Is it normal that i want there to be something wrong with me?

Ever since I was a kid I've wanted there to be something wrong with me. Its not Munchausen Syndrome, as I don't fake illness, nor do I want to be physically ill. I just wanted to have a mental illness, something to justify my odd behaviour and my prone-to-crying issue. I don't believe this is a cry for attention... Or maybe it is and I'm trying not to feel that pathetic. I don't know. I've taken numerous psychology tests for things like bi-polar disorder, OCD, anxiety disorder, BPD, anything along those lines, and every time I do I feel like I answer the questions unhonestly just so that it says that I have one of the disorders. Is this normal?

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55% Normal
Based on 51 votes (28 yes)
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  • disthing

    I know exactly what you mean.

    Feeling like there is something wrong with you can be stressful and upsetting. Being able to explain what you feel is wrong with you, put a name to it, to categorise it and put it in a box separate from the rest of you seems a very attractive prospect.

    You may not have symptoms of any mental illness severe enough to actually be diagnosed, but that sense of something wrong, that your "odd behaviour" isn't justified without a label, that you're not quite right, is a problem. That is the 'condition' to be tackled. If you can overcome this negative idea, you won't desire a diagnosis because you won't feel like your "odd" behaviour is something to be worried about or ashamed of.

    Honestly I think I'm in the same boat as you. I've struggled with depression and self-harm in the past but feel like I've overcome those difficulties for the most part. Yet I still feel like I'm on the edge, like something isn't right with me and that I might tip over and things could get worse. I feel as though part of me is wrong, my head isn't all present and correct. I want somebody to sit me down, listen to me and then clearly and simply say, "I see what the problem is, you have such-and-such". Few! It wasn't just me being crazy thinking I am crazy... It's me being crazy because I AM crazy! What a relief!

    That'd make life more simple I guess :) But the idea that there's something wrong with your head... could be the only thing wrong with your head...

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  • joybird

    Hypochondria and hormones.

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  • krisichi

    I agree with RinTin they explained it very well

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  • RinTin

    I've felt this way sometimes, not since childhood but still. If someone has been having stomach pain for weeks they'll want to know what's wrong with them. Everyone wants an explanation so they can understand. It's harder to understand and pinpoint mental illness.

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    • happythankyoumoreplease

      But the question is, can I figure out if I actually do have something wrong with me?

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      • RinTin

        Maybe not on your own.

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