Mental health – I talk to myself

Social Anxiety

I look back at the way I was as a child, I was socially awkward, as a teen I had a lot of social anxiety, I recall blushing which made me even more self conscious. My mum was extremely strict, my father was there physically but not spiritually. I believe I’ve got whatever he’s got,Continue reading “Social Anxiety”

Bipolar disorder

I have experienced very debilitating bouts of depression throughout my life and as a result been treated for unipolar depression. I realised very late in life that I have other problems going on and that antidepressants don’t work for me. I tried every anti depressant going, they calmed the depression but made the fleeting thoughtsContinue reading “Bipolar disorder”

Autism & ASD (Aspergers)

People with autism also talk out aloud and have conversations alone, I came across this site online: https://www.autismspeaks.org/expert-opinion/adult-son-autism-argues-alone-night-should-we-be-concerned Here’s another one which looks at intervention for teachers when dealing with autistic children who self talk. I have been referred to an ADHD/ASD specialist, this could be my problem after all, I have always struggled withContinue reading “Autism & ASD (Aspergers)”

Schizophrenia

I came across a video on YouTube which shows a woman talking to herself, it’s a negative symptom of Schizophrenia, my only criticism would be the overt filming, she was aware of the camera being there, it might have affected her overall behaviour, not sure how real it is. To get a genuine insight, theContinue reading “Schizophrenia”

Disassociation

Another google search and another explanation! Here’s a link from Psych Central where someone posted a question anonymously, the therapist mentioned disassociation in this case. An in depth assessment would have to be carried out with the person prior to making a formal diagnosis, and it’s not a disorder/ disease in every case, it’s onlyContinue reading “Disassociation”

Maladaptive Daydreaming

This term was coined by Professor Eli Somers, it’s fascinating and explains my behaviour but I have a whole load of other things going on too as mentioned in my previous post. I have posted a link to his YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyzueBjNG6 More information about Eli Somers Research https://haifa.academia.edu/EliSomer A YouTube user by theContinue reading “Maladaptive Daydreaming”

Antidepressants don’t work…for me!

The first symptom I noticed as a teenager was depression, I realise into my 40s that I was emotionally disabled and had severe social anxiety, which caused an (undiagnosed) eating disorder, the idea was to make myself ill enough to stay home, I just seemed to struggled around people, all the time. I wasn’t likeContinue reading “Antidepressants don’t work…for me!”

I talk to myself

I have been talking to myself since I was a teenager (it just started spontaneously), and at the age of 41 , I still don’t know exactly what is causing this disruptive behaviour. Back in 1995 at 16 years of age, I looked up psychiatric disorders in a medical encyclopaedia at the school library, franticallyContinue reading “I talk to myself”