is their a mental illness condition which makes you feel detached and start to stare at people like your in a?

Question

trans? more in the past tense i used to have difficulty controling only what i can describe as an outbursts of rage...like youve abandoned yourself & feel at the mercy of the compulsion..im waiting for a second opinion as ive been told i have a personality disorder, but because of my symptoms i feel their is something mentally wrong, read my past questyons to see my symptoms...i was trying to do some research on the net, and i read somewhere that this symptom could be a form of epilepsy? a temperal lobe problem? ive totally socially isolated myself inside my small, miserable flat because im scared if i go out, ill experience these feelings & lose control,& act out, lash out. & i dont want to..but incredable anxiety to keeps me inside & locked away in this small, miserable,one bedroom,flat..im 29 & have lived this way for to long,since 15, ive endured alot of shock & trauma in my life.& i want it to end,im anxious 2know whats wrong with me finally, is it psychological or mental illness?

Answer 1

I think your Dr is probably right. You do not have epilepsy. I have epilepsy and although I don't have the form your describing you are totally aware and conscious that your starting at an individual. You feel detached, but really aren't. Get your second opinion and good luck to you. Seek counseling and possibly medication.

Answer 2

It sounds to me like the emotional trauma that you have suffered may be the cause of the personality disorder. Psychological and mental illness are two ways of saying the same thing. The only way to deal with it is psychotherepy and/or medication. Do not give up because it is not hopeless!!! It would really help you to get into some group therapy because being isolated cannot be helping you. There are many people just like you - find some to interact with and get a social life if you can. There really are many caring people out there. I don' t even know you but I care what happens to you now and wish you the best.

Answer 3

I wonder how much emotional energy you want to invest in finding the "right" "diagnosis" (label) for your suffering, as distinct from taking the first step towards changing yourself.

Because of the shock, trauma and whatever else you have experienced as painful or scary, specifically when you were 15 and also at other times, you are not the person today that you would like to become.

Did you ever see the Borough of Brent poster a few years ago "God? UFOs? Some young people don't even believe in themselves!" What I would most love for you to begin to uncover is that spark of the divine within you that loves and believes in yourself. The courage to grow, to change, to become. Your courage. Your inner Light.

For what it's worth, your words here point towards agoraphobia, the anxiety about going outside because of your fear of ... well, whatever, but for you personally you speak of fear of your own anger, of losing control.

I know others here have suggested drugs, psychotherapy, etc and it seems you haven't taken them up on it. You've actively chosen to stop taking drugs. Whatever else, well done for making a choice F|OR Derek. My question for you is this: what would you need from a counsellor/psychotherapist that would assure you that you could get into regular sessions with with enough sense of it being OK, safe enough, not too scary? What would you need that would encourage you to get away from the safety of the computer and into a face-to-face engagement? (And would you be willing to pay the therapist's fees?)

Answer 4

it could be a number of things. in my house we have bi-polar, adhd, aspergers,ocd. bi-polar acts that way, as far as lasing out, thinking people are out to get them, the whole world is against them sort of thing. your doctor my be at the tip of the ice-burg. it took along time for them to figure out my grandson, son i don't think they are finished yet.

Answer 5

Anxiety maybe?