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Are people often, or ever aware of their own mental problems?
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Otherwise, sufferers of depressions and anxiety disorders are clearly going to be aware, but may lack sufficient insight to see through the current episode.
Learning difficulties I'm less certain.
Mental health is extremely complex.
If you are interested, there are some good books on the subject. You may also find films such as A Beautiful Mind and Donnie Darko of interest.
i think there are three broad categories in this instance:
1. people who are totally aware that their behaviour is abnormal, and are doing it on purpose.
2. people who are aware to a greater or lesser degree that their behaviour is abnormal, but don't know why they're doing it, or can't stop doing it.
3. people who see no problem at all with what they're doing.
I just never heard of someone who felt something was wrong with themselves, went to their GP about it and winded up being diagnosed with a disorder such as schizophrenia (just as an example).
You hear of it a lot, though maybe not about schizophrenia, to use your example.
When I was ill, I knew I was ill. I went to the doctors because I knew it wasn't right to be feeling how I was feeling, and I got help because I was quite seriously ill. My logical self knew all this anyway.
It was weird, part of me knew I was ill and needed help, which is why I got it. But then the rest of me insisted that there was nothing wrong with me or my perception, that everyone did hate me, that I did deserve to hurt, that I did deserve to die. I suppose I kinda flitted between #2 and #3 of kaff's points, depending on how bad I was feeling at a given time.
Mind if I asked what turned out to be 'wrong' with you?
Think Susanna Keysen.
I just agree with everyone else.
Thats why I think personaly that the stigma of mental health plays an important part to the one recovering from an inbalance in the mind.
It is true that many dont ever want to be aware of there own problems cause they dont except them as mental problems and may even hold negative views of thoes that do except them and live with them.
The important thing to remember is that you are NOT alone, and help is out there, you just have to be open to accepting it.:)
Ditto. And it took a friend asking me something and having a go at me (kind of anyway) to realise that I do have some sort of problem/mental health issue.