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Originally Posted by WelcomeToTheJungle
I'm sick and tired of everyone blaming all of my issues on the fact that I'm 15. Yes my age doesn't help, no it is NOT the cause of it. My dr went from being less concerned to really concerned to less concerned, saying I'm "normal" and how lots of it is because of my age. No it's not. Since when was it normal for teens to have psychosis, OCD and severe depression? I don't want to sound attention-seeking, but I can't really find help or reassurance when people just go "yes you'll snap out of it" or "just cheer up". Just no. What do I have to do to make you see that I'm not okay?
- I hear/see/feel/smell/taste things that no one else can
- i have special powers
- i see signs and significance in everything
- i sense things
- People who know me say I'm the most delusional/paranoid/obsessive person they've ever met
- My depression is severe and I want to kill myself
- i am disorganised (thoughts etc)
- ive lost all motivation
- The voices tell me to do bad things and if i don't do them then something bad will happen, and i can't rationalise in these periods
- the memories of these are fuzzy/distant
- i cant concentrate enough
- my mind is always racing + i cant hold my thoughts
- my parents are worried
- i self harm
- i have crippling intrusive thoughts
- if i dont do things a certain way/rituals/compulsions then something very bad will happen
- i hate most people and feel drained around them
- i feel tired all the time
- i have chronic pains and fatigue
- i have severe anxiety and paranoia
- my dr says he thinks i definately have ocd, psychosis and a depressive disorder
- i take zoloft
- most of this has been happening since i was 7
- and theres more, but ive forgotten
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How DARE they them minimize you and your feelings in such a way ... SHAME on them ... !!!
I believe you because I have been there too ... See a lot of myself in your list up there ... And for me it also started at a tender young age ... You say you were 7 when you first noticed ... I was even a little bit younger than that when I first started noticing something wasn't quite right ...

At any rate, it's nothing to do with age but a whole lot to do with what's going on in the brain ... I mean would they say these stupid, insensitive things if you had some sort of physical health malady like cancer or spina bifida or polio or such ... HELL NO!!! ... So why do they think it's okay to do so with mental health issues ...

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Oops! ... Sorry! ... Sort of went off on one of my tangents there ...

... BUT, it makes me ANGRY to see anyone treated in such a dismissive and unconcerned manner ...
I hope you know that means I'm in your corner here ...
Sincerely,
BrokenCloud
ps. Feel free to give a copy of this to your doctor so he'll know that at least one adult is calling him on his BS ... I'm sure I'm not the only one who finds his dismissive attitude totally inappropriate ...