How do you know if you are going crazy?

Answer 1

you won't know if you're going crazy because crazy people don't know that they are crazy or are going to be...yup.

Answer 2

There is a continuum of small steps leading to crazy . Depression from stress from your life when so many things are not as you expected them to be. Eventually the patient reaches the threshold called a nervous breakdown. The test for a true psychcotic onset is what the doctors use in an exam. Tunnel vision occurs after the patient has been unable to make simple decisions. The language and logic crumble. Any fast social incidents cause the mind to overheat as it doesn't have logic anymore . The brain has had to make logic patches to keep the earth flat as the unbalanced chemicals allowed the lower brain to take over thinking that is only for the upper brain to do. That means the auto-brain can start to run your body and mind. This is an animal state. The onset is very clear to other people but if the patient can achieve peace for a while the logic patches will remain in place and peace returns. The new psychotic patient is now irrational but able to make decisions again. The pain of depression has gone and some messages like those of pain become messages of love orgasms etc. Hence a cutter will cut when trigger depression pain returns. Doctors promise no recovery at this point but a few do recover after many years of peace. Social pressures have to be gone for any recovery. That usually means leaving friends and family until strong again in thought. Weak though is very vulnerable so be safe in a safe place.

Answer 3

I've heard that most people who are "crazy" don't know they are. For example, a paranoid schizophrenic might think that the people who are trying to get him/her help are actually spies for the government. Depressed people rarely know how depressed they really are, or how they are treating others. That's why intervention is seriously important. It's often the only way people who are losing it ever get help.

If you are suspecting that you are "going crazy," you might want to go seek counseling. Most likely, you are not going crazy, but there are probably some issues in your life that you need help working out.

From my own life, I thought I was going crazy in high school after reading about a girl who had a personality disorder. I worried about it so much that I became kind of obsessed. Looking back, I think it had more to do with my hormones and annoying family life than anything. I went to counseling, and found out I wasn't crazy... just a normal teen.. having normal teen issues.

Answer 4

First of all "crazy" does not have a very specific definition. "Going crazy" is often used to describe a mentally healthy person who is overwhelmed to their breaking point.

If you are concerned that you may be developing a mental illness, try to make a list of symptoms that you can share with your doctor. Look for things like:

- Change in sleeping habits
- Change in eating habits
- Aural, visual hallucinations
- Mood swings
- Missing time
- Sudden, overwhelming feeling of fear or panic
- Repetitive thoughts that you can not seem to break out of
- Uncontrollable urge to check and triple check things that you know you have done (Checking that the stove if off twice is probably nothing unusual. Checking ten times probably is.)
- Period of unusual activity; several days of no sleep
- Increase in risk-taking behavior
- Personality change
- Any other significant changes in your lifestyle
- Friends tell you you are exhibiting these symptoms

These symptoms are not characteristic of a single mental illness. Indeed, many of them can be explained by physical problems, such as hypothyroidism or exposure to toxic substances.

Once you have made a list of your symptoms, you can go over them with your doctor. Going over the isolated symptoms should make you feel less silly than telling your doctor, "I think I'm going crazy!" Then your doctor can recommend a course of action. She will most likely perform some tests to rule out physical causes of your symptoms and/or refer you to a mental health practitioner.

Answer 5

I am bi-polar I have felt like I was going crazy so many times and still do (not saying that is what you have, yours may be stress, which can drive us crazy)

You need to see professinal to help you
You may just need to be puy on a few medications, and that can make a world of difference.

You need to get help tell some one how your feeling (and not on yahoo)

If you cant afford a psychiatrist call your local mental health they go on a pay scale (by what you make)

Your not crazy just need a little help

Answer 6

I've generally found that if you are truly losing your mind, you don't ask questions, because you still think you're totally sane, even when you're running around with a bucket on your head and your privates hanging out in the breeze. Which is what makes you crazy. Make sense? If you're just severely depressed or anxious, you should see a therapist.

Answer 7

Well now what makes you think that you are going crazy. You proably should go and see a therapist about it, usually people do not go crazy they just feel like it. You may be so over whelmed that you are so stressed that you are feeling that way but are not.

Answer 8

You lose touch with people, you have mixed thoughts, you cant think clearly. You want to people to understand you, but they seem to hurt you by ignoring you, that's because you think you don't like you around anymore. Depending on things that cause damage Psychically and emotionally.

Relax, you don't go crazy just like that. If you know the crux, try to root it out. You will be fine believe.

Answer 9

If you think your going crazy, chances are that your fine. I'd only start worrying if you think your 100% normal.....

Answer 10

If you think you are going crazy, then you are sane because you notice something is wrong. If you are actually going crazy, you think you are sane because only a crazy person thinks they are sane when they are actually crazy. Catch22