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Originally Posted by Thomas in Ohio
Now, I know no one but a trained professional would be able to do a hard diagnosis on this situation, but I'm trying to figure it out for my own information. Educated guesses are welcome, since there are those here on PC that have vastly more experience in these matters than do I.
For lack of a better name, let's call the person in question Subject A, or just A for short.
Subject A seems relatively normal at first glance. A little eccentric about body decorations, but nothing that would get a second glance on a college campus. The puzzling part comes on closer inspection. "A" seems to have a very busy and hectic life, to hear them tell it. A child with developmental disabilities, a Significant Other with health problems, etc. Their life is so busy (they say) that they even have minimal time to sleep. Fair enough, I believe that there's those types out there.
Looking even closer, however, inconsistencies start to appear. Different people are told somewhat different versions of events. When advice or solutions are presented for "A"'s problems, "A" always has a reason ready why it can't be done. "A" states that something important was given to another person, only to have that other person not be able to find it when it was needed. I could go on.
At first, I considered that "A" may just be living just a bit inside their own little fantasy world, but "A" seems a bit too "grounded", for lack of a better term. After doing some research here on PC, my opinion has changed to favor more of a Histrionic Personality Disorder combined with a Dependent Personality Disorder. Once again, that's my relatively uneducated opinion.
Any supporting or conflicting opinions are welcome - any information will likely assist me in figuring this person out. It's driving me totally batty trying to it on my own.
I'll answer any questions that I can while revealing as little as possible about this person's identity.
I figure that the worst that it can be is an interesting thought experiment.
Once again all opinios are welcome.
Take care!
T.
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this could be any mental disorder or no mental disorder. people with any mental disorder can and do sometimes fight against taking advice of others that may help them, tell lies and other things.
people with no mental disorders also fight against taking positive advice from others that may help then and tell lies about their self and their problems.
examples right now we have a schizophrenic on the mental health unit that is the way you described theres also at least one a bipolar person, a depressed survivor with PTSD, a borderline personality disordered person, an OCD person, an avoidance personality disordered person..... by now you probably get the point without my having to list all 58 of our patients on the mental health unit and their disorders. regardless of disorder each one of them are like what you described. each one of my clients at the crisis center can also fit the same discriptions you gave for a case history.
Theres more to being / having a mental disorder than telling lies, and not taking advice from other that could better the persons lives and the other things you posted. theres a whole mess of diagnostic criteria and a whole mess of symptoms, some of which you probably would not consider to be a symptom depending upon your beliefs, location and cultural background.
Theres also many medical problems that can cause those same symptoms you describe.
by self diagnosing you can actually be doing "A" a great deal of harm. Diagnosing someone elses or your own problems well its like diagnosing someone with the plague when they may have just a very stubborn antibiotic resistant virus, or diagnosing someone with a "skin rash" or "freckles" when they may have a rare cancer.
my advice stop trying to self diagnose and have "A" go to their medical doctor. the medical doctor can then refer "A" to a psychiatrist that can appropriately diagnose "A"s problem.
it is only with diagnostic evaluations by a physician and a qualified mental health provider that will give you the correct diagnosis and treatment.
