2006-08-25 09:55:48 · 11 answers · asked by ChinaCat Sunflower 2 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Just like the guy on here right now that just keeps posting about his schizophrenia....over and over. Either his meds aren't working or he's off them.
Yes, when they are having a crisis, they can't see it. It's the nature of mental illness.
2006-08-25 09:59:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's either a lack of education on the illness itself or most likely a lack of congition, in other words, while in the throes of a manic eposode one may not be able to realize his state. That is part of the condition, sometimes (but not always) it can be difficult to realize your condition has changed for the worst.
2006-08-25 19:12:15 · answer #2 · answered by avidcyclist4 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would think that might be part of the illness itself...Not so much denial, but if they've never even thought they had it or see anything wrong with it why would they try and recognize it? And is this person just downright denying it or trying to hide it from other people?
2006-08-25 17:01:36 · answer #3 · answered by blue suede shooz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the mind is not working properly, once on meds the transmitters in the brain transmit info properly...causing a person to think more logically.
2006-08-25 17:00:51 · answer #4 · answered by hahaha 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that when people with this condition are in their 'manic' phase, it feels good, they are happy, and don't realise how their behaviour looks to other people. Or indeed how unsafe they often are in this phase, because being manic can often be more dangerous than being depressed.
2006-08-25 17:00:13 · answer #5 · answered by Jude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Speaking as a person who has occasional bouts of depression, when your moods change, you think it's just what's going on in your life--you know, you had a crappy day, etc. It's harder to see things clearly through the haze.
2006-08-25 16:59:42 · answer #6 · answered by spunk113 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Please show sympathy to people with bipolar illness.
It is likely to be a chemical imbalance in their brain.
Their mind and their behaviour may be in an altered state and hence they can't perceive their own mood swings / delusions clearly.
2006-08-25 17:15:57 · answer #7 · answered by Simple 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because where there's no sense of perspective, there's no possibility of understanding the truth.
2006-08-25 17:00:26 · answer #8 · answered by St. Hell 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's like telling a drunk that pwerson has a problem, and they say what I DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM
2006-08-25 16:59:57 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
bipolar disorder is the weakest of mental disorders (i think) that you're not even aware of it until you're diagnosed.
2006-08-29 13:30:39 · answer #10 · answered by di_ako_guapo 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