Is this a real thing?
in Health ·
It’s honestly pretty tough to draw a straight line between just having a disorder and actually being sick. Things like paranoia or feeling totally apathetic—those are mental health disorders, sure, but if you're dealing with something schizoid in nature, it sounds like something is triggering a real split in your personality or causing this bivalent state. That’s definitely not a way to live, though. Personally, I’d suggest looking into some holistic or natural approaches. I dealt with major apathy myself once—it was actually caused by an underlying physical illness—and I struggled through different phases for a couple of years before I finally snapped out of it in just a few days. Mind you, I wrote a whole separate post about my experience with that over on the women’s health thread regarding PCOS.
I actually know someone who went through the ringer with anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizoid psychosis. They managed to pull through too, but they didn't do it using stuff like Ativan or Xanax. Usually, there's something pulling at you from childhood or your early years—some trauma, massive stress, a complex, or just deep-seated dissatisfaction. Psychoanalysis can really help, but let's be real, those sessions go on forever. If you try to go through a community clinic, it might not be great, and private therapists in the States can be insanely expensive, even if they are high quality. Just keep digging around a bit; you'll figure something out. 🙂
I actually know someone who went through the ringer with anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizoid psychosis. They managed to pull through too, but they didn't do it using stuff like Ativan or Xanax. Usually, there's something pulling at you from childhood or your early years—some trauma, massive stress, a complex, or just deep-seated dissatisfaction. Psychoanalysis can really help, but let's be real, those sessions go on forever. If you try to go through a community clinic, it might not be great, and private therapists in the States can be insanely expensive, even if they are high quality. Just keep digging around a bit; you'll figure something out. 🙂