Depressive and Bipolar Disorders: Crash Course Psychology #30
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There is -schizoaffective- Bipolar (which is, incedentally, what I have: Schizoaffectibe Bipolar 1) where psychotic behavior accomponies the mood disorder - but mania still isn't associated with delusions, in this case. It USED to be referred to as simply -Bipolar with Psychosis/Psychotic Behavior, - but they decided to change it to -Schizoaffective- because, you know, there aren't enough misconceptions about the term -Schizo- prevasive in our society already.
Anyway, this -Schizoaffective- behavior is stuff like hallucinations - which is obviously a trait shared with psychotic disorders: BUT, in a person with a psychotic disorder, those hallucinations are accomponied with a delusion. The individual BELIEVES that what they are seeing or hearing is real. A -Schizoaffective Bipolar- individual will, most often, be PAINFULLY aware that they are hallucinating and that the thing they're experiencing ISN'T real.
THIS is what they mean when they say -Crazy people don't know they're crazy. - A person with a psychotic disorder believes there isn't anything wrong with them. They have delusions. -I'm not crazy, I really was abducted by aliens! You have to believe me! - or, -God has entered my body, my body as my size. - Bipolar is a mood disorder, not a psychotic disorder. A bipolar person doesn't have these kind of delusions.
So, buying all the snake kits -because I believe there's an upcoming rattlesnake epidemic- is a sign of a psychotic episode. Impulse buying from mania is more like -I have to have this. When will I get the oppurtunity to get this again? If I don't get it now, maybe I wont want to get it the next time I have the chance. - Even if you aren't aware that you're manic (typically because you are undiagnosed or don't fully understand your condition) that -maybe I won't get it later- is indicitive that you do, on some level, recognize that you do think differently from time to time.
Also, and interesting thing that's a bit hard to wrap your mind around, is that a person with a psychotic disorder may not even hallucinate what they believe they saw. They simply believe they did. My friend that had schizofrenia, for instance, had a delusion that he was reliving his life. He believed that he saw himself die in all manner of different ways; but, obviously, he couldn't have hallucinated that. He believed that he had already done the thing he was doing, and had seen his future because he already experienced it in a previous attempt at life. This is the more pervasive aspect of a psychotic disorder called -dissociation. - Imagine you're sitting in a chair, and suddenly, you're in a different place and watching other people go about their daily lives. You aren't hallucinating this. It's not something you're actually seeing. It's something independent of your reality - a hallucination would be hearing a voice, or seeing a person that isn't there. It's something that's happening to you, in that moment, in your current consciousness. But a person with a psychotic disorder believes they're seeing whatever it is during this dissociation - even though they aren't.
Date: 2022-04-04
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lea
I have bipolar disorder, and it's killing me, because, it's not only depression, it's a lot more, and it's worse, and, I can't explain it to my parents, because, I'm scared that they don't understand, or they think that I'm putting an act just to make them not getting interested in me, so, I started to keep it a secret. Although I don't know if I could have schyzophrenia, because, I can hear and see demons in front of me, and, i don't read horror books and never watched horror movies. So, it's great that I'm watching crash course, so that I can know what kind of disorder I have and I can diagnose myself.
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I have bipolar disorder, and it's killing me, because, it's not only depression, it's a lot more, and it's worse, and, I can't explain it to my parents, because, I'm scared that they don't understand, or they think that I'm putting an act just to make them not getting interested in me, so, I started to keep it a secret. Although I don't know if I could have schyzophrenia, because, I can hear and see demons in front of me, and, i don't read horror books and never watched horror movies. So, it's great that I'm watching crash course, so that I can know what kind of disorder I have and I can diagnose myself.
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Miss
Depression: Part of my own brain is trying to kill me. But not all of it- the primitive survival instinct is still there, separate from whatever frontal cortex screw-up creates this internal civil war. It is easy to pretend nothing is wrong, especially when the condition becomes repetitive (as in SAD, not covered here) or chronic (dysthymia, also not covered here. Nobody really wants to talk about it, whether they have it or are around someone who does, because it is basically a black hole that sucks in any attempt to counter it. Worst misery imaginable. Who wants to touch that if they can avoid it?
