I'm a doctoral student in my final year of school (which is just working at an internship, which is basically working full time but under a supervisors license). I'm procrastinating going to bed and figured that since this is the place where degeneracy lives on the internet outside of the dark web, I'd answer some questions about psychology, clinical psychology, or health psych. I've answered questions in another thread, and I generally like sharing what knowledge I have so far. I have been awake for about 18 hours, so my grammar might be a bit off.
I've also got a couple of masters degrees in psych to go with it. I see a lot of poor psych information from people who only study in their spare time or who barely passed psych 101. This is in no way therapy, but I thought I'd do some outreach for a few minutes to maybe help some lost souls. Any other qualified psych people, feel free to join in or help me survive internship!
Not sure if this might be useful for anyone... I'll be around for a few minutes.
Might be more of a sociology question than a psych question, but do you think the quality of Yea Forums posts has gone down in the past few years, and if so, why?
Nolan Diaz
Tbh that's more of a personal question, but I don't mind. In my opinion it's worse. There's less variety. It's less of a random board and more of a 2 or 3 recycled porn threads, which is why I don't really come on here much anymore. There used to be more joke threads and original thoughts.
Jaxson Hernandez
Could you tell the state in the us that Munchausen is not a recognized condition by the dsm and munch by proxy is even more bullshit.
Specifically the child services agencies.
K thanks
Anthony Stewart
I fucking love spiders. I love watching them hunt food, I respect then for helping with pest control, I love the little unique things each of them have going for them (couple fans being trapdoor, for its trap door, and the one whose name I can never remember that disguises itself as a snakes head).
So why am I an arachnophobe that can't get near one without freaking out.
Joshua Lewis
Masturbation feels wrong unless I masturbate to my waifu wherein it still feels kind of wrong but much less so. Why?
Lucas Roberts
Munchausen is real, it's also in the DSM5, just under a different name. It's called factitious disorder. Also, many public agencies use the ICD-10 and not the DSM5, which I believe still has MHD. The fact that you're denying that it exists rather than denying that you have it hints to me that you meet the criteria but you don't want the diagnosis to be real.
I am really sorry if this is an issue affecting you and your kids, but a better tact would be to try to not be in the category rather than denying that it exists.
Colton Fisher
Ahh, I read an article about this a couple of years ago. There are certain animals that are wired into our brains as dangerous through evolution, spiders, snakes, and rats, being three examples. You probably like the interesting features of spideres on a screen, but there is always the part of our primal brain that reacts when the real thing comes along.
Ryan Lewis
>ignorant here. What's that?
Nicholas Green
My guess is that there were some ideas put into your head growing up that masturbating is bad (it isn't, usually) and you also found your fetish. Now, you still feel the same guilt, but the waifu at least satisfies your cummy needs. Try not to think about it too hard, masturbating is normal unless it's getting in the way of your social, occupational, or other functioning.
Colton Taylor
I've noticed that the overall slant of the legs and the sudden jerky movement of spiders almost sets off a primal fear instinct in people; maybe it's an integrated trait that stems back to cave people.
That another thing. They kinda weird me out on screen as well (not nearly as much as when they approach me irl) but in an enclosure or even just lazing about on their webs I'm perfectly fine. I've had some writhing inches of my face inspecting their webs (which I often find beautiful) but once they're coming at me I nope the fuck out.
Ryan Lewis
Presence of physical illness without physical disease or trauma. Basically, your brain is telling you that you're sick or injured but your body is fine. Munchausen by proxy is when people, usually parents, convince another, usually child, that they are sick. Often it's seen as a plea for attention, but it's also commonly seen in trauma cases.
Blake Cook
In your opinion is gettimg a med degree worth it (I'm not getting one just wondering since its a popular thing to get)
Justin Russell
That was what the article I read said, too! It's the shape and motion, rather than the gestalt (overall picture).
Jose Lopez
Not everyone is wired exactly the same, some people have differing tolerances.
Carson Williams
i got diagnosed with adhd or some kind of attention deficit and hyperactivity when i was about 12 but my mother went into immediate denial and we live in a third world country so nothing was done
18 now, flunked everything and just beginning to realize why, most symptoms went away but i still suffer internally
is there some kind of definitely gonna work therapy or something i could do to help?
Blake Garcia
Depends on if you're getting it because you love doing the work or because of societal pressure. If you don't love it, an MD will make you miserable, but enjoying the work will make the miserable parts more bearable.
Andrew Kelly
Did not know about the ice, so thanks there.
For myself I didn't come close to meeting the factitious disorder and the only mention of munch of any kind was a non professional opinion of a total stranger. It would have been to my personal gain if I had suffered any version of it. Just get tired or seeing bullshit from human services workers that have no qualifications to spout of utter crap to simplify their own paperwork or to simply be dbags.
It does say alot if they know psyc uses a different set of definitions so they can place people in an impossible position of getting psyc to rule out a diagnosis they don't even use.
Zachary Allen
Unfortunately, meds would help a lot. Mindfulness and problem solving strategies can help and if you google those two things you'll find plenty of things you can do yourself.
Daniel Hughes
Lol is that why things that just look like spiders aren't terrifying at all (example like the big ass spider robot in wild wild west that was just clunky and weird)
Yeah but why am in all over the place. I love them, but they terrify me, I can get within inches of them, but just seeing pictures of them trigger a paranoia that they are all around me.
Adam Nguyen
Icd not ice
Brody Gonzalez
To be fair, in my practice we use both systems. We use DSM5 for diagnosis and ICD-10 for billing. I agree that it can be frustrating when non-professionals try to flex non-existant knowledge. My only thought would be to challenge their credentials or to look up the definition yourself (it's mostly free online) and see where you don't fit it.
