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MENTAL HEALTH???????????????????????
05/05/11
Question by EmmieG: MENTAL HEALTH???????????????????????
I’m 14.
According to the internet, online quizzes and such, I have had soooo many disorders 
I used to have every symptom of serious depression, including cutting and such .. :\
Multiple personality disorder and mood disorder. Allsorts. I never tell anyone…… it would sound pretty stupid 
“hey, I did all these online quizzes and I have all these disorders … take me to a doctor?”
No. Just, no.
But what I’m saying is, could it get bad if someone has mental health problems and they are left untreated?
I’ve been falling out with friends and everything with mood-swings and such that are totally unlike me.
Best answer:
Answer by Judy & Charlie
You sound a little anxious and obsessive about “having” a disorder.
Remember that taking the online quizzes are not the same as seeing a mental health professional for a diagnosis, don’t you?
You may have help sorting out your emotional condition by keeping a daily journal and writing in it about what you felt this day or that way and how you analyzed certain situations you were in. Do this for a few months and then, look back on what you’ve written.
If you do need to seek professional help, your journal will be an excellent diagnostic tool. If, in time, you feel that you have developed better control over your emotions, that will be obvious, too.
I wish you all the best.
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Fourteen over here, too.
And, the first piece of advice? Do not listen to the online testing. I have been experiencing sever depression and such, and decided that the online testing for different mental illnesses could help me figure out what was wrong with me, so that way I could speak to a doctor about it. I first considered hereditary options. I took one for Manic Depression as both of my parents suffer from this. I took one for OCD as my father and grandmother suffer from this. I took one for Schizophrenia as my aunt and other grandmother suffer from this.
Guess what? Apparently I am suffering from all of them.
I would suggest, instead of self diagnosing through online testing which is as unsafe as bare-backing a five dollar hooker (I couldn’t resist the Daybreaker’s quote), you book an appointment with your doctor and see what your problem is. It can be completely confidential if you do not want your parents to know.
Mental illnesses, when left untreated, will get worse. Definetely. Believe me. I witnessed such with my aunt. And she ended up getting sectioned.
I hope you get the help you need.
Comment by Callie — May 5, 2011 @ 9:25 am