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| Date and Time |
- | Dec. 2nd, 2007, 08:38 am | |
| Current Mood |
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Mental illness has become so loosely defined that in 2005 the National Comorbidity Survey found that 25% of Americans had a diagnosable mental illness withing a timespan of one year and half of Americans had a diagnosable mental illness at some point in their lives. When we're talking about numbers like on fourth and one half, we're no longer talking about "illness" we're talking about natural variation. A lot of people are being misdiagnosed, when what they really have is BAD. |
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| Date and Time |
- | Sep. 4th, 2006, 10:41 am | |
| Current Mood |
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Inspired by such gems as SAD (Separation Anxiety Disorder), HSDD (Hypoactive Sexual Desire Disorder), and IED (Intermittent Explosive Disorder): | Have you experienced or are you currently experiencing a period in your life in which you felt sad a lot of the time?
Have you ever felt worried about something?
Have you had periods in your life when your sex drive was either overactive or underactive?
Do you get angry?
Have you experienced or are you currently experiencing a period in your life in which you felt happy or elated a lot of the time?
Have you ever lost interest in something that used to bring you joy?
Have you ever yelled at someone?
Have you ever been scared?
Have you ever become withdrawn?
Have you ever believed something that those around you did not?
Does it upset or sadden you when people you have come to rely on are no longer there?
If you answered yes to any of these questions you may suffer from BAD (Being Alive Disorder). The good new is that BAD is treatable and there are medications that can help. | |
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