now, that was interesting to read
except for the fact that i've got a few more disorders (or so my former doc claimed), it was like reading a description of myself.
but: i would not consider myself addicted to video games or something. mind you, there are other things you can do than playing video games. there is work, there are movies, books, making music, or any other hobby keeping you occupied and, more or less, to yourself. i wouldn't say it's an addiction, like alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs.
you HAVE to spend your time somehow - you cannot do nothing; that's another disorder. everyone does SOMEthing, and it needn't be a hint at any form of personality disorder.
also, who tells you that any particular disorder actually is one? where does your personality, your character, that what makes you YOU end, and where does the disorder begin?
i'd say, if you are comfortable the way you live, it cannot be that wrong, right?
because someone thinks you have to have many friends and hang around with them all the time does not mean that you are crazy just because you are NOT happy doing so, but differently (different? damn foreign languages
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are hermits suffering disorders, or is it just THEM? what about monks (whatever religion, i don't care)?
i had a teacher at school who was so much into his whole biology-thing, he spends most of his time with his fish or bee-hives or plants (he has a tree with six or seven kinds of fruit on it. took him years.) or spiders (once asked by a classmate whether he had a wife he answered: "Wife? What do I need a wife for? I've got my spiders!"), and he's quite a happy man. does he suffer any mental illness because he does not hang around with lots of friends watching soccer/football, drinking beer and do whatever one is supposed to be doing?
just my two cents
Edit: I don't feel comfortable being around others for too long. i like reading (scientific books, humanities, philosophy too be precise, and physics, mostly), gaming and basically "learning" stuff - i am a curious person, i want to know what's what, why it is, how it is, you get the picture. that alone doesn't leave much room for rather trivial things like meeting friends, go to discos or bars, drink alcohol, destroy your brain, the usual stuff.
i see my mates once every one or two weeks, and i do not need - no: do not WANT to meet them more often - it simply is rather exerting, strenuous, i'm not a people-person, if one might call it like that.
i work in a hospital by the way; male nurse ^^
except for the fact that i've got a few more disorders (or so my former doc claimed), it was like reading a description of myself.
but: i would not consider myself addicted to video games or something. mind you, there are other things you can do than playing video games. there is work, there are movies, books, making music, or any other hobby keeping you occupied and, more or less, to yourself. i wouldn't say it's an addiction, like alcohol, cigarettes, or other drugs.
you HAVE to spend your time somehow - you cannot do nothing; that's another disorder. everyone does SOMEthing, and it needn't be a hint at any form of personality disorder.
also, who tells you that any particular disorder actually is one? where does your personality, your character, that what makes you YOU end, and where does the disorder begin?
i'd say, if you are comfortable the way you live, it cannot be that wrong, right?
because someone thinks you have to have many friends and hang around with them all the time does not mean that you are crazy just because you are NOT happy doing so, but differently (different? damn foreign languages
)are hermits suffering disorders, or is it just THEM? what about monks (whatever religion, i don't care)?
i had a teacher at school who was so much into his whole biology-thing, he spends most of his time with his fish or bee-hives or plants (he has a tree with six or seven kinds of fruit on it. took him years.) or spiders (once asked by a classmate whether he had a wife he answered: "Wife? What do I need a wife for? I've got my spiders!"), and he's quite a happy man. does he suffer any mental illness because he does not hang around with lots of friends watching soccer/football, drinking beer and do whatever one is supposed to be doing?
just my two cents
Edit: I don't feel comfortable being around others for too long. i like reading (scientific books, humanities, philosophy too be precise, and physics, mostly), gaming and basically "learning" stuff - i am a curious person, i want to know what's what, why it is, how it is, you get the picture. that alone doesn't leave much room for rather trivial things like meeting friends, go to discos or bars, drink alcohol, destroy your brain, the usual stuff.
i see my mates once every one or two weeks, and i do not need - no: do not WANT to meet them more often - it simply is rather exerting, strenuous, i'm not a people-person, if one might call it like that.
i work in a hospital by the way; male nurse ^^