[BiscuitTin]

I just keep telling myself that i'm crazy.

I feel that it grants me some sort of immunity against health problems. In the past, my health problems have all been in my head.

So if i keep telling myself that i'm crazy, i feel safer and it feels like it's all in my head or whatever.

I don't have any major health concerns at the moment.

I'm crazy.

[pegasus]

So, did you have tests that proved that your physical health problems are due to psychological problems?

I personally don't like the term 'crazy'

Psychological problems can cause a great deal of real symptoms that are not all 'in the head.' You wouldn't say that schizophrenia is all in the head would you. It causes very real distress.

There are somatic illnesses where the person would rather feel physical pain rather than feel it emotionally. These are real illnesses and very difficult to treat. Medication is needed for the physical symptoms and expert psychological intervention.

And then there are physical illnesses that can lay dormant for years. Listen to your body and your mind and get a second opinion if you are being fobbed off by professionals.

Hugs

[BiscuitTin]

Originally Posted by pegasus

And then there are physical illnesses that can lay dormant for years. Listen to your body and your mind and get a second opinion if you are being fobbed off by professionals.

Hugs

Thanks peg, I dont' have any health concerns at the moment, but in the past, I was tested for some stuff and they said it was psychosomatic, which was cool with me.

I also had the same with my bowel.

I wrap myself in my mental problems sometimes to avoid focusing on other problems is what I'm saying.

I tell myself that i'm crazy, etc.

There's no real point to my thread, I'm just a bit depressed this week.

[darkrunner]

I'm sorry you're depressed BiscuitTin....
I hope you feel better soon.

[noobinberg]

Just know that you're not alone. I'm crazy too, I know 'cause I took the crazy test. Now it's bonafide. CRAZY!

Some professionals don't really like that word (especially my pdoc. He constantly tries to get me to use a different word. I tell him that no other word describes how I'm feeling sometimes...LOL!) Neither do some patients but, it works for me. What happens with me when I'm off my meds is not normal and well, a little (sometimes a lot) crazy. I don't mind it. It keeps me in check. I think, "how would normal people see how I'm acting? Would they think I'm crazy?" Sometimes I don't even care that I'm acting crazy and then I just get crazier. Well that's enough for now. Welcome to the crazy club!

[VickiesPath]

((((((((((((( Biscuit )))))))))))))))

I'm sorry you're down.

I think that a lot of times, the bowel (excuse me being direct) gets beat up by our mental illnesses. It seems to be particularly sensitive to our moods, as is the stomach. The doctors don't ask the right questions. They think that you don't have a bonafide illness just because there is nothing *originating* in the bowel. (There's a word for this, I think it's etiology.) Years ago, I had IBS, Irritable Bowell Syndrome. It causes alternating diahrrea and constipation. It accompanied my major depression. It was not a side affect of medication or anything. So they prescribed phenabarbitol. It did the trick. It was only temporary as when the depression lifted and my system normalized, it gradually went away. But there was no other cause for it.

I don't think you are crazy. I think every illness we have, whether mental or physical, has a cause. Sometimes, however, doctors get lazy and don't want to go beyond their 15 alotted minutes in figuring out what it is. You could go see another doctor.

[BiscuitTin]

I saw my doctor last week. Apparently what i had was a cyst of some kind, which he drained with a needle, and there's nothing to worry about.

[boop27]

i dont understand. Are you making fun of crazy people? Or are you really crazy? and its not politiclly correct the word Crazy. Disorders. Not Crazy. Not something to wonder about ether you are or you arent. And if you are than you no.

[Pup]

youre not crazy

i was told my illness was in my head too, or faking it, or attention seeking.
turns out I have M.E.

Hate drs like that. so what if its in your head anyway? or down to psychological illnesses? its still real.

[Rhapsody]

IMO - Crazy is a state of mind, and YES, some times my mind is crazy.

Just like the Commercial says:
Some times you feel like a nut and Some times you don't.

Originally Posted by BiscuitTin

I just keep telling myself that i'm crazy.

I feel that it grants me some sort of immunity against health problems. In the past, my health problems have all been in my head.

So if i keep telling myself that i'm crazy, i feel safer and it feels like it's all in my head or whatever.

I don't have any major health concerns at the moment.

I'm crazy.

A outstanding, wonderful therapist of mine told me "if you think you're crazy - YOU ARE NOT! If you don't think you're crazy - usually you are!"
Makes sense...

[Junerain]

Sounds like you are expressing your depression, in a way that is comfortable to you, just wanted you to know, I hear you, I feel for you, I validate you

How have you been feeling since you first posted?