Has anyone else been diagnosed with a health/mental disorder?

[bvnny]

Major Depressive Disorder or Chronic Depression. Or as I like to say, a realist.

Pessimistic ppl are not more realistic, like... thinking that the worst possible scenario is the most likely scenario as a general rule has no rational basis

I always thought it amusing how pessimistic ppl think in that sense, they're often even more delusional than optimistic ppl, even tho both are wrong most of the times

So no, depression doesn't make you more of a "realist", just more of a sad person really.

[Rædwald]

Pessimistic ppl are not more realistic, like... thinking that the worst possible scenario is the most likely scenario as a general rule has no rational basis.

Evolutionary psychology would probably argue that for most of the existence of modern humans it would be exceptionally rational to be prepared for the worst.

[bvnny]

Evolutionary psychology would probably argue that for most of the existence of modern humans it would be exceptionally rational to be prepared for the worst.

Being prepared for the worst is actually rational, but that's not how most depressed ppl act tho

Even when things are way more likely to not go wrong, depressive ppl over focus on the possibility of things going wrong and then end up actually making things go wrong

Irrational precaution is totally irrational and can completely fuck you up, actual rational ppl analyze what is more likely to happen in a possible scenario and draw a plan on what to do based on that (sometimes even multiple plans, depending on how complex is the situation the person is dealing with)

[stellan]

OCD

[Regnera]

Melancholy and Anxiety.

[Abaddon]

Yes, ASPD.

[nittionia]

I don't have a mental disorder, just asthma it doesn't help that I live in a place full of allergens

[rothaer]

Major Depressive Disorder or Chronic Depression. Or as I like to say, a realist.

The problem with a depression is that it's not logically wrong. So you can not disprove someone. My paternal grandfather used to say "To see clear means to see black." (Klar sehen heißt schwarz sehen.)

[rothaer]

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Hay fever.

But it passed with time (and not anymore being exposed to Swedish grass pollen like timothy).

[nittionia]

Hay fever.

But it passed with time (and not anymore being exposed to Swedish grass pollen like timothy). :

I guess you caught it from the dust bowl