Is it normal that nearly all of my friends are kinda mental?

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Now nearly all of my friends are seeing a psychologist regularily or have been to a closed mental institution.

Most of them smoke pot, some of them are taking chemical drugs and pills etc.
What really disturbes me is that it almost seems that most of us are ...well...somewhat fucked up.

I had depressions when i was younger, but that's quite a while ago.

Being fucked up doesn't make us friends, rather the easy-goingness that is keeping us together btw.

I just noticed that it's weird to have all my friends being somewhat mental, isn't that kinda strange? Or even normal?

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  • Ono
    12 years ago

    There's a difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist that people often don't understand. I've known of friends who have been to one or the other, but they're certainly in the minority of the people I know.

    IIN does seem to have a very high number of users with mental diagnoses than the wider community does, and an equal number of users who just think they do.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Im ASPD so ive got a disorder of the character rather than the mind. But people think im mental/evil....wanna be friends hahaha!

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  • Maggie143
    12 years ago

    Out of my close group of 4 friends, 3 of us have been in a psych unit at one time or another. One of them I actually met while we were in the psych unit. The remaining friend also sees a psych dr. So yes as you say we are all "somewhat fucked up".

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  • Avant-Garde
    12 years ago

    Just because people see a psychiatrist doesn't mean that they are insane.

    Taking drugs, especially hallucinogenics, can cause symptoms that can mimic mental conditions like schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. If they already had underlining conditions then there's the chance that the drugs could worsen the side-effects.

    No one is normal. Everyone is "crazy" in their own way. Normality is a lie that society created because they couldn't accept their true selves.

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  • Riddler
    10 years ago

    So are mine. Normal people are usually only into sports or don't want to go near me. I think that is the reason for me.

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    Maybe you're driving your friends crazy.

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  • RinTin
    12 years ago

    Well if all of your friends have gone to a mental institution I guess that's odd...not if it's caused by drugs though since that was their choice.

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  • alv1592
    12 years ago

    Going to a psychologist doesn't make you crazy. I'm going to one next week just to get evaluated. The psychiatrist is for people with more serious mental conditions. Most drugs do make you crazy, except weed which basically just makes you happy.

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    • Ono
      12 years ago

      There's a link between weed and incidence of schizophrenia.

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  • Energy
    12 years ago

    Why do you think there are cliques and such?

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  • [Old Memory]
    12 years ago

    psychologist aren't going to do a damn thing but give them more pills just another drug

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