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Depression: Part of my own brain is trying to kill me. But not all of it- the primitive survival instinct is still there, separate from whatever frontal cortex screw-up creates this internal civil war. It is easy to pretend nothing is wrong, especially when the condition becomes repetitive (as in SAD, not covered here) or chronic (dysthymia, also not covered here. Nobody really wants to talk about it, whether they have it or are around someone who does, because it is basically a black hole that sucks in any attempt to counter it. Worst misery imaginable. Who wants to touch that if they can avoid it?
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olivia
bipolar disorder isnt -cute- or -quirky-. its staying awake for days on end and being full of paranoia and making decisions that you regret for years. its going from a terrifying high to a downward spiral of depression that makes getting out of bed feel like climbing everest. its taking medication that makes you feel constantly sick just to think clearly. its not just mild mood swings. its feeling like theres something wrong with you constantly because you don't know how anything is going to make you feel, or when the scale will tip next. its not fun, its hell.
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bipolar disorder isnt -cute- or -quirky-. its staying awake for days on end and being full of paranoia and making decisions that you regret for years. its going from a terrifying high to a downward spiral of depression that makes getting out of bed feel like climbing everest. its taking medication that makes you feel constantly sick just to think clearly. its not just mild mood swings. its feeling like theres something wrong with you constantly because you don't know how anything is going to make you feel, or when the scale will tip next. its not fun, its hell.
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Yesenia
I-ve felt every single one of these things, I-m on vacation right now and all I can think in my head is how everyone is excited and happy around me & I feel numb then after being numb I-m angry and I end up having excitement & then I don-t feel a thing again.
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I-ve felt every single one of these things, I-m on vacation right now and all I can think in my head is how everyone is excited and happy around me & I feel numb then after being numb I-m angry and I end up having excitement & then I don-t feel a thing again.
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Noor
Is ADHD a mood disorder? I mean I experience emotional dysregulation
Edit: I feel like I totally lose control and act very crazy. Anyway I also have PTSD, anxiety, and depression. So maybe the emotional dysregulation is worsened by those other disorders
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Is ADHD a mood disorder? I mean I experience emotional dysregulation
Edit: I feel like I totally lose control and act very crazy. Anyway I also have PTSD, anxiety, and depression. So maybe the emotional dysregulation is worsened by those other disorders
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lexi
the paranoia when im manic is one of the worst things it got so bad once to where i was out at 2am once i thought i was being followed because there was a street light behind me and i tried to jump a fence at a closed golf course
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the paranoia when im manic is one of the worst things it got so bad once to where i was out at 2am once i thought i was being followed because there was a street light behind me and i tried to jump a fence at a closed golf course
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T-Robert
7 of the 10 emotions -defined by psychologists- are negative. How else will you justify prescribing expensive anti depressants without a comprehensive blood test. The weak are preyed upon by the pharmaceutical industry
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7 of the 10 emotions -defined by psychologists- are negative. How else will you justify prescribing expensive anti depressants without a comprehensive blood test. The weak are preyed upon by the pharmaceutical industry
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Tae
I don't know what I am going through but I'm just stuck btw sadness, anger etc. Nothing is improving my mood, I feel like nothing will get better even if get help. Even the things I want the most are not relieving me.
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I don't know what I am going through but I'm just stuck btw sadness, anger etc. Nothing is improving my mood, I feel like nothing will get better even if get help. Even the things I want the most are not relieving me.
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Arasay
If you have depression I would highly recommend trying to exercise regularly. I know it's hard to force yourself to exercise, but I joined my school's cross country team to force myself and it changed my life.
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If you have depression I would highly recommend trying to exercise regularly. I know it's hard to force yourself to exercise, but I joined my school's cross country team to force myself and it changed my life.
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