MOBBDEEP: This is interesting
For those who couldn't read the theme of the writer, it was because of the style of the writing. It was devoid of a central theme but kept hopping & fleetingly addressed several issues such as:
* The wide held negative perspective of the society concerning people having mental challenges no matter how little it is
* The wrong view of not recognizing that mental disorders are more than psychotic illnesses & the need to summon courage & access care once you accept the fact that something in you is amiss
* Her partial-detailed struggles with BPD

@PDude, I have always share similar opinion with you & I do have a great respect for you
Same goes for the politically-inclined Nagoma
But I differ tonight
I could understand Nagoma saying he doesn't believe in psychiatry knowing where he is coming from
But you PDude!, you are a doctor for Pete' s sake
That's why I overlook the layman's poor awareness & knowledge of mental disorder.
If a large proportion of medical experts still share same believe with PDude or at worse take it to the next by thinking they are non-curable, non-medical but are of spiritual aetiology, where are you going to start the campaign and enlightenment ?

Seriously SMH
I don't even know what to say



Hara-kiri (& other similar deviant practices ) are contextual abnormal behaviors which are well accepted in a culture & norms of a society is not a mental abnormality, & it is long way different from suicide or deliberate self harm DSH done in a context of unstable mental state/poor judgment & which is culturally not acceptable

The definition of what you have up there is grief & is not same thing as depression. Please, take note that they are different

Panic-attacks is a well defined mental disorder which is treatable and responds to drugs with full remission
If what you have is not enough to cause you a distress or your functioning a setback, then you can't say you have it.

Do you know a lot of people who are obese but takes pride in their look?
Fine, maybe you don't meet the diagnostic criteria for Body Dysmorphic Disorder but you do know that you had issues then and you were not well adjusted. That you couldn't access health then because you didn't have the info does not mean now that you can discredit that such disease entity exist & is treatable

Please, let us exercise caution when we have little info about a contentious matter.

MOBBDEEP: This is interesting
For those who couldn't read the theme of the writer, it was because of the style of the writing. It was devoid of a central theme but kept hopping & fleetingly addressed several issues such as:
* The wide held negative perspective of the society concerning people having mental challenges no matter how little it is
* The wrong view of not recognizing that mental disorders are more than psychotic illnesses & the need to summon courage & access care once you accept the fact that something in you is amiss
* Her partial-detailed struggles with BPD

@PDude, I have always share similar opinion with you & I do have a great respect for you
Same goes for the politically-inclined Nagoma
But I differ tonight
I could understand Nagoma saying he doesn't believe in psychiatry knowing where he is coming from
But you PDude!, you are a doctor for Pete' s sake
That's why I overlook the layman's poor awareness & knowledge of mental disorder.
If a large proportion of medical experts still share same believe with PDude or at worse take it to the next by thinking they are non-curable, non-medical but are of spiritual aetiology, where are you going to start the campaign and enlightenment ?

Seriously SMH
I don't even know what to say



Hara-kiri (& other similar deviant practices ) are contextual abnormal behaviors which are well accepted in a culture & norms of a society is not a mental abnormality, & it is long way different from suicide or deliberate self harm DSH done in a context of unstable mental state/poor judgment & which is culturally not acceptable

The definition of what you have up there is grief & is not same thing as depression. Please, take note that they are different

Panic-attacks is a well defined mental disorder which is treatable and responds to drugs with full remission
If what you have is not enough to cause you a distress or your functioning a setback, then you can't say you have it.

Do you know a lot of people who are obese but takes pride in their look?
Fine, maybe you don't meet the diagnostic criteria for Body Dysmorphic Disorder but you do know that you had issues then and you were not well adjusted. That you couldn't access health then because you didn't have the info does not mean now that you can discredit that such disease entity exist & is treatable

Please, let us exercise caution when we have little info about a contentious matter.

MOBBDEEP: This is interesting
For those who couldn't read the theme of the writer, it was because of the style of the writing. It was devoid of a central theme but kept hopping & fleetingly addressed several issues such as:
* The wide held negative perspective of the society concerning people having mental challenges no matter how little it is
* The wrong view of not recognizing that mental disorders are more than psychotic illnesses & the need to summon courage & access care once you accept the fact that something in you is amiss
* Her partial-detailed struggles with BPD

@PDude, I have always share similar opinion with you & I do have a great respect for you
Same goes for the politically-inclined Nagoma
But I differ tonight
I could understand Nagoma saying he doesn't believe in psychiatry knowing where he is coming from
But you PDude!, you are a doctor for Pete' s sake
That's why I overlook the layman's poor awareness & knowledge of mental disorder.
If a large proportion of medical experts still share same believe with PDude or at worse take it to the next by thinking they are non-curable, non-medical but are of spiritual aetiology, where are you going to start the campaign and enlightenment ?

