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Have you been officially diagnosed as having a mental disorder or is the first time you've been told?

Posted - May 6, 2017

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  • 2658
    I'll tell you if you tell me how many times for you first.
      May 6, 2017 11:40 AM MDT
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  • 1268
    I've lost count.
      May 6, 2017 1:17 PM MDT
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  • 2658
    Me too, I've run out of fingers and toes on the count.
      May 6, 2017 1:52 PM MDT
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  • 7792
    I was diagnosed years ago.
      May 6, 2017 11:42 AM MDT
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  • I have been officially diagnosed with OCD, yes. I don't take anything for it, though. It's not particularly severe, but I do have it. I also suspect I have an anxiety disorder. 
      May 6, 2017 11:50 AM MDT
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  • 6477
    My older son and daughter both have OCD...and my daughter does too...I have it very, very mildly...I just like things tidy and am a teensy bit obsessed about food hygiene and germs. 
      May 6, 2017 12:08 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    Welllll what can I say... I was perfectly sane til I came here... all I can say is.. if ya hang out with a bunch of loonies it can spread :P
      May 6, 2017 12:09 PM MDT
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  • 1268
    The people who tell me they are perfectly sane, are the ones who scare me. :)
      May 6, 2017 1:18 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    I'm safe then... cos I only said I *was* sane :P
      May 6, 2017 1:23 PM MDT
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  • 1268
    Do you miss it?
      May 6, 2017 2:04 PM MDT
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  • 6477
    It's overrated I believe, and as you say, you just can't trust those sane people 
      May 6, 2017 2:06 PM MDT
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  • 7280
    Talking about mental illness is like talking about the "perfect body"---it's usually a question of degree rather than total dysfunctionality.

    Anecdote---I once commented to a fellow employee, "Well, you know how my mind works."  He stopped, looked at me and said, "No one knows how your mind works."   So maybe I am undiagnosed.
      May 6, 2017 12:53 PM MDT
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  • I don't think I have. Uhh, give me just a second, I need to ask the voices really quick. They would know.
      May 6, 2017 1:23 PM MDT
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  • 1268
    Have them tell us please.
      May 6, 2017 2:05 PM MDT
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  • "I've been divorced twice.  What do you think!?"
      May 6, 2017 1:55 PM MDT
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  • 1268
    I'm on my 68th divorce... so you are okay.
      May 6, 2017 2:06 PM MDT
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  • You know ... after the ninth husband, Zsa Zsa Gabor said, "The next time, I'm going to lease."
      May 6, 2017 2:14 PM MDT
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  • 6124
    LMAO!
      May 6, 2017 4:28 PM MDT
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  • 11005
    I prefer to think of it as a 'feature', not a disorder.
      May 6, 2017 2:50 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    no, ive never been diagnosed with one
      May 6, 2017 3:36 PM MDT
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  • 16781
    Clinical depression. I don't have it anymore, but I wrestled with the Black Dog for years. 
      May 7, 2017 3:38 AM MDT
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