Recent questions tagged mental illness

Description : John Hinckley (Reagan's would-be assassin) is being released. Good idea or bad idea?

Last Answer : Let me check with Jodie Foster on that one. Her opinion matters more than mine.

Description : In D&D could ability score damage mimic some types of mental illness in real life?

Last Answer : The role playing game Kult, and the Chaosium game Call of Cthulhu are both examples of this. But as you go insane you also reality as it truly is, and not the illusion or lie that most ... since 1999 and not sure if my library and sources are obsolete. But you have developed an excellent system.

Description : Can all psychopaths' become murders?

Last Answer : I had a thought in grade school. If one of a hundred people are psychopaths’ and they each kill one hundred people then the human race would become extinct. Except if they killed eachother instead than the statistics would be favorable.

Description : Ever know anyone with a split personality?

Last Answer : Yes, but worked at a psychiatric hospital in college. Only saw two of her three personalities.

Description : Is being habitually honest a mental illness or a sign that one is developmently delayed?

Last Answer : Neither, quite the opposite is true.

Description : Could hearing voices or thoughts be caused by telepathy?

Last Answer : Nope, No and NADA ! “Voices in your head” are just that hallucinations

Description : Is affluenza a real disorder?

Last Answer : No, it is not a real disorder. It is a buzzword. It is an excuse for patriarchal judges to excuse behavior that would land anyone else in prison for a long time.

Description : How does one find out if they are lazy or stupid?

Last Answer : One finds out one is lazy when things stop working in one’s life, but problems could have been avoided if one had done the small but necessary things.

Description : Can you name some famous psychopaths or sociopaths?

Last Answer : Well yeah. Of course. Manson, Bundy, Hitler, Son of Sam, The Greenriver killer, The Zodiac killer, Donald trump.

Description : What is the difference between a fanatic extremist, and mental illness?

Last Answer : One is learned behaviour, the other is caused by biology or chemistry.

Description : Do you think paranoia and other mental illnesses help people survive extreme circumstances?

Last Answer : answer:I would say mental illness is usually caused by traumatic events that don't get processed and healed. People definitely shut down their emotional reactions at the time of trauma in order to survive them ... that matters and goes on to form patterns around it for the rest of the person's life.

Description : Has anyone blamed you for being sick?

Last Answer : In school, yes. My parents were fine with my taking days off even when I was not quite at death’s door. Made some classmates very angry.

Description : Do you have to be mentally ill to kill people?

Last Answer : answer:Not necessarily. Being a self absorbed narcissist that feels like a victim because he is not getting what he thinks he deserves from his over inflated sense of entitlement is enough for some ... chicks sent him into a murderous rage. When adult children have temper tantrums people can die.

Description : Why would a person continually try to take a dig at someone with every interaction they have?

Last Answer : answer:I would guess because they are afraid of being direct either because they think it isn't nice to not be, or because they are hoping the person will get a clue. It's fairly passive ... are convinced how they behave is civilized. They seem to not realize just his hostile their behavior is.

Description : I think I may have Factitious Disorder?

Last Answer : No matter what anyone here tells you, we can't help you. You really, really, really need the help of a professional; more than that, a highly reputable specialist. The wrong person(s) can cause damage beyond ... I wish you good luck. Feel free to send me a private message any time you want to talk.

Description : How much should you weight up the other parent's mental health and insist visits be limited or postponed, for the welfare of the child?

Last Answer : That does not sound healthy, or safe. If it were my choice he’d never get anywhere near your son. I’d even be nervous with supervised visits.

Description : What is residual schizophrenia?

Last Answer : Residual Schizophrenia. This article seems to say that it is a phase of schizophrenia where the symtoms of schizophrenia have lessened somewhat but are still there. That would by extension seem to indicate that it is less severe.

Description : Why should we Americans care whether or not a murderer is considered insane in the eyes of the court?

Last Answer : insanity = reduced culpability really simple

Description : How do I convince a friend that he needs treatment?

Last Answer : Well..I don't know what kind of therapist he saw, but his symptoms are not those of an adjustment disorder, they are delusional, paranoid and schizophrenic. Nothing you can do except try to alert the ... to see him get treatment and I wouldn't keep his location a secret. Good luck, tough situation.

Description : Does pretending to be something you are not hurt people who actually are what you pretend to be?

Last Answer : …how? Did they explain how? I can’t really see how it would have any effect, shy of doing something horrendous while pretending to be part of a group of people.

Description : How do you deal with someone in your family having mental illness?

Last Answer : answer:There's only so much you can do. Back around 1958, my cousin was placed in a home as a young teenager because his parents couldn't handle his mental illness. He never left the facility ... away for a time. But then, this could happen in a relationship with a person without mental illness.

Description : When you say "mental illness", which disorders are you specifically refering to?

Last Answer : Mood and/or personality disorders, usually.

Description : Did you ever ask someone like a waitress for something like a glass of water and get snapped at?

Last Answer : She’s having a bad day. I’d go somewhere else.

Description : Bipolar II- anyone find yourselves to be mostly depressed with episodes of quick to anger?

Last Answer : answer:I'm also bipolar. Like you, I rarely get manic episodes. I tend to get depressed more often. I don't have problems with anger now, but I have in the past. I think learning to be calm ... . I hold nothing back. This gives them the best stuff to work with in determining my course of treatment.

Description : What type of person makes up grand stories and at times has erratic behavior?

Last Answer : They could be a pathological liar or a compulsive liar. This person sounds like they lie out of habit, which would make them more of a compulsive liar. Here’s the difference. I don’t know what to tell you about the erratic behavior because you aren’t specific, but I hope this helps some.

Description : How is sociopathy diagnosed, and what makes a person recognizable as a sociopath?

Last Answer : I am thinking anyone can call another a sociopath and the definitions would vary greatly and would be according to the person that utters this and their ideas of what the proper' thing to do is - I ... an word that's a last resort, a word to describe a person whose actions aren't easily explained

Description : Mental breakdown?

Last Answer : Being non-functional. Unable to meet your obligations.