Seriously SMH
I don't even know what to say



Hara-kiri (& other similar deviant practices ) are contextual abnormal behaviors which are well accepted in a culture & norms of a society is not a mental abnormality, & it is long way different from suicide or deliberate self harm DSH done in a context of unstable mental state/poor judgment & which is culturally not acceptable

The definition of what you have up there is grief & is not same thing as depression. Please, take note that they are different

Panic-attacks is a well defined mental disorder which is treatable and responds to drugs with full remission
If what you have is not enough to cause you a distress or your functioning a setback, then you can't say you have it.

Do you know a lot of people who are obese but takes pride in their look?
Fine, maybe you don't meet the diagnostic criteria for Body Dysmorphic Disorder but you do know that you had issues then and you were not well adjusted. That you couldn't access health then because you didn't have the info does not mean now that you can discredit that such disease entity exist & is treatable

Please, let us exercise caution when we have little info about a contentious matter.

mediainspired: Seriously, I fail to make real sense of this article. The writer has spoken so much, but SAID LITTLE. She is sure a writer with flair, but she is in need of one more skill: saying more with less words. Back to the subject matter, the writer does not convince me she has a mental problem.

pDude: Ok so she has mental problem. So wetin make we do naw

I don't even know why we are arguing sef. If she says she has mental problems, that is her own bowl of garri. Afterall, who else knows you so well than yourself.

Abeg writer, indeed you get mental problem o.

Clemzy16: I'm allergic to reading long articles. Can someone please summarise?!

pDude: Truth be told, I don't understand this article. It didn't sufficiently give us in-depth information. I felt like I was an observer who was observing and trying to understand what exactly the writer was talking about.

This isn't a write-up on mental illness. Sounds more like everyday life in Nigeria and someone who seems to be cracking under the burden of living in the Nigerian society.

1k001: One needs to make a distinction between a personality disorder and a mental illness. The latter is amenable to drug treatment while the former is not, among several other differences.
The diagnosis in mental disorders can be difficult but is key particularly when personality is involved. Some people are just nasty, overly melodramatic, psychopatic etc and we can't just label them all as illnesses.

Pennywise:

Not all mental illnesses require drug treatment. Some need psychotherapy, others enviromental manipulation.

I have found on this thread that folks believe the writer is trivializing mental illness bc all she has is a personality disorder.

But a personality disorder that disrupts the capacity or ability of a sufferer to function or threatens the person's life through suicide shld be regarded as a major mental illness.

People should also learn to draw the line betwn trabsient reactive depressive state which occurs in bereavement, financial loss or disappointments in relationships from a pervading feeling of doom that wont go away and cannot be associated with any of life's usual setback.

pDude: She talked about the following symptoms/signs

Suicide: Please give me a break. Contemplating suicide isn't an abnormal behavior. In some cultures, suicide is a way of life. In Japan, if certain assassins fail in their duties, the perform a Hara-Kiri (suicide) to save themselves, families and clan from the shame of failing in their sworn duties. When I was swindled of a large amount of money some years back, I contemplated suicide many times. This doesn't make me mentally ill.

Panic attacks: I used to have an inferior complex in my younger days because I was obese. I avoided people and kept to myself. Anytime I went outdoors I always started breathing fast, sweating and feeling nervous because I felt people wouldn't accept me. All these are symptoms of panic attacks. Did it mean I was mental? No. All I did was lose weight and all that nonsense stopped.

Depression: This is a part of everyday life. Everybody feels depressed at one time or the other. Is depression mental illness? No.

Avoiding people: Introverts naturally avoid people. Everyone at one time or the other, want to be alone. This is a normal human behavior.

Mood swings: Everyone has mood swings all the time.


My conclusion: The writer has not given us sufficient information to clinically diagnose her condition as "mental illness". All I would prescribe for her is a good vacation and becoming more social.

pDude:

Bless you bruv. Exactly what I could decipher from the entire article. Everything written above doesn't relate with mental illness but more with personal issues.

sigmundfreud:
Write up: Excellent.
Knowledge: Poor.
Summary: Beautiful Nonsense!
Nice signature...you should apply it more often.