The psychiatrist who wrote the criteria for narcissism just made an extremely important point about what’s wrong with diagnosing Trump with mental disorders
Dr. Allen Frances says in speculating about Trump’s mental health, we are doing a disservice to those who do suffer from mental illness. In a series of tweets, he explained why he doesn’t think Trump is a narcissist — and how harmful it can be for us to keep assuming that he is.
Tag: MENTAL HEALTH
I headcanon Newt Scamander as having anxiety
Got my meds refilled and they are just v cute
That side of depression
Why do people never talk about the part of depression when you just don’t want anything anymore? Everybody talks about when it hurts like hell, when you cry, when you cut, when you take drugs, when you break down. But no one ever talks about when you just lay down in your room, with a hole inside of you that you don’t know how to fill, and you don’t want to do anything even the things you usually like. So you just spend your day kinda waiting for it to end. And it’s horrible because you feel empty and guilty for that at the same time.
There needs to be more awareness of this kind of depressed state. It’s often the kind that is mistaken for laziness. I call it “A” depression, and I know it personally. The symptoms are apathy and anhedonia:
Apathy (lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern and anhedonia ( the inability to experience pleasure from activities usually found enjoyable).This is the most common form of depression I face. It’s very frustrating because it doesn’t appear as intense to outsiders (as let’s say a crying screaming fit) but internally this is my most dangerous kind of depression. That emotionless empty feeling eventually transforms into self harm thoughts pretty quickly for me. I wish I was better able to communicate while I’m in that state of mind.
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fun Depression™ things
- not brushing your teeth for days because you dont have enough energy
- sleeping for 9 hours but still not being able to stand up without collapsing
- random daytime naps
- “where do you see yourself in 5 years” “… dead?”
- constant feeling of wanting to gnaw random body parts off
- unexplained Aches deep in ur bones