In psych, you read about all of these diseases and syndromes. In readin the symptoms, you seem to have some of the symptoms, so you self diagnose yourself with whatever disease or syndrome that is. In fact, you probably don't have that. What is this called? There is a specific name for this - WHAT? HELP!
2006-09-26 09:03:55 · 8 answers · asked by likmytulips 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
Hypochondria. when learning about disorders keep in mind one cannot diagnose themself. Also you must understand that when diagnosing the professional considers, intensity, duration and cultural factors. Also is the behaviors effecting a significant part of your life. To properly diagnose a complete psychosocial history should be completed.
2006-09-27 19:00:11 · answer #1 · answered by En1gma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the self diagnosis package testing kit DO NOT come with the medicine or medication for the diagnosis,then,DO NOT offer any life treat. I don't believe they can be accurate. But for a hypochondriac,neurotic or panic person - YES IT IS A RISK !
2016-03-27 11:32:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The danger of self diagnosis is lack of objectivity. Self preservation makes it second nature to see things from your perspective first, and think of how situations relate to yourself. You do not naturally aee yourself from the perspective of another person. Everything you think and do is rationalized by your self-preservation. You make decisions based on your needs and priorities.
I am sure that we can all relate to having similar feelings from time to time. Just the same way we can relate to several astrological signs. Notice something, though, that we only admit to what makes us comfortable.
It takes a trained professional who has skill and experience with certain disorders and behavioral characteristics, to diagnose a mental disorder. They are objective and have no emotional investment with the patient. They do not base their conclusions according to your perspective.
I am not sure if there is a specific name for feeling the need to self-diagnose. I know of the term 'hypochondriac' meaning one who is convinced that they have medical or health issues, but in all actuality, it is just in their mind. I don't know the word for imagining you have mental disorders....
I have met people in a psych class that kept holding up the lecture with questions about "Hey, I do that! Does this mean I have that condition? AM I normal?"
I think it takes a higher level of narcissism to make something all about onesself, and a person must be really self-absorbed to repeatedly interrupt a psych lecture to make it all about themself, with complete and total disregard for the other students, the time schedule, and the material needed to be covered within certain time constraints.
I am not saying that you are like this in any way, just that I have met people like that. I refer to them as self-absorbed and narcissistic. They just had a way of making everything all about themself with disregard to anyone else.
Look at it this way; Say a person with bi-polar disorder sometimes has moods where she is bubbly, extroverted, energetic, and fun to be with. These behaviors come out when she is having a manic eposode. You may have these same characteristics, but that doesn't make you bi-polar, does it?
Say a repeat offender in prison insists that he is innocent and the judge was out to get him, and nothing is his fault. He claims to be the victim of the judge's personal vendetta. Maybe you feel like a victim sometimes, but that doesn't make you a convict, does it?
Sometimes I get a headache, but that doesn't mean it's a brain tumor.
Don't go self-diagnosing and labeling yourself, or you might actually believe it and behave in ways to support that conclusion. That is self-fulfilling, but not in a good or healthy way.
There is no way you can accurately self-diagnose. Would you feel comfortable diagnosing the need for a surgical operation, if you had a headache?
2006-09-26 10:22:29 · answer #3 · answered by pandora the cat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Paranoia? Hypochondria?
2006-09-26 09:11:58 · answer #4 · answered by smecky809042003 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you talking about hypochondria? That's the closest specific name I could think of. We always just called it "psych-101-itis."
2006-09-26 09:13:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called freaking out.We all are a whole lot short of perfect,just live with it.
So what if you have symptoms of this and that?
2006-09-26 09:13:24 · answer #6 · answered by Den 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my psych teacher calls it "psych student syndrome"
2006-09-26 10:34:15 · answer #7 · answered by kittykittykitty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'll lik ur tulips :) lol just kiddin bud, i duno what the name is
2006-09-26 09:12:12 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