Do you ever wonder if you have a disorder?

I don't have to wonder, I know I have several things wrong with me. LOL I have actually self-diagnosed a couple of things and then later the doctor confirmed them for me. She often thought it was funny that I could look up my symptoms and determine was was wrong and be so right about it. Internet can be wonderful thats for sure.

hello friend,i am glad to talk with you here.and it is right.sometimes we indeed have a disorder in our mind.maybe we should be calm to the things happen and we should think something we will do firstly, than more when we are going to fo it.i always do thing like this..so no disorder to me.

Do I wonder???? I KNOW! lol. But seriously though; if you do feel that something is not quite right (whatever it may be) and you have the means to get an unbiased opinion; then go get one! The last thing you need to be doing is self diagnosing yourself with every affliction under the sun! Our imaginations have a funny way of convincing us of things if we let it get too wild! There is no better judge of our own character than someone else that is impartial in my opinion.

im a nursing student, and discussing a lot of disease makes me think twice if im a healthy individual or not. sometimes i wonder if one of thse diseases are also present to me too. but thank God, so far im complaining of nothing except for headaches and migraine episodes. last summer, we went to a psychiatric hospital. so we had a lot of discussions about different kinds of behavioral problems. i was like getting paranoid those times because i was thinking that i might have a psychiatric problem too. lol. maybe it's becuase of much empathy to the patients admitted to that hospital. however, now, im sure im healthy and disease-free student nurse.

You can convince yourself something is wrong with you without trying very hard; especially if you are reading up on these things or spending time around one or more struggling people. I can tell you there seem to be a few "off" people here on mylot! LOL! If it doesn't substantially affect your life and your relationships then you probably don't have any problems that need to be diagnosed or treated. If you can afford it, a little counseling might not hurt - maybe a Christian counselor or a good social worker who does therapy.

Even up until high school, I used to wonder if I was Autistic and nobody was telling me. The only memories that I have of Elementary school is being with the kids with Autism and other special needs children. It turns out that I was just really close to everyone, and the teachers liked having me around as an aid because everyone was used to me and felt very comfortable around me. I always thought that maybe I was Autistic, too, and that no one was telling me, and that I was being put in Honors classes to be made fun of. Everything seemed too easy, like I was not being challenged, and I would wonder if the teachers were tricking me in some way. I guess the world cannot trick me, though. It still confused me for the longest time. I think that I really started wondering it when I reached a point where nothing seemed to make sense anymore. But, it was really just some sort of phase that I was going through that, when I snapped out of it, my focus returned, and things continued to make sense. And then, in my later years of high school, I started wondering if I might be Schizophrenic. I learned that it comes somewhere between late high school and early college years, and my imagination and paranoia fueled the rest of my belief. I believe that it is possible that I was suffering from "Medical Students Syndrome," which is similar to Hypochondriasis, when a person believes that they might have what they are studying about.

I suspected many many yrs ago that I had disorders and self diagnosed myself with certain things like PTSD for example and depression (which was obvious LOL)....I was officially diagnosed about 5 yrs ago with a few different disorders and had the PTSD confirmed.. If you are feelign like there is something goin on with you why not talk to a therapist about it? OR do some self evaluating first (since therapy isnt free unfortunately and there are NUMEROUS books out there that can help one narrow things down a bit) THEN decide how you wnat to handle it...

i believe i am a hypochondriac. this is a disorder in itself. the symptom is basically the suspicion of something being wrong, medically. everything i see or hear anything about a sickness i'd mentally check off the number of symptoms i'm displaying. sometimes it's a false scare and sometimes it's really paranoia. i go for body checkups every year just to ensure myself that nothing is wrong with me. guess it happens to a lot of us. ;p

I sometimes wonder about that sort of thing too. I can not help it as I guess I have too many issues and insecurities I do not allow myself to let go of. Some things are even a bit of a complex and it does make it hard sometimes as I do see these things hold me back in life quite a lot. I wish I could be stronger but it is so hard and sometimes society put too much emphasis on being perfect which we are all not but still can add to the pressure and also make certain things miserable for most I presume. I am trying to be better and at least not allow my emotions to go overboard. I need to remain positive no matter what happens in the future.

You know yourself best. If you feel something is not right it probably isn't. I would read up on some of the disorders. I would write down your behaviors you think are not normal for a month and read up on those symptoms and then go to the doctor with them and see what they can do for you. If you have a disorder chance are you will be going to the shrink to. People with disorders can lead a pretty normal life these days. There is lots of help you just need to reach out for it.