting on bad memories is negative hallucination; the truth has no words.
How’d they go about diagnosing it? If you notice it doesn’t seem to affect you too majorly than I’d say try not to worry too much about the doctor says. 9 out of 10 of them can’t even write simple shit on a price of paper legibly lol
My dad was a hardcore drug addict who was in and out of prison throughout my childhood. My parents fought all the time. As a kid I acted out a lot (got suspended for urinating on a kid) and in high school I just become super depressed. I was lonely and I had thoughts of suicide. I wondered if it would be better if I had never been born. Then one day I just decided being depressed fucking sucks and I want to have fun. It was around that time my mom kicked my dad out of the house. Haven’t seen him in 13 years.
I find it hard to come to terms with events and circumstances that happened in the past. The majority revolves around family, finances and bereavements. I could write books about all the drama, similar to quite a few guys on here I’m sure.
This doesn’t classify me as a mental health case, but I’m a full-time carer for someone who is. It’s hard. Hardest fucking thing to do. In low moments it drags you down and makes you wonder why the fuck even bother, there is a senselessness and futility about it and that is very hard to express. Especially if it affects your loved ones. Good days/weeks are quiet days/weeks, where I tend to keep to myself and reflect on either achievements or areas where I can improve as a person. I read and analyse a lot. Sometimes too much and then I switch off and go for a jog or play a game. I stay away from intoxicants. To me they are escapism, not a solution. They also make me lose time (either zoned out or in recovery mode) and time is precious as you get older. I don’t mind the occasional drink or smoke, but I keep these sessions very light and far apart.
For me keeping things simple has helped. I try to stay healthy and stay intellectually stimulated, and get money in the process. I don’t recommend making money illegally. One way or another, it comes back on you (and I’m not just talking about the authorities).
There is a lot of bitterness, cynicism and in some cases even hatred, but I’m doing my best to be the bigger man and see the bigger picture. Another guy wrote about manning up, and that’s definitely true, but I’m talking caveman level, I’m alive, and reasonably health, so anything else is a plus.
It must be some shit in the air but as of recently I’ve been having the same thoughts on “manning up” past few weeks. It’s definitely a challenge especially when a proper role model was no where to be found in the young years. I see myself in some of my younger friends that are having problems dealing with reality, it makes me feel like I’ve advanced a bit atleast.
This might not be what you want to hear, but it is my personal opinion that ADD and ADHD do not exist, and are not valid medical conditions or mental health problems.
Depression is real, but I’d suggest that you’re better off with therapy and in the end you are the only one who can pull yourself out of it, there is no magic pill that will ‘cure’ it.
And I know Schizophrenia is real because we know a member of someone elses family who has it. He sees and hears things it’s terrible, he doesn’t leave his house, so there are real mental illnesses.
It sounds to me like you’re trying to make an excuse for your personality. Either change how you act around people or don’t, but a pill will do nothing for that.
Writing off your diet as a potential cause is a grave mistake. You laugh at the idea, but it’s not eating pasta, it’s about cutting out startches and sugars, and instead trying a high protein diet with lots of veggies and balanced, real fruits. You are what you eat, diet is everything for not just mental but physical health, and the two go hand in hand in my experience. Or just make excuses write off my post and get your pills, those pills are incredibly dangerous, there’s a reason Xanax and Ridalin are street drugs, Ritalin is a low form of Speed ffs, but by all means get your pills, the placebo effect works for some the buzz is enough for others.
Anyone reading this thread can go to any doctor and depending on your answers to a test can get perscribed anything you wish. I’m here to tell you that unless you have legitimate, impossible to cope with problems, that doing so is a huge mistake and you’re far more likely to get dependent on the medication or the medication will make your symptoms worse. Therapy, diet, exercise, meditation, yoga, figuring out your spiritual and mental self, these are solutions and everyone is on a different level of their Self. Most times “mental illnesses” are a sign that something in your life, related to the last sentence is out of balance, and you and only you can find that balance, pills should be a last resort, not given out like candy like we often see in our society, and many people don’t have the will power or strength to solve the issue, they just want the easy way out and think that a pill is the answer. Not their fault, I blame the big pharma industries for this, big time. Oh you have an over active kid like every fucking child ever here instead of disciplining him and raising him give him a pill he’ll calm down, what could possibly be wrong with that.
This is such a deep topic. Everybody is the same but everyone also has their own unique answers to the solutions.
In our society there is no shortage of “role models” because of history, the internet. Your role models could be like mine or they could be Einstein or the founding fathers of the US. It’s really what you want. Be your own role model. As long as you stand up for strength, truth, love, good, peace whatever, let the ideals shape you. But if you sit around and make excuses or look for fingers to point the blame, and I don’t mean you I mean anyone, you’ll pretty much get nowhere.
I learned more about life from playing Street Fighter, and that might sound strange or cliche’, but to me it’s no different from a Football player saying he learned about life through the game. That’s how I feel about SF I really do, and I’m glad I had a positive hobby that helped shape who I am.
I can honestly say that without street fighter or this forum, I would not be who I am today. I would most def be a whiner complaining about how I deserve everything just for being alive and I’d just be unpleasant to be around.
Even my time in the gym and my diet is influenced by street fighter and this forum. Growing up without any real role models this community has really humbled me and put me on the right track in life.
Anybody in this thread actually work in the field of mental health?
I’ll be taking a job at a major Midwestern university soon and… Well…
I’d like to use the position as an opportunity to bring fighting games to the economically impoverished with hopes of quelling violence and promoting a sense of community.
My friend had ADHD and he barely could keep focus on things. What he did to get over it was by changing his lifestyle. Eating healthy, jogging in the morning, working out with in the day, and reading books mostly every day or night. Another friend of mine channeled that shit into painting. It didn’t really cure his ADHD but it did channel into something positive, he actually makes good money from this.
I have an Arts degree, I’ve been thinking of going back and becoming a Social Worker for a long time but I have a job that pays fine and I really don’t like studying. I prefer to work, not just for the money, I don’t like the endless hours at school, shit just sits around until it’s finished and it’s never finished, there is always something else you can be reading or another draft you can do. I’ve always struggled with the stress of switching that off.
Anyone here ever deal with mild cognitive disorder?
I’ve been personally having problems with it for 2 years, right after smoking up one night, and it’s been getting progressively worse. It’s kinda set my relationships, plans, and life down routes that I didn’t want them to, and I feel as I’m getting tired of dealing with all of it.
I’ve seen a few psychologists and therapists in my area for this, but tbh, they’ve been seemingly useless in treating me, and my family seems to have proven to be incredibly useless in helping me at all.
Honestly, at this point, I’m not sure on what to do other than look over information from a few different sources, and try to come up with some kind of solution myself.
