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09 Oct 2010, 2:30 pm

Well, I know that I, personally, am sickened by the idea that anyone would want to have a "comorbidity." For example, I was really shocked by the people who claim that they want to be bipolar because they'd enjoy the highs... as far as I can tell they have a completely erroneous view of what bipolar disorder actually entails. What they're really wishing for is to get high... they don't really want to be sick. The whole premise of this thread is that certain mental illnesses are "cool", and to be desired. This is based on stereotypes and misinformation, and as someone who is unfortunately affected by comorbidity I find it utterly repulsive that someone would want to be bipolar.

What people who claim to want bipolar mania actually desire is just to get high. There are drugs you can take for that. You don't need an illness that will affect every aspect of your life for the rest of your days. But getting educated about mental illness would be a start. It's not a bloody game.

That's why this thread sickens me. I can't speak for the other poster, but I imagine they are in the same ballpark as myself.

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09 Oct 2010, 5:16 pm

mgran wrote:

Hypomania just looks to me like a break from my depression (have been in a terrible mood for 5 months).
That's why I asked for Bipolar II.

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12 Oct 2010, 12:20 am

Thank you, NeantHumain, for starting this thread! I once told my shrink I would rather have the psychotic label than the PDD label because I didn't understand what PDD was.

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Mania! Lots of it. I want to be fun and cool and energetic and daring and youthful and creative and artistic and smart and you get the picture!

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12 Oct 2010, 6:12 am

I despair.

That's like saying, "I want to be autistic so I'll have a photographic memory and be good at maths."

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12 Oct 2010, 10:17 am

mgran wrote:

I despair.

That's like saying, "I want to be autistic so I'll have a photographic memory and be good at maths."

You are totally right. I do not understand why some people would want to have any kind of disorder really, even people who do not have one wish they were more normal.

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12 Oct 2010, 3:35 pm

mgran wrote:

I despair.

That's like saying, "I want to be autistic so I'll have a photographic memory and be good at maths."

A photograpic memory isn't so good. ><
I'd rather be able to remember voices then re-draw a picture everytime I think. AND you don't have to be autistic - I'm not sure if I am, lol.

And math is all about effort, a reason why I'm not good at it.

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14 Oct 2010, 5:03 pm

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A photograpic memory isn't so good. ><
I'd rather be able to remember voices then re-draw a picture everytime I think. AND you don't have to be autistic - I'm not sure if I am, lol.

I'm the opposite. I can remember almost nothing visually; it all comes to me in words. I remember things I hear easily (e.g info in class, lines for school plays). Visual scenes usually are 'seen' as words describing it, but not the scene itself.

On the other hand, sometimes I'm completely impossible at deciphering what someone's saying. I can parrot it, but not comprehend it.

I wish I had a better memory for faces. I can get kinda hazy pics of my family+close friends, but few full, detailed faces.

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19 Oct 2010, 3:49 pm

Silly thread is silly. Why would anyone want depression.

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19 Oct 2010, 5:43 pm

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And i kind of want schizophrenia. But not the paranoid kind.

"Paranoid" is good. It makes you aware of real, possible dangers, so you don't get hurt. My obsession with not letting me risk getting caught on camera, naked, is my most rational "paranoia", and I wish everyone had it. Except the ones that actually do that deeply immoral activity of taking those pictures... they just all need to die.

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19 Oct 2010, 6:03 pm

mgran wrote:

That's why this thread sickens me. I can't speak for the other poster, but I imagine they are in the same ballpark as myself.

I certainly wouldn't want anything more than what I already have, but I would hardly say this thread sickens me. It's a bit odd, though... if someone, for instance, would wish for the unthinkably terrifying panic attacks I've had, and never knowing if you might get one again, it'd be a somewhat odd and unenlightened desire, but hardly a sickening wish. Maybe some of those who truly do wish that they'd have something just would like to know how it'd be to just temporarily have it? Because I can honestly say that the panic attacks in question have affected my personality, to a degree... having experienced how it feels to know about "the end of the universe and everything beyond" through such an attack is pretty interesting and may be why I'm such a level-headed person. However, I don't ever want to experience it again. :l

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19 Oct 2010, 9:40 pm

This.

Nah, the people who want additional mental disorders either have a romanticized view of them (they think it would make them cool and edgy) or they're just making fun.

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"Paranoid" is good. It makes you aware of real, possible dangers, so you don't get hurt.

Paranoid, in the pathological sense, means being obsessed with imaginary, delusional threats. Being aware of real dangers is a healthy, rational approach to life unless it gets to point where it is obsessive and crippling. It's not good to let fear completely run your life. Paranoia is not a desirable state of being, and neither is any form of schizophrenia for that matter.

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20 Oct 2010, 6:50 am

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The thing is that others may see a person's "paranoid" concerns as imaginary or delusional, just because it's extremely unlikely to happen. But if you want to avoid getting hurt, you have to assume that people may hurt you at any time. There is just no other alternative as it's a bit too late to realize it after it happened. With the existence of Internet, if sensitive photos of you end up, there, it is too late to do anything about it and all you can do is be mortified or take revenge on the responsible person. Honestly, people who do such immoral things like secretly taking nude photos of people should get the death penalty... -_-; they could ask for forgiveness as much as they'd want to, but done is done, really.

It is desireable if it keeps you protected. But I guess one should always guard oneself from it going entirely out of hand.

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20 Oct 2010, 12:54 pm

Ah_Q wrote:

Silly thread is silly. Why would anyone want depression.

I want Bipolar II to take a break from my depression.

No one here asked for depression.

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20 Oct 2010, 4:25 pm

The one that makes me the happiest.

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20 Oct 2010, 9:22 pm

ADD_Teen wrote:

Ah_Q wrote:

Silly thread is silly. Why would anyone want depression.

I want Bipolar II to take a break from my depression.

No one here asked for depression.

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Sometimes I wish I had more than Asperger's syndrome and some kind of dperession or other.

Yeah.

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20 Oct 2010, 9:53 pm

Synesthesia might be useful, although I could imagine your senses would get overloaded pretty easily.

Being a savant would be okay, but if we're talking Rain Man savant I don't think you'd even be able to understand your savantry as being a good thing, or a bad thing. You're like a one function computer; you can compute one type of problem really really well over and over and over, but you have no awareness that there are any other possible calculations out there. Sounds boring to me.

Other than that, I'm fine with the way I am.

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