TheRadicalAnxiousLefty
Well-known member
Sometimes I don't know what I have. In one sense, I don't "have" anything. There isn't an alien force controlling my brain--my brain just filters sensory data, processes information, and interprets events in a way that is totally absurd, irrational, and unworkable for living a happy, fulfilling, successful life.
On the other hand, labels are useful; there is a reason we have them.
I have some symptoms of:
ADHD: short attention span, frustration, inability to stay on a task for long periods of time, have a tendency to jump from one task to another.
Avoidant Personality Disorder: don't like to form relationships, try to keep conversations as short as possible, avoid situations in which I have to really get to know people, avoid people I know, never ask about people's personal lives, shocking procrastinator, etc.
Depression: future always seems bleak, worrying about my family, think I am no good, rationalize all positive events into misery, and so on.
On the other hand, labels are useful; there is a reason we have them.
I have some symptoms of:
ADHD: short attention span, frustration, inability to stay on a task for long periods of time, have a tendency to jump from one task to another.
Avoidant Personality Disorder: don't like to form relationships, try to keep conversations as short as possible, avoid situations in which I have to really get to know people, avoid people I know, never ask about people's personal lives, shocking procrastinator, etc.
Depression: future always seems bleak, worrying about my family, think I am no good, rationalize all positive events into misery, and so on.