83 Shocking Psychological Warning Signs You’re Ignoring Right Now—And What They Could Cost You
Another example is my SO. He’s always had muted emotions, not a lot of expressed passion about the things he likes or believes are important — not even enough to vote before we got together. Most people with SPD will feel this detachment and think it’s fine, but they can be really struggling and not know why or even not know that there’s a problem (like heart disease). I won’t lie that, in some cases, having Schizoid is almost encouraged (work of nearly every kind). However, it very seriously impacts the quality of life for the person, sometimes making them feel like they have no place in this world.
Hint: Everyone needs a therapist. There are no exceptions.
Tech here, so bottom of the totem pole, but i’ll offer my opinion.
Normal is not the right qualifier in my opinion. Psychology isnt like physiology where you can go in and they can run exploratory tests on you to find out you are sick in a way that hasn’t manifest symptoms yet. That’s why your doctor will screen you fot certain common or devastating disorders.
The way I learned about mental illness was the 4 d’s. Dysfunction, deviation, distress, and danger. Dysfunction means it gets in the way of you doing your job, school, or whatever. Deviation means it’s not something everyone is going through. Distress means you’re not okay with it. Danger is self explanatory. You come in with some or all of the four d’s and we form a treatment based on a set of symptoms that you most closely match. Then we treat the symptoms. The point of all of this is to say, mental illness exists on a spectrum where one end may be so subtle that it only informs a person’s personality, whereas the other end is completely debilitating and can get a person k****d.
You may know someone with features of an illness, in fact I’d be surprised if you didnt. But if they don’t want or need treatment then they shouldn’t be diagnosed.
The best example is autism. Someone high on the functionality side of autism will do quite well in life. In fact, it is actually quite fair to discuss if autistic people live better lives than their counterparts. The answer would be entirely based on what you value in a “good” life.
The next group of people are objectively suffering from their condition. They may have a chemical imbalance in their brain that causes them to be more anxious or sad than their counterparts. However, if it doesn’t have enough impact on that individual, then they may go their entire lives without really needing to be “checked out”.
To answer your question, if someone feels like their life would benefit from the field of psychology, then they need to get “checked out”. The hurdle that professionals face is educating people on what kinds of things psychology can help with.
But for fun let’s look at some qualities you can have that are too extreme and what diagnosis that MAY relate to.
Energy
Too much: mania
Too little: depression
Trust
Too much: borderline personality disorder(bpd)
Too little: paranoia, also bpd
Self- esteem
Too much: narcissistic personality disorder
Too little: depression
Fear
Too much: anxiety
Too little: mania
Activities of daily living
Too much: OCD
Too little: anhedonia, psychosis
S*x
Too much: bpd
Too little: anhedonia
Memory
Too much: trauma
Too little: dementia, Alzheimer’s, psychosis
Interaction
Too much: hyperverbal
Too little: isolation, catatonia
That is just to say that many different extremes of certain traits can be a symptom. However, you do have to make sure it is abnormal for that person. Not everyone who doesnt like people is clinically isolative. Not everyone who has lots of s*x with multiple partners is hypers*xual and not everyone who doesn’t brush their teeth is depressed. It takes no time at all to learn the symptoms of different disorders. The rest of the time at school will be spent finding out how to tell if those traits are a symptom or just who that person is (and of course what to do about it).
Often the question of why is important in mental illness. Not participating in something you used to love may be anhedonia, or you may just have lost interest. Your medical doctor should never have to ask you why you have swollen lymph nodes. You’re therapist should absolutely ask why you want to get a divorce. “He cheated on me” is not a symptom but “he’s not my husband anymore he is an imposter that looks like my husband, but he is an al Qaeda spy sent to k**l me” is (most likely).
Not any of those yet, but a psychology student. What I find people tend to brush off are the physical symptoms of mental health issues. A sore back is a symptom of Generalized Anxiety Disorder. Headaches and low immunity are symptoms of High-functioning Anxiety. Fatigue and exhaustion are symptoms of Dysthymia or Depression. Don’t ignore your body!
Counselor here.
The biggest red flag for me that seems to be more common in depressed people is a sudden drop of interest in or they fully stop participating in things they normally love.
For some that’s the final step before s*****e.
From the patient side, my therapist explained to me that it is not normal to;
– lack the ability to recognise your own face without artificial markers such as glasses or makeup, etc
– have pains in secondary s*x characteristics with no cause and that resist any treatment
– feel completely disassociated with your body, as if it is a separate entity from yourself
– experience anxiety that you can’t place during s*x
– experience anxiety that you can’t place during specifically gendered events
– experience intense guilt and or shame during specifically gendered events
– be resentful that you were born as your current s*x/gender, even if you accept that it is what it is
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