How did you learn you had a mental illness?

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Yin And Yang Profile
Yin And Yang answered

Most people know something is not right. But it takes a doctor to diagnose mental illness. However there are mental issues out there. Most people have a mental issue of some sort. For instance right now, this pervert Harvey Weinstein. Knowing what he did to these young girls has me messed up in the head right now. Every single girl I see on tv I wonder "was she one of his victims?" "Where was her mother?" "Does she even have a mother?" Why didn't his secretary spill the beans? Was the mighty dollar really worth it? I could go on but you get the point. Issues and illness are two different things.

Darren Wolfgang Profile
Darren Wolfgang answered

Being diagnosed by doctors and tell them what my symptoms are such as high mood, low mood, over anxious, nervous, obsessive thinking, feeling depressed , not happy, feeling sad,  blunted thinking , withdrawn from people, etc.

Claire West Profile
Claire West answered

The main thing is not to contact Dr. Google

Professor Wonderland Profile
Professor Wonderland answered

Where I'm from, theirs a service for teens and young adults called CAHMS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service), and I was diagnosed with ADHD, depression and anxiety there. Me and my family feared something was wrong about a year prior to the diagnosis.

Ray Dart Profile
Ray Dart answered

When the clinical psychologist described me as "disturbingly normal". 35 years later, I'm still not sure whether that was an insult or faint praise or just plain rudeness.

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