Is That Person Mentally Ill Or (Mentally) Normal?If He´s Ill Then Tell Me What Diagnose Could It Be.?

Question

heres his description
agressive,he can get crazy over a little thing,is a
"pathological"jelous-huband, he thinks his wife is cheatin, he dont trust nobody, he always thinks people want all bad for him,lets say "little bit" paranoid.he was in jail when he was a teenager for stabbing someone who died because of it.he is taking drugs (heroin etc.).he grew up without a father but his childhood wasn´t bad (had his mom always behind him).people are afraid of him (even his mother) particularly when he is drunk. he was beating his mom when he was drunk, his wife (because he was jelous).teaching his children to fight the enemy, to be violent when it comes to fight for right.he looks like a monster when he is angry, his eyes are demonic/satanic dunno how to describe it.
-he is very inteligent, plays guitar, sings, wrote poems,loves his wife & son,he reads much,he is very smart.people love him, hes a "wunderkind".
CAN this kind of person have a mental problem?
sorry 4 my bad english.

Big Thx To Lina For Putting Her Soul Into The Answer.
But At One Point We Have To Forget He´s Using Heroin.I Mean As A Person.
How He Was, How He Was For his People, People Who Knew Him, He´s...Very Smart Person..He Has Answer On Evry Question..I Never Saw A Charmed Person Like Him. He´s Unique.The Way He Talks, Walks....Forget About I Mentioned He Is Using Drugs.Just Tell Me Of A Person.Can Be There A Mental Problems?

Damn...He Is My.........

Answer 1

I am a clinical social worker and here is my perspective. I ask you to use caution and to not jump to conclusions. Psychology can attach a host of disagoses to this man. Unfortunately, there is not enough information in your profile of him to do an adequate diagnosis.

Clearly this man has had a number of issues enter his life. As a child he was raised as the child of a single mom. I would suspect that there was a degree of poverty in his life. This may have put him in any number of situations that contributed to his unhappiness and anger.

One does not just jump into heroin. Things happen, choices are made and life takes a turn down an endless road of drugs, alcohol and violence. Some of the symptoms you express could be related to alcoholic induced depression. Heroin is also a depressant and thus one might lean towards a diagnosis of addiction with attending depression.

The difficulty is that once an addict is free of his/her active addiction, personality changes as do diagnoses. Thus it is difficult to say what is the matter. You mention that when he is not drinking he is a different person. This leads me to suspect that the depression and anger is directly related to addiction.

You mention a violent temper and lack of ability to trust. This is not necessarily attributable to psychopathy though this is the conclusion the untrained and inexperienced may jump to. He has a history of violent crime, addiction and trust issues. I would venture that his self-esteem is extremely low. He may have issues with attachment and emtional and social boundaries. This would indicate issues in childhood as ego is developed at that stage. His violent outbursts speak of fear of rejection and loss.

His response to any such threat, real or imagined is to strike out in an attempt to prevent others from hurting him. He is in a base level of response to fear ; fight or flight. In his case the response is fight. Anger is not a base emotion. Fear is. Fear begats the anger.

With a therapist he can find the source of his fears, deal with them, learn containment, social and communication skills to assist him with anger management. He will need to develop alternative social functioning and be given opportunities to suceed by moving slowly towards change and the violence could well disappear.

He will need assessment, support and those around him will need to learn how to support him and what not to tolerate. This is a very complicated man, with very complicated problems and I venture he has not be forthcoming with the truth of his feelings.

In fact, he may not recognise the truth because of his addictions and the impact of addiction on the mind. I hope this information will give you some idea of the complexity of the situation and prompt a move to get this man AND his family, social and psychological assistance.

Thank you for putting forward this very complex profile.

Answer 2

Hi there -

From a psychological perspective (I am a psychologist,) I would only want to answer your question cautiously. For a correct assessment of this person, it would take a clinical interview. This person's history does suggest a mental problem of some sort - potentially a diagnosis of drug abuse or dependence comorbid with either a personality disorder or some sort of cyclical disorder like bipolar disorder, mania or depression. The problem is that my answer here could be used against the person - along the lines of "see, even other people think you are sick." This would be wrong and dangerous. However, there does seem to be some sort of identifiable mental problem with that person. See if you can't get him to seek help somewhere (though -beware- the person will most likely not see a problem.)

Hope this helps,
Pat K.

Answer 3

Sounds like a psychopath to me.

With your added details, and his ability to charm you despite obvious bad traits, I am even more sure he is a psycopath.

Answer 4

Psychopath.

Answer 5

well , any addiction is a mental problem, not controlling your anger is also, but as far as a diagnosed condition you really cant say with out a psychiatrist. mental problem is very vague, math is a mental problem