Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shocko on 2007-01-01 at 22:03:52
Well, I was talking to my girlfriend and I was really happy, then a second later I was like really emo, so I made a joke about being schizophrenic.
She didn't know what schizophrenia was, so I explained -- then I thought to myself "hmmmm maybe I DO have schizophrenia" so I went and looked it up on a website for more details and this is what it came up with:
I was then like "uh oh..." because quite a few of those symptons apply to me.
So I am thinking I should go get a psychiatrist and get examined for schizophrenia.
Now, the help part. Suggestions on how I tell my parents that I want to be tested for schizophrenia.
and my parents are always teasing me about being crazy, so I don't think they will take me serious.
Please Help!!
She didn't know what schizophrenia was, so I explained -- then I thought to myself "hmmmm maybe I DO have schizophrenia" so I went and looked it up on a website for more details and this is what it came up with:
QUOTE
"People diagnosed with schizophrenia usually experience a combination
of positive (i.e. hallucinations, delusions, racing thoughts),
negative (i.e. apathy, lack of emotion, poor or nonexistant social
functioning), and cognitive (disorganized thoughts, difficulty
concentrating and/or following instructions, difficulty completing
tasks, memory problems)."
of positive (i.e. hallucinations, delusions, racing thoughts),
negative (i.e. apathy, lack of emotion, poor or nonexistant social
functioning), and cognitive (disorganized thoughts, difficulty
concentrating and/or following instructions, difficulty completing
tasks, memory problems)."
I was then like "uh oh..." because quite a few of those symptons apply to me.
So I am thinking I should go get a psychiatrist and get examined for schizophrenia.
Now, the help part. Suggestions on how I tell my parents that I want to be tested for schizophrenia.
and my parents are always teasing me about being crazy, so I don't think they will take me serious.
Please Help!!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (SEN)Dante50 on 2007-01-01 at 22:16:36
One way you could break it to them is by casually bringing the whole "testing" subject up in a conversation. Then, just tell them "...and maybe, just for the 'Humor Me' department, we could just try a test...". A similar thing happened to a friend of mine, and he used this method. It worked.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shocko on 2007-01-01 at 22:19:08
that sort of thing could work for most people, however that is the exact sort of thing my parents would say something like "you need a lot more then testing for schizophrenia" or "you need testing for STD's more like it" or something where they wont actually take me to see a psychiatrist.
Another thing that bothers me is, if I am diagnosed with schizophrenia -- what if they try making me take medications? I don't want them!!
Another thing that bothers me is, if I am diagnosed with schizophrenia -- what if they try making me take medications? I don't want them!!
Report, edit, etc...Posted by NerdyTerdy on 2007-01-01 at 22:31:29
I doubt you have schizophrenia, I had all but one of those symptoms last night, and I know I'm not schizophrenic.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shocko on 2007-01-01 at 22:36:00
I might be, I might not -- The point is I want to go get it checked, but I don't know what to say for them to take me serious.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by NerdyTerdy on 2007-01-01 at 22:45:57
Well, do they not take you serious when you talk in a serious tone and say I'm serious?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shocko on 2007-01-01 at 22:51:25
"I'm serious" to them is more like an opportunity to pull a face at me, call me a queer and then say something.
It's like I never told my parents about my girlfriends because I know what they are like.
So I told my dad "I have a girlfriend, her parents want to meet you" and he started making jokes about how she must be blind or how she must have bad taste or "you mean boyfriend right?" and what not.
Now i can't get any privacy when it comes to girls, my whole family thinks im sort of man w***e and keep warning me to take a condom with me everywhere I go. If I have a friend that is a girl they start questioning me; "are you dating on her?"
"who are you dating?" "are you cheating on..." "what is wrong with her" "do I need to go talk to her parents" "invite them over to stay" "here's some money, treat her well"
Those are the exact reactions I expected, now I can't get a friend that is a girl without him calling her my girlfriend or something like that.
It's like I never told my parents about my girlfriends because I know what they are like.
So I told my dad "I have a girlfriend, her parents want to meet you" and he started making jokes about how she must be blind or how she must have bad taste or "you mean boyfriend right?" and what not.
Now i can't get any privacy when it comes to girls, my whole family thinks im sort of man w***e and keep warning me to take a condom with me everywhere I go. If I have a friend that is a girl they start questioning me; "are you dating on her?"
"who are you dating?" "are you cheating on..." "what is wrong with her" "do I need to go talk to her parents" "invite them over to stay" "here's some money, treat her well"
Those are the exact reactions I expected, now I can't get a friend that is a girl without him calling her my girlfriend or something like that.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by (SEN)Dante50 on 2007-01-01 at 23:17:28
QUOTE(Shocko @ Jan 1 2007, 10:51 PM)
"I'm serious" to them is more like an opportunity to pull a face at me, call me a queer and then say something.
It's like I never told my parents about my girlfriends because I know what they are like.