Jeremiah Bell
It could also come down to contextual factors like how your blood pressure is doing, how your day has been, etc. I don't know enough about you to give a definitive answer, but often it comes down to personal stuff mixed with contextual stuff.
Caleb Robinson
ngl this op is the opposite of faggot
Dominic Smith
Also, nothing keeping one from stabilizing an issue the best they can and trying again later to not flunk everything.
Cameron Phillips
Thanks, friend!
Jaxson Thompson
True, the past is in the past. There is no changing it, only picking yourself up from here and living your best future. And if that fails, you always have time.
Nathan Anderson
Why do I feel empty. Or at least why can't I feel happy. I know my life is pretty shitty relative to others (not a woe is me thing but more of an objective observation) but I feel like there are time I should have at least felt content. Yet in my 25 years of life I can only remember , collectively, less than a days worth of happiness. Is this normal to not be happy very often?
Also, as I am trying to seek help, I've been asked wether I want to see a psychiatrist, counselor, or therapist. What's the difference between the three?
John Davis
I suppose saying "disgusting" or "gross" instead of "wrong" would be more accurate. My sex ed class(es) were shit and my parents never talked to me about sex so I was left to form my own thoughts about it and my first impressions during sex ed were "all of this seems disgusting." Now masturbation feels disgusting. >tfw I put the idea into my own head Out of curiosity, what effects does masturbation have on focus and motivation?
Hudson Richardson
I'm sorry you're not feeling as though you are getting what you want out of life. The feeling of emptiness is not uncommon, so, there's nothing wrong with you. And, I don't know you, but often when we are sad or empty, we can only remember the times that we felt the same way. It's called mood-congruent learning. That being said, going to see help is a great idea, because then you might at least be able to break the cycle you're in an try something new.
To answer, psychiatrists went to med school and have MDs, they can prescribe medicine, but aren't always as well versed in talk-therapy. Psychologists generally have PhDs or PsyDs and are good with talk therapy. Counselors tend to have masters degrees, but are generally also good with talk therapy (but just don't have the same amount of training the psychologists have, which doesn't necessarily make them worse). Therapist is just an umbrella term for all of them.
My only thing to think about is what you are chasing. We often think happiness is the meaning of life, but if this was the case, drug addicts would be the happiest people on earth, right? What happens is that we often need to find our value system and find things that are meaningful to us (not necessarily easy or happy-making), and happiness may be a byproduct.
I wish you luck!
Blake Morales
Not much. Probably only that you aren't as distracted with horny thoughts.
Also, I would encourage you to remember that jerking off isn't right or wrong. So, you do as much as you want! If it's gross, no pressure. Something that happens to people sometimes (not necessarily you), is that masturbating feels so good that they don't feel like they deserve it, and they feel guilty. Which, is the wrong way of thinking, because it's more of a reflection of your self-esteem than the act of masturbating.
Gabriel Nelson
Alright everyone, I need to be up early tomorrow. I'm gonna head to bed in the next minute or two. I'll try to be back Sunday night. If anyone has any burning questions, now's the time! Sorry for my poor grammar/communication skills, I was in clinic for 10 hours today and my brain is a bit fried.
Jaxson Richardson
>we often need to find our value system and find things that are meaningful to us Aah Damn and that's where my problems generally lie. I've gone in feather here in that past and don't wanna go full "woe is me" but I'm in a situation in life where the one thing that I have a passion for I am unable to do for medical reason and the one person I've been able to form a lasting bond (almost a decade and we're closer than most family) and develops a romantic interest yet our specialities don't align so that's....well idk how I'd describe the feeling. Kind like disappointing but worse, yet not as bad as depressing.....maybe melancholy?
I have seen a psychiatrist in the past though, or should I say I've seen his assistant. But they just asked questions without really letting me answer, put me on something called welbutrin, and shuffled me out. If medication even after a full month changed literally nothing does it mean it isn't something medicine will help or that it just wasn't the right medicine.
Landon Brown
Lmao, while I was typing something out asking about how me and others compliment people I realized I was talking about Inferiority and God complexes, welp
Austin Baker
The disappointing secret about psych meds is that it's a lot of guessing and checking. I've heard more bad stories about Wellbutrin than good ones, but it's en vogue right now and I'm sure I only hear the bad stories due to selection bias.
With your other stuff. I would suggest some talk therapy. You might need to find out what you valued about that passion and that person and re-evaluate how those could fit into your life. You're not lost, you just need to buy another compass.
Ayden Roberts
Well I do a lot of self reflection and am pretty sure I know why I valued it. See when I was a child I was horribly burned in a fire. Mom even said she saw me being a pro coming because when I was in the hospital the doctors told her to expect it. My passion is cooking. I love it because I can take the ting that destroyed my life and use it to create. What bitter irony that the very reason I can never have a career cooking is because of the fire that inspired me to be a cook.
Noah Carter
>being a pro Meant being a pyro
Juan Hall
I can see that you have a passion for creativity. I'm not sure how your burn effected your ability to cook, but it might be helpful to see a talk therapist to help you either adapt to keep cooking, or find a creative outlet that gives you a similar rush.
Levi Johnson
I'm going to bed. Goodnight everyone. Remember to take care of yourselves, the people around you, and keep recentering as many times as it takes. I'll try to be back tomorrow.
Dominic Barnes
And by tomorrow I mean Sunday night
Jacob Johnson
I am heavily scarred which causes quite a bit of pain and limits my mobility. I've posted pictures before here's an example of my foot taken a few days ago
