Here's the bottom line on a lot of 'beliefs' about things.
First off, it makes people feel strong and powerful to say 'Oh get over that shit, you're fine, just eccentric' Because when they say this, they feel internally like they are sticking it to the world. Or its some excuse for certain behavior that we can completely control.
The FACT of the matter is that unless you're experiencing it personally, your beliefs are nonsense on these issues. If anything, doctors over medicate or misdiagnose shit by making 'stab in the dark' cocktails that address things and test effect others. This in turn comes into public view when they see someone with a lot of medications, then this view comes down to a hearsay situation where other people hear about it, or see it and think that this stuff is entirely not needed and everyone can just work out what they have with personal power.
This of course follows with telling the sufferers they are weak minded, or its completely in there control, as these same people reflect on their lives by thinking about their past experiences which is a completely unfair comparison, because you don't have it. Try telling that shit to someone with Schizophrenia. Its like telling a amputee to stop bitching and throw a football.
ADHD is another thing, but I don't have it, so I cannot be sure how bad it can be in specific individuals, to where you need the meds just to stay calm. I always thought it was bullshit just so Pharma companies could find something else to profit from, until I met my friend Adrian.
OCD is a entirely different problem. I really think it should get recognition in the future for being a entirely thought driven version of schizophrenia. This shit is way different then a simple disorder. I probably have had it most of my life, and had the worst onset at age ten. My grandma had it also.
I didn't realize how badly she had it until I was old enough to see it first hand. She was a very bright person though, and so sick good as a musician on piano. She even had tabs for rimsky korsakov, so thats a huge indicator of her ability.
My problem isn't some made up thing. I've had it for what seems like forever. I never knew that others didn't feel this way, I saw the world in a glass to glass sense to where I just expected everyone to be just like me with no difference. In that biologically speaking, I felt the guilt I did, because I believed it was my fault.
I had a onset of massive near suicide level anxiety as a child at age ten, and in matters of detail I've always had the upper hand when it came to learning material of any nature, and was highly creative and bright. I repeatedly blamed myself for the way I felt, but I had no clue that these feelings were fabricated mentally and not something to truly feel bad about of my own creation.
Imagine a example of going to a ATM, and someone appears behind you with a gun and demands money. That is pretty much what OCD sufferers deal with constantly, that fight or flight anxiety. Only, there is no TRUE present danger. We realize this, but when you get a internal signal that doesn't match external means, you end up doing things to try to 'make it right', or repeat nonsensical shit to feel better. The result no matter what is a feeling of defeat and guilt. Even if at the beginning doing those rituals/actions makes you feel better for a few hours, what ends up happening, is you reinforce the importance of doing this nonsense by doing actions, which causes more actions later, so saying the number 'six' for 10 repetitions can eventually decay in 1,000 reps... This can take considerable time up until you basically have no life.
This can manifest in many ways, IE: Saying certain phrases, cleaning your hands endlessly. Driving around making sure you didn't kill someone accidentally on the way home, touching the wall 929 times ... The issue stems from the brains inability to filter nonsense from reality.
I also am a solid student, and am heading for a goal of being highly educated. I don't use it as a excuse in my life either, its just a struggle I have to deal with either way. That's life though. Anyways, keep em coming, good reading some of your guys situations.
