Is it normal to realize you're more messed up than you thought?

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Since posting a few is it normal stories about my deepest thoughts and desires I would never normally tell anyone, I have realized I may be more messed up mentally than I even knew... Apparently there are multiple wikipedia articles explaining in detail a lot of my secret thoughts and feelings classifying them as psychological disorders. I always thought I was relatively sane for someone of my age, now I'm wondering if I should seek help. But how would I possibly fess-up to a therapist all of my secrets? I've never even said them aloud to anyone, not even myself, and now I'm supposed to tell them to someone I hired with money?

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  • [Old Memory]
    14 years ago

    I think we all have freaky desires and satanic or masochistic traits but as long as it's controlled your normal and fine

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  • psychobabble
    14 years ago

    If you find the right therapist, it will really help! It's not easy though! Choose a phychologist first to talk about things. If you trust the psychologist, have him/her refer you to a good psychiatrist for medication if need be. Good luck! And keep researching!

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  • [email protected]
    12 years ago

    POSSIBLY.

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  • monkyyy
    13 years ago

    "I always thought I was relatively sane for someone of my age,"
    that is not normal at all O__o u should be worried, the rest sounds like stress or paranoia but this line could be very bad

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  • kodiakfred
    13 years ago

    If you were really that messed-up you either a) wouldn't realize it and think you were fine or b)would have no coherent realization one way or another.

    Watch out for the people who think they're 'normal'. They're the ones you have to watch out for!

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  • deadrock258
    13 years ago

    I think the slang term for this is "Med Student Syndrome," but I'm not sure.

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  • that_kid_over_there
    13 years ago

    I finally found a person like me!!!!

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  • sparrowfeed
    14 years ago

    really.. what kinds of things? and are you sure you have a mental disorder? that's a really big thing to label yourself with.

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  • kdblueeyes
    14 years ago

    I know it feels weird to admit it to someone else when you can't talk about it your self. But admitting it can get you help for what you don't want to say. The person might tell you that you aren't as developed in a disorder as your think.

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  • slane
    13 years ago

    Everyone is messed up in some way . Keep your crazie thoughts 2 yourself. Take from experience those thoughts u have can and will be used against u when u don't expect it. I went 2 a doc I used 2 pay 100.00 4 15 minutes I seen him 4 2 years I love this doctor. He retired.

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  • ttty
    14 years ago

    See a therapist. But also realize that:
    1) most people can identify with at least some of the mental disorders listed. It's not just a matter of meeting the various characteristics of the disorder but also of degree. This is why you shouldn't self-diagnos.
    2) naming your mental malfunctions can also transform and change them. In essence by deciding that you have x disorder you may actually start thinking/behaving like you actually do when you didn't before. So don't read up on them. It will alter how you think about your thoughts and ultimately what you actually think.

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