Jazz
13-07-2015, 06:26 PM
A few days ago, I had a psychiatrist re-assessment and it really brought some things back to me. I realised very quickly that I had been holding information back from the mental health team in charge of my care as well as my friends and family. My psychiatrist told me that sharing is one of the best forms of treatment for myself and others so I'm going to tell you a little bit about me.
First note: This will contain lots of talk about mental health and various different problems,so it may be a trigger for certain people
Second note: If this interests you check out Time to Change, its a really great charity run by Mind & Rethink and it discusses the stigma and discrimination around mental health. They run the #TimeToTalk (http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/talking-about-mental-health) campaign encouraging people to talk about their mental health
Third note: I posted a thread similar (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=769881) a couple of years back, since then my diagnosis have changed slightly due to having further tests and treatments so the things i'll share may be very different! It does have some tips on treatments, things to avoid etc though
So hello, my name is Jazz and I suffer with mental health problems. I was first diagnosed with a mental health disorder at the age of 14 but I was receiving counselling from the age of 13. There is a family history on my mothers side with depression and anxiety and a couple of us suffer with psychotic disorders. Since my latest diagnosis I suffer with Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Binge Eating Disorder (BED) & Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). I also have a borderline/low processing speed which is more classed as a learning difficulty. I'm currently on anti-psychotics (Aripiprazole) which is used to stabilise my mood and help take the edge off of my anxiety.
Anxiety:
My anxiety has been around for years, it started out being a social based anxiety and then quickly morphed into almost everything and became out of control. This is believed to be the major cause of my psychotic episode which was causing me to have very weird thoughts and delusions. It now manifests itself in my health, because I've put on a lot of weight and had a recent diagnosis in regards to my stomach I now believe that every pain is a sign of death and as a result often injure myself by poking and checking. I am receiving Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and have a support worker who helps me challenge these issues using breathing techniques and mindfulness.
Binge Eating Disorder:
This is quite a difficult disorder to have, its actually the worst of my disorders in my opinion. My binge eating disorder in short means that randomly for no reason my body gets an urge to eat, an urge that I can't control and don't usually realise is happening until I have a mouth full of food, the urge goes away usually when my stomach is so full it cannot take anyone food without vomiting. This is the disorder I find the hardest to talk about, mainly because I've had people in the past that don't believe this is a legitimate disorder, its horrible to have something so controlling and terrifying but people still claim its a false disorder. Maybe if channel 4 make a documentary about exploiting people with binge eating disorder, that might make people think but who knows
BPD:
I don't really know what to say about this as I'm confused by the diagnosis, what I was told is that due to past experiences in childhood and teen years it has caused me to have a different type of behaviour, similar to depression, OCD and ADHD that I was wrongly diagnosed with over the past few years. My medication is to help the more irrational parts of this disorder, such as my paranoia.
In general, I really dislike that I don't get taken seriously in public, I'm treated as if I'm fragile and somewhat dangerous. I overheard my aunt saying I should be locked away to save my father, which was a little over dramatic. That's why I like to talk about my problems and hopefully reassure people that they aren't alone in all of this. Mental health is an extremely confusing and lonely thing to go through and you have to really rely on the people around you before you become isolated like me. As much as putting labels on yourself is bad and can be negative, in some ways for me it's helpful and makes things easier to explain
What my psychiatrist said to me hit me, it made me want to speak out and hopefully if anyone sees this who may feel alone in this mad world will read this and maybe relate in some way idk. Anyway, if anyone has any questions about my disorders or wants to chat about their symptoms/disorders/feelings/etc feel free to chat to me in private on the forum or on Habbo/Skype
Its #TimeToTalk
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First note: This will contain lots of talk about mental health and various different problems,so it may be a trigger for certain people
Second note: If this interests you check out Time to Change, its a really great charity run by Mind & Rethink and it discusses the stigma and discrimination around mental health. They run the #TimeToTalk (http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/talking-about-mental-health) campaign encouraging people to talk about their mental health
Third note: I posted a thread similar (http://www.habboxforum.com/showthread.php?t=769881) a couple of years back, since then my diagnosis have changed slightly due to having further tests and treatments so the things i'll share may be very different! It does have some tips on treatments, things to avoid etc though
So hello, my name is Jazz and I suffer with mental health problems. I was first diagnosed with a mental health disorder at the age of 14 but I was receiving counselling from the age of 13. There is a family history on my mothers side with depression and anxiety and a couple of us suffer with psychotic disorders. Since my latest diagnosis I suffer with Anxiety Disorder (GAD), Binge Eating Disorder (BED) & Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD). I also have a borderline/low processing speed which is more classed as a learning difficulty. I'm currently on anti-psychotics (Aripiprazole) which is used to stabilise my mood and help take the edge off of my anxiety.
Anxiety:
My anxiety has been around for years, it started out being a social based anxiety and then quickly morphed into almost everything and became out of control. This is believed to be the major cause of my psychotic episode which was causing me to have very weird thoughts and delusions. It now manifests itself in my health, because I've put on a lot of weight and had a recent diagnosis in regards to my stomach I now believe that every pain is a sign of death and as a result often injure myself by poking and checking. I am receiving Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and have a support worker who helps me challenge these issues using breathing techniques and mindfulness.
Binge Eating Disorder:
This is quite a difficult disorder to have, its actually the worst of my disorders in my opinion. My binge eating disorder in short means that randomly for no reason my body gets an urge to eat, an urge that I can't control and don't usually realise is happening until I have a mouth full of food, the urge goes away usually when my stomach is so full it cannot take anyone food without vomiting. This is the disorder I find the hardest to talk about, mainly because I've had people in the past that don't believe this is a legitimate disorder, its horrible to have something so controlling and terrifying but people still claim its a false disorder. Maybe if channel 4 make a documentary about exploiting people with binge eating disorder, that might make people think but who knows
BPD:
I don't really know what to say about this as I'm confused by the diagnosis, what I was told is that due to past experiences in childhood and teen years it has caused me to have a different type of behaviour, similar to depression, OCD and ADHD that I was wrongly diagnosed with over the past few years. My medication is to help the more irrational parts of this disorder, such as my paranoia.
In general, I really dislike that I don't get taken seriously in public, I'm treated as if I'm fragile and somewhat dangerous. I overheard my aunt saying I should be locked away to save my father, which was a little over dramatic. That's why I like to talk about my problems and hopefully reassure people that they aren't alone in all of this. Mental health is an extremely confusing and lonely thing to go through and you have to really rely on the people around you before you become isolated like me. As much as putting labels on yourself is bad and can be negative, in some ways for me it's helpful and makes things easier to explain
What my psychiatrist said to me hit me, it made me want to speak out and hopefully if anyone sees this who may feel alone in this mad world will read this and maybe relate in some way idk. Anyway, if anyone has any questions about my disorders or wants to chat about their symptoms/disorders/feelings/etc feel free to chat to me in private on the forum or on Habbo/Skype
Its #TimeToTalk
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