So I told my dad "I have a girlfriend, her parents want to meet you" and he started making jokes about how she must be blind or how she must have bad taste or "you mean boyfriend right?" and what not.
Now i can't get any privacy when it comes to girls, my whole family thinks im sort of man w***e and keep warning me to take a condom with me everywhere I go. If I have a friend that is a girl they start questioning me; "are you dating on her?"
"who are you dating?" "are you cheating on..." "what is wrong with her" "do I need to go talk to her parents" "invite them over to stay" "here's some money, treat her well"
Those are the exact reactions I expected, now I can't get a friend that is a girl without him calling her my girlfriend or something like that.
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It's like I never told my parents about my girlfriends because I know what they are like.
So I told my dad "I have a girlfriend, her parents want to meet you" and he started making jokes about how she must be blind or how she must have bad taste or "you mean boyfriend right?" and what not.
Now i can't get any privacy when it comes to girls, my whole family thinks im sort of man w***e and keep warning me to take a condom with me everywhere I go. If I have a friend that is a girl they start questioning me; "are you dating on her?"
"who are you dating?" "are you cheating on..." "what is wrong with her" "do I need to go talk to her parents" "invite them over to stay" "here's some money, treat her well"
Those are the exact reactions I expected, now I can't get a friend that is a girl without him calling her my girlfriend or something like that.
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Seriously, if I had parents like that, I would call Child Protection Services without even having to think about it. If your parents are like that, just see if you can take the test without telling them.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shocko on 2007-01-01 at 23:21:03
My dad got in trouble for beating me before, that is about it.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by NerdyTerdy on 2007-01-01 at 23:35:33
I feel sorry for you, your parents sound.... bad.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by DT_Battlekruser on 2007-01-02 at 00:40:44
QUOTE(Shocko @ Jan 1 2007, 07:51 PM)
"I'm serious" to them is more like an opportunity to pull a face at me, call me a queer and then say something.
It's like I never told my parents about my girlfriends because I know what they are like.
So I told my dad "I have a girlfriend, her parents want to meet you" and he started making jokes about how she must be blind or how she must have bad taste or "you mean boyfriend right?" and what not.
Now i can't get any privacy when it comes to girls, my whole family thinks im sort of man w***e and keep warning me to take a condom with me everywhere I go. If I have a friend that is a girl they start questioning me; "are you dating on her?"
"who are you dating?" "are you cheating on..." "what is wrong with her" "do I need to go talk to her parents" "invite them over to stay" "here's some money, treat her well"
Those are the exact reactions I expected, now I can't get a friend that is a girl without him calling her my girlfriend or something like that.
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It's like I never told my parents about my girlfriends because I know what they are like.
So I told my dad "I have a girlfriend, her parents want to meet you" and he started making jokes about how she must be blind or how she must have bad taste or "you mean boyfriend right?" and what not.
Now i can't get any privacy when it comes to girls, my whole family thinks im sort of man w***e and keep warning me to take a condom with me everywhere I go. If I have a friend that is a girl they start questioning me; "are you dating on her?"
"who are you dating?" "are you cheating on..." "what is wrong with her" "do I need to go talk to her parents" "invite them over to stay" "here's some money, treat her well"
Those are the exact reactions I expected, now I can't get a friend that is a girl without him calling her my girlfriend or something like that.
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Surely you've learned to deal with peers of yours that act like that. Same things can apply if you wish.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Doodan on 2007-01-02 at 01:20:15
I had many of those symptoms as a teenager. I think its just hormones.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by NerdyTerdy on 2007-01-02 at 01:28:48
That's what I was trying to say.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by MicAarZur on 2007-01-02 at 01:47:48
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(i.e. hallucinations, delusions, racing thoughts)
How are those symptoms positive?
Report, edit, etc...Posted by NerdyTerdy on 2007-01-02 at 02:01:50
Well I don't think it means positive as in good.. I see it as like racing thoughts is fast which is sort of positive in the way I'm thinking, I'm obviously not really describing my thoughts very well, too tired, lol.
Report, edit, etc...Posted by Shocko on 2007-01-02 at 08:59:27
I've never hallucinated, I don't know the exact definition of delusion but I think it's something like hearing voices in your head, and I don't really know if I have heard voices in my head. I have been talked to, but it sounded like me, so i'm not really sure what a "voice inside your head" is supposed to sound like.
You guys are probably right, that I don't have schizophrenia, I guess the whole symptons thing got me worried yesterday and I started to believe I might have schizohprenia. Today however, I am calmer and I kind of doubt I have schizophrenia.
I would lock this topic if I knew how
You guys are probably right, that I don't have schizophrenia, I guess the whole symptons thing got me worried yesterday and I started to believe I might have schizohprenia. Today however, I am calmer and I kind of doubt I have schizophrenia.
I would lock this topic if I knew how
Report, edit, etc...Posted by xmrxsiegecopx on 2007-01-02 at 10:17:07
Bottom-left corner, there's a drop down menu (The words are red in Fx, and black in IE).